Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1891, Page 2

2 TOUGHEST GAME OF THE YEAR Omaba and 8t. Paul Pat Up a Mighty Rocky Sunday Exhibition. FOUR PITCHERS SOUNDLY POUNDED. Lincoln Wins Her Fourth from Sioux City and Milwaukee Makes it Three Straight with the Denvers. Omaha, 13; St. Paul, 10, Linooln, 15; Sionx City, 13, Milwaukee, 11; Denver, 4, ton Standing. Played. Won. Lost. Per O't. 16 10 B15 Lincoln 1 i1 2560 Milwaukee, . 15 2 556 Minneapolls. 13 12 520 Denver. u 13 519 Sjoux O 11 15 4% Kansas 1 15 4% t. Pau 10 16 985 Omaha's Last Victory. St. Pavr, Minn,, May 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tng Bee.|--The last game of the sories between St. Paul and Omaba resulted like all the rest, in a victory for the visito s ‘The game was the *yellowest” professional ball ever played here, the local team piling up eleven errors and the Omahas six. Eitel- jorg started into do the twirling for the Nebraska team and Siebel, lately with Sioux City, tried putting them over with his left hand for St. Paul. “Dad” Clarke attompted to play third in place ot Donuelly and accepted one of the four chances offered. O'Rourke opened the game with an easy grounder to him which he threw wild to first. Osborne hit a line fly to Walsh, on which he also retired O'Rourke before he could get back to first. Baldwin, O'Brien and McMahon then each smashed the ball for three sacks and two scored. ‘The last half of the inning was the worst ball ever seen here. Shannon hit the ball along the left foul line to O'Rourke who threw the bail over O'Brien’s head into the bleachers, the runner reaching home. Halli- ean made a hit to right field within two feet of Osborne, and he was unablo to find the ®all until Halligan had scored, although it vas all the time in plain sight of the specta- ‘ors. Sutcliffe hit to center, and the next two men went out. Walsh then made a hit, and on errors by Ely both runners scored. In the next inning the locals pounded Eiteljorg for four more runs. and 1n the tnird Baker was put in. He was a little wild and the Apostles scored three on him in the third and fourth. At the end of the latter inning the tally board stood 9 to 7 in favor of the local team. In the fifth, however, the visitors took very kindly to the twisters of Siebel and the Saints began making errors again, the result being four tallies. Meekin was put in at this point and pitched out the gama 1o good form, but the contest had already gone In favor of Omaha. St. Paul has now played twelve games at home, having lost nine of them, the iast six in succession. Score. 1B. 8H, Po. A, E. O'Rourke. ib. 12 4 3 Osborne, rf . 08 01 Buldwin, ss and c. 0 3 & 2 O'Brien, It DiRA 1o McMahon. e. 00 0 1 1200 1 3 6 3 01 1 1 02 10 00 2 0 00 10 24 2 11 L PO, A, B Shannon. 2b 2 10 Halligan, rL. 800 Butoliff 4 3 2 2 00 2 00 3 51 0 1 3 1 0 0 00 0 03 0 BUMMARY. Earned runs: 8t Paul. 3: Omahu, 2 Two- base hits: Osborne. Meckin, O'Bricn, Hum- bure, Clarke. 2 Griftin, Bakér, Haligan, Sut- cliffe. Three-base hit: Buldwin, O'Brien, ul. b Qmihu: \burg, Walsh, ke Ely and MeMahon, First on error: St. P . Stolen bases: MeMahon, H . s oCuuley s B non and McCauley. First base on bal on Slebel, 4; Meekin, 13 Eiteljorg, 2; Baker & Left St Paul, 0: Omahi, 0. Struck out: Baker, 4. Passed balls: MeMahon, Two hours and twenty-five minutes. Umplro: Collins. OTHFR WESTERN GAMES. Lincoln Has a Veritable Picnic at tho Expense of Sioux ¢ ity. Swouvx Ciry, Ia, May 17.—[Special Tole- gram to Tne B¥.]—Lincoln today took the fourth straight game from Sioux City. It was @ hilarious slugging match from start to fin- b, and tho Farmers had the best of the slug- ging. It is useless to go into the harrowing details, The Farmers drove their harrow over t‘!;:‘ savages and then harrowed them crosswi The home team tried three pitchers and the visitors knocked them out of the box as fast as they got in. Billy Hart pitched six innings, and’ gave nine bascs on balls and eleven hits. Then Wild Bl Widner went in and he lasted just ono luning, durlni which the horny handed swipers from Lincoln accumulated eight runs. ‘Then the home team put in Grott, an ama- teur, und he would have won the game if he had been put in first. On the other side Roach was knocked out 1 the seventh inning, and O’ Day finished at tendy gait. The Corn Huskers made a run as in the eighth inning, tying the score, but the visitors were implacable. and with two runs in !su ninth broke the already bruised local reeds. S Score: 2 o3 Sl cocoacorncs alccoccnmmucn | Slomiomisisoaix g it 5l cnoon—wwns; % coww= Lincoln. 8. Two- we, Nicholson 2, Morrissey 2. . Home runs: Poorman, Sloux _City, Fario, 5 Hogers, 1 Wild iichn Time:. Two hours and ten winute Kolght. AL TR Made It Three Straight. Miuwaukee, Wis,, May 17.—Milwaukee mado it three straight by taking the final game of the series from Denver today, They bit McNabb hard, while the visitors had ydifieulty finding Vickery. Denver's lold work was ragged and errors let in sev- oral runs. Score: - A 1 % 1 [} () 1 11 1 00 2 10 H 21 i i1 3 83 % =11 =4 SUMMARY, 4; Deaver, 3. Two base s Curtls, 3; O'Brien. [ Blair on Top. Bram, Neb, May 17.—[Special to Tnm Brx.]—The Blairs defeated the Falconors at Blair yesterday. The game was won in the first and third ionings. Miller pitched_good bali, striking out five men, whils Neison striick out ono. Blair ponnded Milier for five hits, while thoy only secured three off Nel- Tommie Ouinlan sprained his ankle in thosixth and was relioved by latihows, BLATI RIBPOA ® Berong, If. 12460 Rasmussen,ss 00800 Noruren, of. 00, A1 441 Gndke, o Tew, . 00701 Stone) |Quirtan, 01000 ¥ 00000 01330 10000 Milier, p. 10001 00100 Total.. - - 4 52118 8 00 0-2 "'y -y U Bacrifice hits: Rasm Tew, Miller, Stolen bases: Strong, niers, Linahan Hatley, Lee. Doublo pi Snunders to Dra: Nelson to Keim. S| out: Stoney, Linahan, Halsted, Nelson, 2 Bracken, Base on bails: By Nelson 6, DI Linahan, Btocey, Norgreen, 2. Nelson 1. Tt with ball: Strong. 1T One hour and thirty minutes. Umpire: Gi Plattsmouth’s First Sunday Game. Prarrssourn, Neb, May 17.—|Special Teiegram to Tur Bee.)—The ball game between the West Omahas and the Platts mouths was played this afternoon and re- sulted in victory for the homo team by a score of 1310 7. This was the first Sunday game played in this city and an immense crowd testified its appreciation of the op- portunity afforded of witnessing a good game of ball. “Several brilliant plays were made by both sides, but considerable looseness was prevalent throughout. The chief features of the game ware the home run by Adams and the douvle olay by Wilson S. Patterson for Plattsmouth and the hot liner gob bled up by Patterson fQr the visitors. Score: West Omaha. 80110 280 00-7 Plattsmouth. 63000 100 3 *-13 Plattsmouth, & Base hits Wost Omaha, 4 Errors Pinttsmonth, 8; West Omaha, 7. Batteries: Patterson. Yapp and Laoy: Stephenson and Creighton. Time of game: two hours and twenty minutes. Umpire Relnhackel. Dear Little Shamrocks. The Reserves lost a game to the Sham- rocks Sunday morning by careless fielding aud inability to hit the ball, Peterson and Dolan, the Shamrocks’ battery, were at their best and put up a great game. Moore, the “slugger,” distinguished himself by making the only home run and long hit of the game. Score: 402311 0-11 110000 0—3 ek, 8 : Baldwin, Met: By Peterson, 14; They also defeated the Sixth street Stars in the afternoon by a score of 18 to 2, Bat- tortes, Conners and Mooro, Hart and Mo- enna. Missount VaLiey, Ia., May 17.—[Special Telogram to Tue Br.]—The Crano Company team of Omaha defeated the Valley club today here, score 13t00. The Valley club lacked in having had no practice this season, besides playing several new men. The Cranes played good ball and showed consid- erablo strength. Geist and Graver wero the battery for the home team. Escaped with His Hair. The Union Pacifics and the Crane team kad a hotly contested game at the Union Pa- clfie nds yesterday afternoon, resulting in o tio and a scrap at the end of the eighth nning. - The nmpireguve the game to the Cranes and escaped with his hair. 4 Stevens’ Sprained Ankle. Last evening Ed Rothery received from State Center, In., 8 tologram which stated that Pedestrian Stevens’ the Chicago re- porter who had started to walk from Chi- cago to Omaha in nine aays, had broken down, Stevens turned his ankle soon after leaving Marshalltown, and duriug the day it swelled considerably. When he renched State Ceuter it was 50 swollen he could go no farther. Stevens will come the rest of the way to Omaha on the cars, Primrose Wins the | rench Oaks. Panis, May 17.—The race for the Fronch Oaks was won today by M. Michael Ebphru- sel’s chestaut filly, Primrose, by Peter, out of La Papilione. M. H. Delemarr's chest- uut filly, Primrose, was second, and the same gentleman’s chestnut filly, Closerie, third, drlimn gl a b, AWED BY THE MILITIA. Negro Mob Prevented from Resort- ing to Violence. WiLmingToy, N. C., May 17.—Several ne- groes having been heard making threats to attack tho jail last night and release Kit Huggins, the driver of an omnibus which ran over and killed a littlo white boy yesterday, Sheriff Steadman with twenty armed depu- | tles took cliarge of the jail and the police force of the city recelved speciul instructions to be on the alert. By 10 o'clock crowds of negroes” began assembling near the jail. Cfiuf of Police Hall with a detach- ment of police went to the scene to disperse them. They moved from one point but quickly reassembled. This cou- tinued for more than two hours, but there 'was no actual violcnce and no feature of special interest until 2 o'clock, when the negroes assembled in force within' fifty yards of the juil, Mayor Ricaud, after consulta- tion with a number of discreet citizens, then ordered the military alarm to be sounded from the five bells. ' This was done and the members of the Wilmington light infantey came rushing to their- armory from all parts of the city. This had the desired effect. As s00n as the first tap of the alarm bells were heard the negroes began to disperse. Twelve or fiftoen of them were arrested by the po- lice and by 8 a. m. everything wis quiot. The armory being within 200 feet of the jail, the light. infantry were not ordered out but wero under 3 oll night. It was ascer- tained on searchiug the arrested negroes that uneurly every one cartied a pistol. There arve no indications now of further trouble, but the Wilmington light infautry have beén ordered to be at their armory and remain all night, Tt DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN TEXAS, Lawyer Morrison Accidentally Kills His Wife and Suicides. New Orieans, La., May 17.—The Pica- yune's San Autonio, Tex., special says: John D. Morrison, & lawyer of ability and well known all over southwest Texas, killed his wife and himself at their res- idence ‘in this city today while the family were attending church services. ‘There were no witnesses. It is believed the wife was killed accidentally while trying to thwart her husband’s efforts upon him: But two ompty shells were in the pistol. Morrison had two wounds, one a grazing shot. This is belleved to have killed his wife, ~Morrison was from Greenville, Ada., and fifty years old. He served with great distinctfon in the confederacy and came to Texas about fiftean years ago. He had held responsible offices.” He was & odical drinker, and his successful attempt upon his life, which also resulted in his wife's death, is velieved to have resulted from depression consequent upon a debauch, Two daughters survive. v Died From Kxposure. Curresye, Wyo., May 17.—|Special Tele- grata to Tur Bee.)--The dead body of Mary Siegfried, who lived alone on & small catile ranch near Sherman, was found today by range riders. Mrs. Siogfried ventured out in the storm which raged in the mountains on Friday last, was overcome by cold aund per- ished. She was sixty-two years old widow, her hasbaud baving died last year. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY ASSAULT ON THE CZAROWITCH Official Details of the Affair from the Frenoh Fmbassy at Tokio. HE VIOLATED A MOST SACRED CUSTOM. Very Little Progress Mads by the French Chamber of Deputies on the Tariff Bill-A War- like Article. Pants, May 17.—The Fronch embassy at Tokio has telegraphed the official details of the attack upon the czarowitch. From this it appears that the czarowitcn’s assailant was a policeman uamed Thunds, who had been eight years in the service. The czarwitch and his suite were leaving Otsu in a jinri- ksha, having just visited a Buddhist temple. Both the czarowitch and Prince George went to the sbrine with their boots on, and the chief ponze, on their retiring, complained to the Japanese guards avout this offeuse against the national religion. The prince was entering the jinriksha, when Thunda, wko was standing guard,dealt the czarowite o blow with his sword. Prince Georgo re- turned the blow with his stick and threw Thunda several feet. The policeman rose and made another rusn at the czarowitch., A Japaneso closed the front of the carriage, while another Jap wrested the sword from Thunda and cut bim down, inflicting a se- vere wound. The chief with several guards arrested the man, The czarowiteh’s injury has already healed, The XIX Siecle states that com- mercial advices have been received at Mar- seilles from Trebisonde to the effect that a new volcano has appeared in Armenia, at the summit of Mount Nimrod, in the district or Van, vowiting forth flames and lava. The villages at the base of the mountain have been destroyed and many persons are said 10 have been killed or injured. The fugitives are getting outside the range of destruction. They are almost entirely destitute and _thc greatest miscry provails among them, The Turkish government has taken measures to relieve the sufferors. Although the chamber of deputies has de- bated thie tariff bill a fortnight, it has not ad- vanced a step. The house is tired of the whole business before the really business part of the aiscussion on the articles of the tariff has begun. So much time has been wasted that it will be impossible to deal with details this session unless they are rushed through, in which event the government file will pe preferred to the increased tariff pro- posed by the committee. In spite of the ap- peals of freo traders a reduction of the gov- ernment’s proposals is out of the question, The Republiqu Francaise has a warlike article on England in Egypt. It contends that the French government ought to resent the English preparations to destroy what is left of F'rench influence in Kgypt, and says the chamber of deputies and the country are willing to grant whatever may be necessary to vindicate the rights of France, The Chilian senator, Senor Matte, who is here as a delegate of the congressional party, Dbas been received by the under secretary of the foreign office, but not by Minister Cabot. He has also called upon a number of diplo- mats, but has nowhere been recognized officially. Hon, Whitelaw Reid, United States min- 1ster, and Mrs. Reid will give their first ball this season on Thursday next. Mrs. Reid is now in London, A Al e FIAT FALLACIES, Proris, Neb., May 13.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: Permit me the use of your col- umns for the enlightenment of brother alliance men on certain topios which I cannot. gain a hearing for in the alliance organ.».: Mr. Bur- rows refused to print both sides of these questions for the bénofit of his”’ readers{ and thus compels poor men to pay. for two or three papers to loarn what could as well as not be in one. 1If he does not wish to open his columos to the enemy he could well af- ford to to tried and truealliance members. Such treatment would be more likely to keep thera in the new movement than the ‘‘gag- rule,” If Mr. B. is sure that his views are right, why should he fear tolet his readers see the contrary occasionally, especially since he can opposo them with all his strength in the same columni Is error stronger than truth? T wish to speak first of the fiat fallacies, The land currency bill and the sub-treasury bill contemplate the issue of vast amounts: of paper money, not interchangeable for gold and silver, but to bo taken on trust. ‘The holders 'of this paper _camnot in any time of financial distrust ex- change it for land or for cotton, no more than Jobn Smith could exchange your note, when he desired, for the chattels which se- cured the note. John Smith might see that the chattels were losing in value and that he was liable to lose on his transaction, but all the same he has no recourse. The note which he held would likely depreciate, Now in such a caso as this under those two bills the authority, creait and flat of the govern- ment is expected by Messrs. Stanford, Polk, Powers, Burrows and others to keep up to ar the value of the paper. 1 know that r. Burrows ropudiates the sub-treasury plan and that probably Mr. Polk denounces the laud currency biil, but the principle is about the same in both. These are fial money schomes --paper not redeemable on de- mand. Fiatists say that pn&er money does not need to be redeemed. Right here they disclose, 1. The first fiat fallacy—*No such thing as intrinsic value, neither in money nor in any property.”” By ‘intrinsic” they mean in- herent, inborn, created in, and seem to deny any othier meaning to the' word. They take the literal meaning and say that commercial value is not created in things, but results from *demand’’ ou the part of mep—no value at all without a demand, which is true enough bnt not to the point. What causes demand?! It is tho utility or usable- ness of things. That thing which can be used greatly to 'xmflt, comfort, enjoyment, ‘®tc., has a high utility, and a strong demand results. Utility uudiscovered creates no demand; but utility is there just the same. Now, utility is inherent in things, inborn, created in, intrinsic. The value that results from utility is said to beintrivsic, and very rmperl]. Nobody says that there exists intrinsic value in the literal sense denied by the fiatists. They set up a wan of straw and then proceed to demolish hum. They knock mm endwise with law books, eneyclopedias, and political economies: jump on him and tear him to pleces, gring him iuto the dustand scatter him to the wiuds; dance exultingly about and hug each otber for joy; and then are astonished beyond measure that there are thousands who still believe in intrinsic value. Their pity for them is pathetic, There is truly & lttle something astonishing about the matter taking it as a whole. Gold and silver because of the uses to which they can be put, thelr relativ » scarcity, and yet their steady demand, have a high intrinsic and commercial ualue, It1s highly desirable to have a medium of exchange, something to expedite trade because it will be taken by all parties in re- turn for all other things. Time needs to be saved. Something which is valuable to every buyer and to every sellor, always in demand, and will be accepted for all things offered and will procureats marketablo things, makes a very convenient medium of ex- change. Sucha medium is gold and silver; and when coined it is called money. i 2, The second fiat fallacy.—No need for money to have intrinsic value, Fiatists say that government proclamation or flat makes money, and that there is no money without the flat. “Money is a govermental decree in- dopendent of the material used or the condi- tion of convertibility.” And they further say that the government can make the same glpel‘ worth much or little according to its at. I take my stand on the g:wmd that money is necessitated to ve intriusic value either at first hand or borro! There is no denying that in the beginning money hud intrinsic -value; ve for men would not exchange something for nothing. And in those rude times what had no intrinsi® value had no value at all, at first exchan, silver and gold in lumps or blocks as bullion. Wh: did not they continue so to dof Because was inconvenient to carry scales aud about for weighing and because the value dopended also on the fineness or quality of t weights 18, 1891. - the metal, It was needful to the merchants to the fidénbas and weight cortified to. Rin of o of coining, and wo now have pounds, shillings, pence, dol- lars, quarterssaiidimes. A dollar means so many grains'2oft gold or silver of <o fiue & quality. 1t dods 9ot mean twenty loaves of bread, nor teiewty pounds of sugar, nor eighty poundsiof wheat, nor & sack of oats, nor six poumdstof porterhouse, nor ten shaves. It means a certain amount of a cer- tain quality tho precious met- als, isq cleft for the prople to say hows much bread, sugar, whhuz, (;nu fi-k and shaves it :Jnnu ex- change for; and-they may change tho quan- tity as often a$RAw \};hh. Socioty asks the government to settle just one thing for it and to certify to it on the metal—the fineness and the amount of the metal in the pieces which are to circulate as money, This one thing the government can fix, but more than that about money it cannot fix, and more is not necessary to be fixed. Government stamp does not put any more metal than was in 1t before, unloss thero is some other coin on whose intrinsic value it can lean. Tt is claimed that 28 cents about of Hiat value is put by our government into the silver dollar, This i« true, but the silver dol- lar leans on the gold dollar (whose intrinsic oc bullion value is 100 cents), and derives value from it. if theré was no gold dollar to lean on, then what! Where would the fiat value be? There would be none. Calling the new dollar worth but 72 per cent of the former silver dollar, its purchasing power would immediately fall off 28 per cent, and jt would circulute at its bullion or intrinsic value. Would the government utter a fiat that the dollar shonld buy as much as it used to! Thus only could it make 28 per cent of fiat money. This would be only a repetition of the folly of France in 1792, (Perry, Political Beonomy and Cham- bers’ Encyclopedia.) Unless the old silver dollar of 100 cents bulfion value was in ox- istence on which to lean, it would be impos- sible with the gold dollar gone to put any fiat value into the now silver dollar, ~If the gold doliar was gone and the old silver dollar, also the greenback dollar and the bank note would drop to the value of the new silver dollar. Thusthe valueof th: dollar is its bullion value: the stawp of the government has nothing 10 do with it. It is said by some that currency is not ‘4egal tender” without a law or fiat of government. - Of course this is 80, and there may be need of securing to the dobtor the right to pay in what circulaung medium he chooses; but that is far from making flat money. * But there are some en- thusiasts of such " blooming imagination that they think they can see how paper with no coin or metal base whatever will muke the best money. To their glowing minds all this glorious government has to do is to arise in allits august majesty and say: ‘-Let there be dollars,” and ‘there shall be dol- lars. Suppose the fiatists should get con- trol of our government and announce their intention of abolishing coin as money ana substituting paper bas LF on nothing but the government’s readiness to receive it for customs dues, revenue and taxes and on its lecal tonder fiat, what would be the effecti The expected change would alarm Wall street, and at once silver coin would drop to its bullion value. Then the vast amounts of gold and silver thrown on the trade market would lower the bullion value. The govern- ment treasury would have to sell its store of coin and bullion for old treasury notes or new money at a lgss or keep 1t unsold, a dead loss. After cnnw&cung the eul'mnu{; 80 frightfully by abofi$hing our metal and bank notes, the only iWay we could get enough paper into immediate circulation to prevent a financial crash would be to lend money out on _good security at moderate rates. Of course multitudes would be eager to borrow, and would cail it a Godsend to “‘the peo le.” But whilo many would have faith n the paper. the,capitalistsand others would distrust 1t. The. latter is a cold fact that must not be lost. sight of. They would ex- pect a failure of thé scheme aad a business crash, and theéy would hoard metal, both to save their -:fortuncs and to get gain when motal should again come at an_ expectad promium. , Foreign trade balances woul be settled in bullion as now. . Many would distrust the paper and wouldtake the least of it they haa to. Accordingly-property owners would not sell froely. Roal estata, would ut once rise i‘r; ‘nm in order to compénsate for the risk, 0l o . i AT H ] would rise and yet would not sell freel, o in _the price” of com- modities wo » No. transactions on long time would egeur except at high rates. Uncertainty as to the future and fear of loss would bamper trade, aad thus-lessen employ- ment. There would be dull times. The common people also would lose that confi- dence in the paper which they at first had. Also, as commodities rose in price, workmen and farmers would have to receive higher pay, to- live in the same comfort. Rise of wages might_not bo readily granted by the employers, Then the poor would suffer. Government, if necessary, could compel the salo of the necessaries of life, but could not avold tho rise of prices. Experience has proved this. As the cost of living increased our government would have to pey its employes more and its officlals, This would mean larger appropriations and correspondingly - heavier taxes. The paper . ‘would ciating in value—would much as at first. Many ple would not notice this, however, for there would be no longer avy “‘par value.” What would there be to determine the par. value of the paper! T'he bullion or intrinsic value of coin is its par value. A constant demand for gold and silver for use in trade and at the mint, and a constant supply gives,a relatively stationary value to them. I say relatively stationary value, not an avsolutely stationary value but’ relatively stationary is enough for all practical purposes.-- This is a polnt which fiatists attack, but this attack fails. With- out a commodity or intrinsic value we are all afloat, on_the fluancial sea without a chart, steering witbout a compass, tossed on the panicky waves without an anchor. There is no comwmodity or intrinsic value to aper dollars, exw&t one so very small that t cuts no figure. ow is it possible to fix the purchasing power of a paper dollar? On the start the paper will be given the pur- chasing power which the gold dollar bhad. But after ‘a few years who will know whether that power should be the same or little ~ mora or . a little loss? will the government kunow un- it goes k the ntrinsic value of the precious metalsi But it is said the government's taking the paper for a dol- lar and paying it out as a.dollar in the place of, and a¢ a substitute for coin, compels peo- ple to use it and honor it as a dollar. All the same do I contend that the value of the dol- lar is adrift.when the yalue of coin money is lost sight of. It must have something to tie to or it will shift about. ; And it will depre- ciate (by rise 1 prices) until it gets down to its commodity value as_a simple price of en- graved paper, . This will come about by the constant need of more money for business; for as prices go higher, after public distrust has started them, it will require more money ta transact the eoyntry’s business, and more money, and more money still. And the gov- ernment will hayeJo raise more taxes and revenue Mcuuaofisfemyloyeu will be unabloe iy uties be depre- not buy as and to live on their nal, salaries. When pa- per money got dgwa to its commodity value then there would bé relative stability of val- ues. But the volume of money paid over and takon in on compgiptransactions would be so great as to becomd A puisance. There would beacry fora mdre’ compact currency, and a return would-!¥e made to metal. So it was after thesevolutionary war when it 100k & gig-box fulk by purchuse a $20 cow. Our flat friends say that the continental apor was diffeut from what they would uve. Of course¥t‘Wvas different; but it was the difference Dbetween tweedledum and tweedledee. If mpney does mnot require in- trinsic value at figsthand or borrowed why did not our forgfathers ‘discover it Why did prices go ,000 per cent and higher until finally too for paper to reach them ! Robert Morrls, Mhnifiton, Jefferson, Frank lin and the continental congress worked hard at the problem of money - and finance. And forther, why aid not the question solve itself inasmuch as the paper was in broad circula: Why did not the common people di: cover that it was Just as good if never re- deemed? Why did not the idea occur to nn(v of those brainy meh who devised our consti- tution, that progressive instrument which after over a century is still a model for the nations! The reason of the repeated faiture of flat money is that-all money must have intrinsic value, either at first hand or bor- rowed, and government tlat cannot maintain that value, ‘Thus the second fallacy is ex- posed. N.H.BrACKMER, Assistant County Lecturer, ———— Thrae Drowned. Puitaperenia, May 17.—Mrs. Susan Pas- coe and her infant sonsnd Miss Mary Carr lost their lives this afteruoon by the upset- ting of a sall boat on the Schaylkill. ALLIANGE AND PROMIBITION, Sp:oulation as to the Oourse of the Towa Independsnt Qonvention, INTERESTING INSURANCE ~ STATISTICS, Showing a Gratifying State of Affairs Among the Different Companies Taxing Sleeping Cars— Oil Inspection. Des Moixrs, Ta., May 17.—|Special to Tar Bee.|—As the time for the alleged indepen- dent state convention nears, sviz: Juuo 3, somo curiosity is manifested as to the course of the gathering on the liquor question. Its power to attract votes from the ranks of either of the old parties will almost entirely depend upon its attitude upon this subject. Tho call for the covention was signed al- most oxclusively by those who have hereto- fore aMliated with the domocratic party, consequently its deliberations will largely be controlled by the projectors of the move- ment, and it is probablo this will give a cue to its platform uttcrances. The Nationat Farmers’ alliance has generally been silent on the prohibition question, and as this con- vention will be largely composed of alliance men, it may take the same course, 10WA INSURANCE STATISTICS. The annual report of the insurance depart ment of the state auditor's office is about ready for the public. The proof sheets show a gratifylog state of affairs among tho companies doing business in lowa. It shows that 126 five, ono joint live stock, one mutual hail, two steam boiler, two plate glass, two fidelity, two accident, and one employors’ liability company were authorizad o trans- act business in tho state last year. Three companies made yoluntary assignments and woro closed up. There wera also thirty-five life companies (two doing accident business also) and one exclusively accident company doing business within the state. Of the fire companies twenty are Towa corporations, and of the life and accident companics four organized in Towa, Thero were also thirt six mutual benefit associations doing bus- iness on the assessment plan, of which nine- teen are Iowa concerns. Concerning ‘‘under- ground” and prokerage business Auditor Lyons says: “Belioving as T _do that the failure during the past yearof the Reliance Mutual Fire Insurance company, the Mutual Guuranty Fire Iusurance company and the Citizens' Mutual firo insurance, was almost _entirely due to underground and_brokerago business, which business is only a species of what is commonly called “wild cat” insurance, douo by the companies, I deem this a proper timo to refer to a recommendation made ir my in- surance roport of 1887, from which I quote as follows : I desire to call your attention to the fact that there is no power given the auditor of the st der any section plied with the inurance . onsideration the vast In- terests of the people who place their insurance with home companies with the assurance, ns they believe, that they are being protected froin viclous and unsafe busingss by the su- pervision of the state, [ am firmly of the opin- on that the law shouid be so aniended as to mpower the auditor, under whose charge the insurance interests of the people s pluced, when ho has knowledge that any compiny 13 dofng such an unauthorized business to com- pel it to coase the same under penalty of a revoeation of thelr right to do business in this state until snid company shall honestly com- ply with the law. ““The uniform fatality that attends the do- ing of brokerage business has been proven by the experience of overy Towa company that has attempted it.” A table in the report gives in detail the business of the 126 co-operative fire and tor- nado anssociations which ratmrkm for 1890, Many of these are small, their business con- fined to a townsbip -or at most a county. ' Jn the aggregate, how they neld risks amouating to $31,024, an_increase of §2 000,000 for twelve months, During the year they paid losses nggregating $108,763.7. their total expenses were $42,277.12, and it cost $1.80 to carry each £1,000 in insurance. The eighteen Iowa fire insurance com- panies - wrote during the year risks amounting to $70,004,404, received premiums amounting to $1,364,036, and puld losses amounting 0 $557,621 Foreign fire insurance companies doing bui ness in Towa wrote risks during the year amounting to$145,571,551 ; premiums received 2,007,878 losses paid, $1,023,091. The total fire insurance written in the state excessive of co-operative insurance was thus, $216,470, 045; premium collected, $3,475,010; losses P 1,680,710, The amount of life insurance reported in force December 50, 1800 was 8,513,184, Premiums were received during the year amounting w $1,816,175; losses were paid amounting to $584; TAXATION OF SLEEPING CARS. The United States supreme court. decision handed down last week involving the consti- tutionality of the law of Pennsylvania taxing sleaping car companies on @ basis propor- tionate to the nvmber of miles of railroad within the state over which said company’s ©ars run, compared with the total number of miles of road in the United Statec over which the said sleeping cars run, will mean a reve- nue for the lowa treasury of nearly and the future taxation of said cars. within five years the sloeping car company paid thoir taxes through the railway compa- nies which operated them, the assessment being made by the state executive council, and the amounts being collected by the county treasurers. Thon the Pullman company en- joined the council through the federal courts from making the assessments, and also en- Joined the county treasurers from collecting the taxes. The council has disregarded the injunction, making the assessment regularly each year, and as regularly have the county treasurers been enjoined. Suit was brought. by the state to enforce the collection, but the matter was held in abeyance to await the result of the Ponnsylvania case. Attorney General Stone mnow says he will push tho cases at once, as the Pennsylvania devision 1s a practical settlement of the question and victory for the state. The railway compan- ies that have resisted the tax are the Bur- lington, Cedar Ravids & Northern, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifie, Illinois Central, lowa Central, Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City, and some smaller companies. The Milwaukee has paid the tax under protest. PARMERS' ALLIANCE OIL AGENCIES, The state board of health has had much difficulty of late with the farmers’ alliance of the stace in regard to kerosene ml. Some of the local alliances have been bringing into their communities oil which had not under- gono inspection and which would flash at as low a point as gasoline, and wus far more danyerous because of its explosive qualities, "This oil was kept as conimunity property, for sale W0 members by some other member or agent. One caso was that of & man ut Angus, a sample of whose oil was tested and found wanting. The offender pleaded ig norance of the law uud innocence of any criminal intention #o strongly that the board waived prosecution. Another case was found at Leon, and the majority of offenders were found = to ignorant of the provisions of the law. The board has de- termined to enforce the law vigorously, and has already stopped the contraband trade in several counties. President Furrow, of the state farmers’ alliance, has written to the board promising his carnest support in the matter, 84 THE AMENDMENT MANDAMUS, Autorney General Stone was recently re- quested by Secretary of State McFariand to give his opinion io régard to the manaamus suit brought by President Harvey, of the state temperance alliance. Two questions were asked : First, should the demand for a certified copy of the constitution be complied with, and second, whether in the event the de d should be retused, it was in the provinee of the attorney genoeral, acting as a state officer, to defend the suit. In regard to the first question tue attorney general says : “It wiil be seen on consideration of the matter that this is not only a suit by a pri- vate individual, but that it is o sult for a pri- vate purpose. to the manner in which this certificate shall be made, that is a mat- ter between you wnd him, except that of course yon are to be governed alone by the law mn{ your own conscience in the perform- ance of your official duties. No other state officer can control you or direct you In the matter of the discharge of your duties, nor cun sy other siate oficer commit his de- partment to the support of or opposition to your opinion as to how you will Korfurm your uties. You alone are responsible," Conoerning the second guestion, the attor- ney goneral defines the duties of his office, and concludes : ‘‘From this it will bo seen that it is oniy where the stato is a party oris intorested that the attorney genoral has any authority toact. Inthe case under consideration the state is not a party, It is not iterested. If it were it could intervonoe in the action and become a party toit. No one will contend that the stato “could intervene in the action which Mr. Harvey commenced against you, There is no issue involyod which tho court could permit itto be heard upon, Every officer having the custody of a public record or writing is bound to give any person on demand a certifiod copy thercof on pay- ment of the lecal foes therefor, 1f you should rofuse to perform this duty auy person who rightfully made the domand could apply to the courts for an order to compel you to o it, but it would not be the duty of the state or of the attorney goneral to defenc conduct in such “refusal in the cou 1t would be in substancea privato suit, brought by a private individval to compel you to do your duty in a matter in which he had an in- terest, and in the event of your defeat the costs would fall on you personally ana not on the state. 1 think it must appear, therefore, that 1 cannot in this controversy put the state in such an atti- tude as might put it in debt for costs, or s would lead it to support cither one side or the otber of this private controversy. The attorney general has no more autho:ity to defend in this case than he has to prosceute it. As to the other matter you present, as to the extent of your duty in'making such cer- taficate, T have 1o say: You should, on de- mand, made according to tho statute, cuuse an accurate copy of the record in question to be made, and then_you should certify that it was such copy. You could not be logaily re- quired to determine any question as to the validity or logality of the record. Such a question would be one for the court in which it was sought to use it to decide.” IOWA STRIKE SITUATIO Indications That Soon Ret OrTeMwa, Ta., May to Tur Bre,)—Tho indications are that the cool miuers strike in lowa is close to the end. The miners in many cases are desti- tute and noed financinl aid, It is said that #3.50 per week has been paid the striking winers by the miners’ union of other states but this is not emough to support the lareo fawmilies characteristic of the miners of this vicinity, Their atives have been hard at " work endeavoring 10 get a conferenco with the mine operators at OsKaloosa early in the week, and while they claim this movement is meeting with success tho operators here declare there is nothing to arbitrate and they wilt not attend, Itis very evident that tho strike is about over and that the meeting wi plan whereby the miners will resume work. Rails for a New the Miners Will n to Work. [Special Telegram rack. Fort Manisoy, Ta., May 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tiik Bre. ]—Seven cars of steel rails have arrived here to be distributed along tho line of the Chicago, F't. Madison & Des Moines railroad. A track gang will go to work at once broadening the guage of the i This road and putting it n first class shape. is the western extonsion over which the Beardstown, Fort Madison & Sioux City proposes - t0 run, passing through Dos Moines to Sioux City. uel in Ktaly. Rowr, May 17.—A duel growing out of a dispute originating i the stormy debate in the chamber of deputics on May day, when radical members blanied the government for the riot which occurred on that day during the labor demonstrations, was fought today. The principals were Signor Barsillal, a mem- ber of the chamber of deputies, who was wounded in the riots, and Captain Bozzl, The former recefved wounds in the arm and hoad as the resuit of the duel. Frosts and Steet in’ England Losnoy, May 17.—Sharp frosts and storms of sleet and snow were experienced through- out the kingdom last night and much injury was done to the fruit crop. In London to- night the weather is warm und raining. MR. VAUGHAN'S AIM. He Will Secure a Pension for All Ex-Slaves. ‘There was only a small audience at Boyd's opera house last ovening to listen to W. R. Vaugnan lecture. The slim attendance was accounted for by the counter attractions at several of the colored churches, Mr. Vaughan spoke for a few moments, stating the object of his work to be the passage of a bill through congress authoriz- ing the payment of a pension to each ex- slave. The !’K)i\‘(r}l‘ also told of his reception in Chicago recently and the interest taken in s work by the rolored people there, The following named . gentlemen were appointed @ committee to arrange for another mecting at a later date and to endeavor to form an. organization: Messrs. A. D. White, Dr, M. O, Ricketts, 15 R. Overall, J. C. Hubbard, H. F'. Watson, M. L. Wilson and Judge D. L. Lapsley. ‘The next meeting will be held in one of the colored churches, at which time Mr. Vaughan will deliver the address intended for last ovening. A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Vaughan, to the managers of the opera house for the use of the building, and to Hon. k. Rosewater for noticas in Tur Bee. ——————— PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Loran Clark of Albion is at the Dellone. Miss L. Price of Lincoln is at the Dellone. R. J. Vinton of Big Springs is at the Mil- lard. P J. Paxton. John Walters of Creighton is a guest at the Millard. Hon. Millard. J. H. Farthing of San Jose, Cal, is at the Murray. George W, McGill of Kearney is a guest at the Paxton. T, T. Armstrong of Kearney is a guest at the Paxton. Colonel J. E. West and H. A. Chamber- stein of Kushyille are at the Paxton. Sam De Nedray, well known in Ouiaha, now in the newspaper business in Spokane Falls, is here on his way to the agvual con- vention of the International Typographical union, which neets at Boston next month, Kilpatrick of Beatrico Is ot the T. H. Benton of Lincoln Is at the L develop some | ! BOYOOTTS ARE GREAT THINGS, The One Instituted Against the 0. & A. Alroady a,Daad Lottor. PASSENGER AND TRUNKS GET SEPARATED. Overzealous Action on the Part of o West Shore Baggageman Leads to Some Unpleasant Dis closures. New York, May 17.--That the boycott ot Alton would prove an ignominous failure has long been taken for granted, but the board of rulings has continued to protost that nearly all of the original sixty companies which signed the death warrant against commis- sions were maintaining a solid front. The Sun hes said that several of the companies, after issuing the order to their trainmen to boycott the tickets and baggage of Alton passengers, issued a second order quietly an- nulling the first and directing their trainmen not to disturb such people. Thero is now evidenco that every one of the trunk lines, except possibly the Ponusylvania and Now York Central, is ienoring the ukase of the board of rulings. In other words, the boycott is & dead lotter, but Messrs, Blanchard, Goddard, Farmer and Donald will probably not declare it off until cold weather comes. The examplo that follows ooks as if & bad blunder had boen committed and probably two of the companies aro liable for damagos. Mr. Louis Zeikel, the g Equitable Life Assurance socioty at Denver, and his daughter left that ¢ v 7 for New York on the Union Pacifi ey had secured state rooms on the steamship Colum- bia of the Hamburg-American line, which sailed last Thur y for Berlin, Mr. Zeikel was going to Germany for his health. The Union Paciflc agent at Denver gave them coupon tickets reading over the Chicago & Alton to Chieago and thenco over the Grand Trunk and West Shore roads to New York. The Grand Trunk and West Shore roads publicly claim to be boycotting tho Alton by order of the board of ruliugs. They were also o dered to boycott the Union Pacific and any other company that continued to deal with the Aiton. The conpon ticket issued by the Union Pacific bore on the stub vart ot it the phrase, *On account of the Chicago & Alton, Chicago & Grand Trunk and West Shore railways,” and even after the Union Pacific and Chicago & Alton coupons had been torn off it was as much an Alton as eve cott has any force tho fivst Grand Trunk con- ductor out of Chicago should have refused to accept the tickots. The several Grand conductors punched and repunche tickets and made no complaint as Mr. Zoikel rode on toward Buffal At Buffalo their sleoper was attached to a West Shore train. Noune of the conductors on this road objected to the tick treatea them like any other tickets. Zeikel and his daughter reached New York nuay last without asuspicion that there ott in foreo and that they had had a mighty narrow escapo from being thrown off the train. As a matter of fact the big force of detectives employed by the Alton road has not succeeded yet in finding a singlo caso where one of its tickets has beon re fused. 1 Mr. Zeikel called at the bacgago offico the foot of Forty-second street for his bag, gage as soou s he arrivea, but it had not come on that train. He callod the next day, and the West Shore officials still knew noth- ing about it. Then ho went to the local office ot the Union Pacific and the gen- eral eastern agent telegraphed for informa- | tion to all the juaction - polnts along the line between Denver and Weehawken. Finally he suspected that the boycott Imm)u off at half cock and that some baggnieritister had been a little more conscientigus than tho trainmen, or ‘that u bagengemasger had for- gotten thy subsidiary order motth boycott any one. Such was the case.. The’'Grand Trunk baggagomaster did #H ‘oo, m West Shore baggageman at Buffuld” When ho came across the brass check with the initials Chicago & Alton on it he nailed iton the spot. The Grand Trunk had to take the trunk back and it stood in the stor- age room at Buffalo while its owner was in New York worrying about it and much luconvenienced. Mr. Zeikel and his daughter had a few thiugs in their grips, but they had to buy many articles of cloth- ing. The Union Pacilic had the trunk sent on from Baffalo by express aund it reacl here Friday night. It came over tho West Shoro, it is said, which 1 boycotting Alton baggage. The Alton payed the express charges, but probably they will come out of the West Shore sooner or tater. ) Moanwhile Mr. Zeikel had missed steamer which sailled on Thursday aad . ho was worked up about it on account of tho disappointment. He applied at the office of the stoamship agent lo get tho tickets changed, but the agent did not seem inclined to graut the favor. Mr. Zeikel knew Cari Schurz, who is a director of the company, nd the latter used his influenco to get the ckets changed to next Thursday’s boat. Mr. Zeikel does not care much now whether he gets left or not next Thursday. He is interested in the railroad affair, and he 18 going to see it out if he has to stay all - summer. Ho consulted a lawyer and sworo outan afdavit. He is modest in his de- mands. All that Lo cares for, he told a Sun reporter yesterday, was that the company which is 1{able stoald pay the hotel and mis- collancous expenses that they have con- tracted duriug tne time they have boen de- layed. | He estimates them, at #15 a day or $150. This Includes several articles of ap- arel which they had to buy Dbecause thoy id not havo the trunks. They wero atn modest hotel yesterday, but will goto the Fifth avenue hotel tomorrow, 1f the board of rulings takes no action in the matter it will be a tacit admission, the Alton peoplo say, that the boycott is deud. s e Argentine Financos. Buryos Avies, May 17.—Tho senate's ro- fusal to assent to & committee of inquiry into the position of the state banks has caused an improvemeat in the market. On the bourse | reports are current to the effect that it is in- evitable thut the provineial banks will liqui- date and the natioual banks will be couverted into a concern with the monopoly of the issu- ing of notes, Catholic « orner Stone Lafd. 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