Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 4, 1891, Page 5

ABUUT UNITED STATES MAIL. _CONTINURD FROM FIRST PAGE. ] ovor last year. I recommend a very genoral exténalon of the system Inelocaiities where fices lave nover been established. The o 54,208 communities where there are post- | bfMicos, but no money order branches. The total number of postoflices of all elasses 16 6430, un Incrense of 1¥28; of this numbor 2042 aro presidential, an' in 81,387 are fourth class, an fner 3 The quickened service of a year ago, showing such substantinl results, has boen stiil forther addod to in sccordance with the urgent demunds of the country and under the per- pnal direction of practical officials, Nearly ,000 miles of additional rallway postofiice porvice Linve been established miles in the Pacifiu const stutes, the other western stites. 2,400 in the southern states and About 1,000 In the northoastern states. Special attention was given to the Pacifio states in reorzanizing old routes. Much timo I8 saved Ly an improved system of sepuration In rallwiy ' postofices of city mall for larzo commercial contors, Dirine the yenr endod June ), 1801, 2%,766,950 letters for dity delivery wero thus separated, an ir cronss over the previous year of 2500690, 1214 per cent T'beg to mention now the necessity of mak- fng early provision for the growth of the rafiway mall service by such changes in its orgunization ns sk 1init of tho establish- ddit o8 for its clorks. © passod siace the prosent form | d, within wiich timo there has b ase in rallway milenge of () per raase fn anouil postal clork mile nt, an increase n clerks of the servi per cont, and fnerease n pieces of mail handied of 145 per The casunlities in the rallway mall servic during the past yoar have been greater than usual. The total nomber ot Iway postoflice cir Wrochs wis 310, In these there were killed thirteen clorks: severely Injured, sixty- eizh sligntly Injured. “elghty-four. Each vear's casualities bring to .mind more nnd more forcibly the necessity that exists for some vision by congress for the famiiies ind dopendents of the men whoso 1y e lost while in the actual performunce of thelrduties, Poeumntic Tubes tecommended. Mr. Wanamaker desoribes the pneumatic tube systews of Beriin and London, and strongly recommends their adoption in this country. Ho insists that they would pay, and records several attempts at peginning such a service. 1 des gress most carnestly to tho p trunsmission In eities by pneu have been trylng for two years to securo definite propositions from “inventors and capitalists, which should form the basis of a definite proposit on, to be laid beforo the post- office coninitte to see If the requisite appro- prianvion could be obtained for experiment at fenst. 1 belleve wore than ever in i eflicicncy of the tubular post, botl s a tromendous bustness convenience in large clties and s seif-supporiing and perhaps a profitablo investment and this vour I have 1ad collected fucts about the tubiilar systems of Europe. hundred thousand doliars would bo zh mone to try experiments which Shoultl provo the practicability of the tabu post, and [ relterate my earncst desire that it aight be st up in New York, to meet the in- erensing needs of the metronolis; in Chioago, lustrate the perfection of our postal de wvelopment at the World's fair, us well as to moet the business needs of that city, and In Washington. between the capitol wod the othor public hufldings, 80 that membe congress und ors 0 the cupital ity might Bco for thenseives, 1f they. chose, the ox method of its operation. Utilizing Street Oars in Cities. In discussing the utlizatlon of strect enrs i eitfes for the collaction and delivery of gadl, [do ot refer to thio uttachmont of letter hoX05 10 crrs. i which madl mattor may merely boe deposited, for it has been found upon thor- ough inquiry that this method has not re- sultod fu id vuntages which compensuto tull enough for the scatvering of forces which would be fnvoived inthe partial abandon- ment of ono method of collection and the par- tial adoption of another, not to_mention ‘the difficuities—not to suy dangers—nttendint upon depositing mall in _boxes attached to cars in motion and the aifiicuity and e xpense connceted with securing the consentof the ear companios to the arranzement. 1 refer to the adaptation of the wazon service of Beril 10 the street cur systems of the lurger Amerl= can oftics. In the German capltal. as is well known, n 1 matter 1s treated in wagons both for distribution more quickly to varriers and for instant dispateh to the postoflice atter col- Tection. Of the wondorful success of tho rural free dolivery tho report says Tho rurnl frée-delivery experiment is on trini in forty-six communities. two places, Thilisboro, N. D., and Hanover. N. 11, this sor- viee was begun, but was discontinued because the postmasters faled to procure responsible rlors for the maximuin compensation of 8212 per annum for one or two_hours' seryice per day. I uppendix A appears n tabulited statenient showing A total merease of gross recelpts in thirty-nine of the forty-six experi- mental frec-delivery offices, amounting to 26,213.40, and 1 total decrease of gross receipts In seven of tho ofti amounting to_ #0530, This loaves « balance of 500,10 0f incroase of gross receipts. This total of excess of gross receipts over axpenditures is divided in” the appended tubles into what is due to natural growth and what s attribu- tablo to the free delivery sorvice. Tho excess of recelpts due to nutural growth Is obtalned Ly comparing the Kross receipts of I8 with thcso of 150 for the same period: and the bal- ance, 830.5, over and above the additional cost, which Is entirely an abnormal Increase, 15 10 bo attributed to thoe free delivery. This is indeed u wonderful showing. ospe- clully whon it is considered that the establish- ment of the freo delivery causes the patrons of tho office in a large measure to discontinue the box delivery system, and that the oflice consequently 1osés to some oxtent its bhox rents out Of the gross receipts. Nearly all spoak in the highest pralse of it, and they say it meots with the unqualified approbation of thelr putrons. Teordiully recommena the p nssage of o bill to entitle wll towns of u population batwee 5100 and not exceed ing 10,000 to the privile of free dolivery. This recommendaation Is in conformity with the generous custom of con- gress to extend the systen into towns smallor and smaller; and though the step from popii- Intions of 19,000 down to populations of 5,00 is Jong, 1 think the remarkable success of the froo dolivory oxperiment justifies the expeo- tation that mothing but beneficial results would follow. Postal Depositories for Small Sums. The postmaster goneral argues strenuously for places ol doposit for the people’s savings. He reiterates his plan of last year and adds oro than ever convinced of the wi o allowing to the frugal and uhrifty and especlaliy to working women and youth, the privileze of using the postoftices s places of deposic for small su W hoever counts himself u friend of the w ing people must favor such a neasure. torm savings banks 18 misleading, 1y the plan only croates depositories at the postoflice. Th deposits, never oxceeding say $i0 or at the utmost £300 from one person, could not In- Jurlously ulfect tho old suvings® bunk system, but wou'd feed them by transfer of the lurger sums accumulated In the postofice deposi- torles. Another plan, quite simple und thoroughiy practical. wonld be to issue at tho postofices non-negodtablo certificates of postul deposit in sums of 10, 30 and 3100, voaring Interest at the rate of half a cont w day on the dollar (81,824 per year), after the first of tho month following the date of denosit, and principal anl interest pryable on demund atuny mone: ordor office by proper endorsement and identi- fication undor rozulations of tho postmastor goneral o money deposited 1 each stite 0 bo rolnvested s fur as possible in the sume atito in school or municipal bonds by the POSLIASE Lo the upproval Of the secrotary 1n estublishing theso rles duo curo should be tiken to provide irst for the states without suvings banks und for communities fow taoilitios reports of 6,508 postmusters stato the distance of savings banks postof varles from a few feet 0 hundreds of mitles, and: th ual average of aistinee in LA70 out of 2807 countles In the Unitod Stutos i twonty-slght milos. As tho postoflice bs within easy walking distance of thoe home of o muy, woman and child, so would the place” of deposit for savings bo equally necessible and convenient. Tho dopartuiont now handies over $100,000.- €00 wnnunlly of the people’s money in’ the money order transfors and s thoroughly equipped to take charge of small suvings., Tum In favor of free delivery wherever It can be put into operation: dut until thut i provided for by Law | would meot tho Justifia- ble compluints of patrons in the rural dis- triots, who churge the government with dis- crimination, by ussiznlng o onch head of o fumily lvin's outside of the freo delivery of the offico u treo box; and this, in wy opinion, will not require more than 300 boxes ax un average for second and third class offices. At oftices whero there is no free delivery 1 pro- pose to abolish box ronts sltozether. Muny a flourishing town which boasts of a £5,000 brick opers houss hus o $78,000 public alding ali out of sense ol “siness or irt. “Tho postal nnd bus ness reasons why some departure in the mutter of quarters (or post- oftices Is necessary are 00 many 1o enuwm- 1 find convenlong places to 1% are not fireproofs they have to be urranged and furnished oftentines at the expenss of the postuaster. Of AfLy-s1x post nusters who have written mo upon this topie fifty-five strongly urze the erection of smali government bulidings. The populur oall for thom would bo quite as strouz in proportion if tho provosition were properly understood, Tho Reed 13 sl butlafigs. wholly for postl use, and erecto + under thie direction of the }'i)nlllumvu departivent and lefs o the custody Prospeots of One Cont Postage. In the discussion of the tople of 1-cent post- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY DECEMBER 4, azo Inst year 1 somo tables designed to shoyw L tatns of the postal service under vy a only for the purbose of of results of certnin conditions The first table demon- strated that under conditions of roc expenditure for 1802, 180, 1504 aud 1805, similar to those existing In {91, without any new leg- { 18lation or any unusunl sisments tending to bring about in ensed or desreased business, tha postal business would be b tionlly self- sustuining in 1%, Wo have done better than this. According to the estimates just sub- | which takes Into account some econo- iy of acconpilshment. and nn fncreass of revenne not overestimated when the Inrge Tosses of 1ust year on nccount of the lottery ro” taken into avcount, the service letter postuge to a uniform rato of 1 cent means exactly that the depurtment wiil lose one-half of this amount of roceipts. One-half would be $0,718,00175, Wo hay {aco In this probloar, assuming that It Is ripe for solution by 1803, n clenr 108 to the rovenue of not less thin ¥21,000,000 under pro: con- ditions, wl depRFLHIent wers to re- coive ifs dues in rezard to the credits belong ing to it would be reduced to a defieit of trom 10,000,000 to #11,0.0,00), Ihave herctotore stated that 1-cent postage will be guccessfuily demanded in timo. 1 o liove that time Is not faroff. It cortalnly onzht not to be asked for 5o long as any deficit apnears in the revonues of the postal servie and here | wish to reiterate the further stat mient that in my judgment It_ought not to be | asked for then until many improvements and tenslons of the sorvice are proyided for. It would not be just and fuir to o service upon which every effort has been spent for two vars to make It self-sustalning, and which 10w promises to become so in the 'nest fiscal r. to heap upon it nt the halunce s clear, i burden of millions. Clerks 1 postof ought to be fair they ought 1ot to be overworked: the. W have rooms In botter buildings: lotter ca riers ought not to be welzhted dow horses: rallway postal clorks should for the dangers they fice daily; the g of postofl pught’ to b ppod; i fonrtii-cluse postmaster wlio s 3100 1 year ennnot aflford to pay 3 s office With boxes; rurait onsidored to be n suceessful expori= and otlier things ouzht to bo done, but they can nover be consummated so lonz as defi- atiou committee in the fi Third and kourth ¢ lass Postage. u inclined upon a mature consideration of all theso things, to think that the tin rived w chango tending to gr mplicity in the ificution of m terind tho rates of postaze s d 1 do not bolieve that zinaing could be mude than by abolisning tho distinction Detwoon third and fourth class matter and uniting them under one rate of posti tho interest of simplicity and public con' alone, us s domonstrated b 01ng statement, such a union s vo sirable. A rightstop has already been take ruts of postiage on sceds. roots, scions, bulbs rate to that of the third class, in the zeneral interrstof agrioulture. Why, In the gencral ter in the third class, eriy clussified, and sample coples of news- clussified a8 any other mefchandise, the in- total amount now collected from pu for postage of newspapers. In other words, but publishers wled, are able to use may be roduced by consoliduting tourth- cluss matter with the third 2lass. Financial Features. duce $1L636.091.20 more than is spent for them; the middle states produce 34,537,181.28 more, No state on the Puclile slope produces as much postal servico, The simo I8 true of the sout ern states. Two of the western states an mare; the Pacific states, $1.871,8.6.04 mi expended 1ast transportation, all the increase of recoipts (nearly 800,000 in the Now states on the Pacific siope the additional re- caipts of #474,64, and 328,33 more, were spent 10 better the postal facilities. onding June 30, 1891: Ordinary postul rovenue. ... . Kecolpts from morcy order bis ness..... ross revenue Less amount chars Remaining revenue .. The estimated expenditures for fisonl yoar onded uno ), aro . K i'yeur ending June Estimated amount ' of postil rovenuo for the year ond- ng June 50, 1802, a8 botore - ..... 17,140.72 Tucrease of 104 per cent el A0 Estimated awmount of ordinary POSLUL TOYONUO. ... i Amount of estimated Tevenuo from money order business...... §02,000.0) Gross rovenus for the year ... Amount of estimated expend- ituros shown in tho table of esti- ates submitted by the post- astor goneral through the soc- rotury of the treasury. Leaves estimatod surplus of DOSLUL PEVONNOS. . ..vv wveveeeree 19,040.03 Pickages by Mail, The English governmont Ling aguin urzontly Sir Jullan Pauncefote, the asked, throug! British minister, for n pyrcels post between Great Britain and the United States. The German goverament. throuzh Mr. Suehse, has also urged the privilexe of grenter mail facili- tlos for business intercourse betwecn the two countries. o answer to these and other countrics has uniformly been that under ex- isting legislation a full parcels post conld not Do instituted, and that, while only limited and unsutisfactory post existed in this coun- try, it would probibly be (mpossiblo to expect Ivf:lslnlhmll) provide a proper parcels post with forein nutions. Free delivery extension, postal telezraph, postal tolephone, postal depositories, tubular post und l-cent postage ought. perhaps, to procede it The benefit of the futl purcels bost (and the ronson why It 1s so extensively de- mundod) I that the post reaches thousands of loealities where the express companies do find it profitable to zo. There Is no wlstaking the fact that the purecls post 1s o suceess whorever it Isin op- oration, and that the vast majority of peopie greutly appreclate it. —— READY FOR ELECTROCUTION. Murderer Loppy to Bo Shocked to Dexth Next Week. Siva Sixa, N. Y., Dec. 8.—Wardon Brown of Sing Sing prison hns everything 1n readi- noss for the execution next week of the mur- derer, Martin D, Loppy, who has boeu await- ing death in Sing Siug for & month. Very littly preparation had to bo done, as the ma- chitery of doeath had been kept in the same condition as it was loft aftor the fatal work in executing Smiley, Siooum, Wood and Jugiro last July. Tho warden, howover, will make preliminary tests of the apparatus as required by law. Loppy 18 reconciled to nis fate. Ho Is a model prisoner, Warden Brown says he will not allow the NeWspAper reporters ono- bult as much liberty as thoy had last July. Ho will tell them whon tho execution will take piace and as much of the details as the law allows, The warden has sont wvitations 1o the witnesses, but will not tll their name: The Old-Fashioned Way Puiiapsiruts, Pa, Deo. 8.—John M- Manus was hanged this moraing for the murder of Bugeno McGinnis Fobruray 21, 1500, el The Death Roll. Loxnoy, Dec. 8.—Tho earl of Erroll died today. Ho was nereditary grand constable of Scotland. ent. and about which there cannot be two opinfons a8 to the propriety of its further ex- tension, should Lo widely extended. Theso cleney in the POstil revenies stares an uppro- by congress. By the act of July 4. 158 the and plants was reduced from the merchandise interests of manufactures and of domestic commerce, allied as these aro to uzriculturo and all other pursuits of Iife, should not a further advance toward unificition be made? 1 respoctfully recommend that congress be requested to so anend the present law as to plice what Is now known us fourth-cluss mat- [£ books aliezed to be poriodieals wore prop= PUDers. excopt to i reusonable number, were creased revenue would more thun equl the biishers the department would suffer no loss by carry- Ing newspupers to nctual subseribers freo if it recoived Just pay for the serinls and sample copies. General merchendlse in the maiis Days 16 cents u pound. Books in packages of four pounds aro carried at 8 cents o pound; ship thelr entire production from 'the Atlan- tie to the Paclfic for | cent a pound. Tt 1s pos- sibie from July 1, 1803, to tuke off the entiro X on newspapers, excent for clty dellvery, if il books of every kind areplaced onn level with other merchandise, and the post- Only ten states und ono _territory produce more revenue than is spent within their bor- dors. New York leads, Massachusetts I8 next, Iiltnois 15 third and Penusylvanin is fourth. Oklahoma is the one territory. Grouping the states in regions, the New England stutes pro- as is required for the malntenunce of its oune territory supply more thun they use. The se §4,885,0TA 25 more than 1s collected stutes, $5, 4361718 Without taki ceount the unts England seates, except $107,000, went back Into improved service. in the middle stutes out of over 81,600,000 increase ull but #10,000 went back o lmprove the ser) In tho southern states the incrense was #754,009, and all but $15,000 wentback to improve the service. In the western states all the increased receipts, 21,- 86,604, und 3657 591 In addition, were spent for the bonefit of the service there; and in the The finnneinl statement for thoe fiscal year L 10,446,350 .44 THEIR ACTIONS WERE FINAL, Dakota Oounty Commissioners Sustained in the Oontest. APPEALED TO THE SUPREME COURT. O, K. Lawson of Fairbury Assigns for His Creditors’ Benefit—Many Ne- braska Mortgages Iieleased —Other News Notes. Dakota City, Nob, Dec. 8.—Special Telogram to Tur Ber.]—A decision was today handea down by District Judge Norris in the writ of error in the county seat con- test case. The judge holds that tho actiou of tho county commissioners in calling un oloc- tion, although somewhat irregular, was final and they were sustained. The plamtf, Dakota City, oxcepts to the finding and the supercedeas boud was fixed at 250, which was immeaiately given and the case ap- pealed o the supreme court. NEBRASKA MUORTGAGES, Encouraging Report of Releases in Various Countics. Bratnice, Neb,, Deo. 8.—[Special to Tue Bk, | —Following is the report of farm and city mortgages filed and released during the month of November in Gage couaty Farm hortgages filed, forty-six, amount $67,887; farm wmortgages released, eighty, amount §i9,795; reloases over filings, forty, amount $11,961; city mortyages filea, thir nine, amount $18,476; city mortgagus released uwenty-five, amount §5,507; relenses over filings, $16,521; total releases over filings, 828,482, Turoronn, Neb,, Dec. vucial to Tie BEr. |—The wortgage indebtedness report of Thomas county for November shows the fol- lowing: Chatrel mortgages filed, eight; amount of same, $31.25; chattel mortgages released, four; amount of same, §205.64. Beatrice News Notes, Beatnice, Neb,, Dec. 3.—[Spocial to Tie |—Tho foundations for tho Heatrico shoe factory building are being laid in Wit- teuberg addition. The Barney Overalls manufactory of Cinaan, N. H., has established a western wholesaling branch in this city. A representative of the Walter A Wood Harvest Machinery Manufacturing company was in the city during the past week looking over the ground with a view of locating u western manufacturing branch of that ex- tensive concern in this city. The new water works pumpisg station 1 the Paddock pasture is gradually spproach- ing completion. The city will in future ob- tain its supply of puro water from this source by meaas of the wells battery system. A number of semi-authoritative rumors are current of a cousolidation of all tho street car lines of the city, to be operated by elec- tricity. Kansas City partios were a fow ]dggay; ago looking to an investment of that ind. John B. Long has shipped in 5,000 head of sheep from Colorado and New Mexico with a view to feeding them on his ranch adjacent to this city this winter. Des Moines Cltizens Jailed. Bratrics, Neb., Dec. #-—|Special Telo: cram to Tur Bre.|—Threo young men hail- mg from Des Moines were arrested here today for peddling without a license, The trio were selling rugs and carpets by sumple aud taking orders for the same. They de- c'ined to pay the license of $20 per day and were fiued §25 and costs cach. This they refused to pay and were lodged 10 jail. They wilt appeal tho case to test the constitution- ality of the ordinance. Children and Matches. Steeie Crry, Neb., Dec, 3.—(Special Telo- gram to Te Bee.]—The residence of G. F. Letz, a farmer living three miles west of this place, was burned last night. Children play- ing with matches started the fire and tho wind prevented neighbors stopping it until quite an extent of torritory was burned over. Letz lost a barn, cow and mid-winter pro- visions. Other partics lost largo quautitios of nny. The loss is about $2,000, with no insuraace. Proteoting Creditors. Famavry, Neb, Dec. 8.—[Special Telo- gram to Tue Bik]—C. K. Lawson, onoof the leading hardware dealors of this city, mado an assignment this afternoon to the shoriff for tho benefit of his creditors. Ho as always bad au extensive cash trade among the farmers in_tuis county and has a largo and well equipped stock farm near Hastings. Not the Only Railroad. Praixview, Nob., Doc. 3.—(Special Telo- gram to Tug Bik.]—The first goods on the dray lino betwoen Plainview and Creighton wero takon to Creighton today from tho Short Lino depot. Things look as though the people of Creighton thought that the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourt Valloy railroad was not the only railroad in Nebraska, teckless Shoouing at Columbus. CoLvmuus, Neb., Dec. 3.—[Spocial Tole- gram to Tue Bep|—Early this morning someone fired a shot through the plate glass front of Deidricl’s grocery storo on East Eloventh street. Tho ball went through the glass and lodged in & partition of o sleepiok room in the rear. The miscreant has not been apprehended. He Lost His Roll, Dakora Ciry, Neb,, Dec. 8.—[Special to Lus Bre.|—Judge Warner today bound over to the district court in the sum of $500 Bill Lantom, better known as “Old Deaty,” ac- cused of conducting a skin game in Coving- ton. Jerry Hicks was the complainant, he haying been flecced of $10 by the game. Iu Gefault of bonds Lantom was placed in jail, Ground «is Hand. Manisoy, Neb., Dec. 3, —[Special Telegram to Tue Be. | —Yesterday while L. H. Lyon was sbelling corn his right hand was caught in tho gearing of the sholler and was ground complotely off. His forearm was so tercibly mangled that it huog in shreds, rendering amputation nocessury at the elbow. Ruined by the Uredit Neuraska Crry, Nob, Deo. 8.—[Special Telegram to Tuk Bee.] ~Taace & Co., gro- cors, made an assignment today to tho Mer- chants National bank. Liabllitios are un- known, The firm places the biame of the suspension to the cvedit systein, Broke Her Ar neasky Ciry, Neb, Doc. 3.—[Special ‘Telogram to Tuk Bee.]--While coming down stairs yesterday Mrs. Felix Morgan, slipped aud fell, breaking her arm, ——— DIRECT SOUTHERN LINE. Ottumwa Will Probably Be the North- ern Perminus, Orroswy, Ta,, Dac. 8.—[Special Telogram to Tk Bk |—Surveyors of the proposed Brookfield & Northern railway, from Brook- fleld, Mo., to some point in the viciuity of central Jowa, have reached Greenfied, Mo., and want to make Ottumwa the terminus, The proposition is beiug cousidered hore. 1t is claimed this will be @ conuecting link of & systom which will be tho shortast route to tho gulf of Mexito, In Memory of W. J. Hancook. Duuque, Ia., Dec. 3.—[Special Telegram to ik Ber. |—The late W. J. Hancock, gen- eral superintendent of the Wells-Fargo Ex- press compaay, who died recently in New York, was buried here today. Many promi- nent geutlemen connected with the various express companies of the country urrived in @ special car to attend the funeral, Narrow Escape trom Desth, Four Dobak, Ia., Dec. 8.—Special Tele- gram to Tak Bek,]—John Turney, & switeh- man in the Lliuols Central yards here, last night slippea betswebn‘two conl cars and. fell under tho wheels. Aho whoefs, tnstoad of giinding him to dpth, pushed his body along beforo thom sevoral vards, Whon the train was stopped (U'was found that though badly bruised and eashed, none of Turney's bories were broken ad G {atal injuries sus- tained, 1 wa's Flual Count Dys Morsrs, In., Dec. 3.—The State Board of Election canvassors today made n canyass of tho vote cast at the last election. The pluralities %aro as follows: Judge of tho su- premo court, Kinne, (dom.), 2,077 superin- tondent of instruction, Knoepflor (dem.), 830; railroad commissioner, Dey (dem.), T4 Votes for governor and licutenant governor will be canvassed by the legisla- ture. Rock Istand Trafic Delayed. Des Moixes, Ia,, Deo. 3.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.|—8By a collision of freights on the Rock Island road near Com- merce, a fow miles west of hero, today, the engines were demolished and mauy cars piled up in confusion. Tuo engineors and firemon jumped and all oscaped injury ex- cept Froman Severn, who 1s badly bruised about the head and will lose an eyo. Trafc on the road was delayed four hours, Business Was Paralyzed. CepAR Rapips, Tn,, Dec. 3. —(Special Tele- gram to Tur Ber.|—The diphtheria scare at Clarksvillo is about over and the quarantine over all houses will bo raised this woole. The quarantine prooibiting all public meoting: was raised last week. Business has beeu almost at a standstill for moro than a month, Stock Breeders Adjourn Warenrtoo, Ta., Dee. The Imoroved Stock Breeders association adjourncd today. C. S. Barclay of West Liberty was chosen president and G. W. Frauklin of Atlantic secrotary. The next meeting will be at Hum- boldt. Frightful Accident at Creston, Cuestoy, Ia, Dec. 3.—Jasper Mavs, his Jvife and toreo. children were frightfully burned here today by a gasoline explosion. Two chilaren have died, ana the man and bis wife cannot rocover. Scarlet Cenar Rarins, Ta, Dec. 3.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie: Bee.] —Scarlot fover has broken out at Goldfield ana an epidemic 1s feared. The town authorities are taking steps to pre- vent its spread. T B DISLIKED BY THE SIOUX. Agent Palmer Declared to Bo the Wrong Man for the Placo. Stoux FaLLs, S. D., Dec. 3.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee. | —Boss Farmer Holland of the Cheyenue River agency arrived i tho city this afternoon as a witness in the Indian liquor prosécution case. Hulland has been at the Cheyenno agency for eleven yoars. In conversation he said: ‘“Agent Palmer is disliked by the Cheyenne Sioux, and they gave him the name ‘Man-Who-I{obs. The Indian of today is a vastly difforent creature from what he was teu years ngo. He sells much produce to the government, such us hay, eran, wood, cattle and horses. The government has wisely provided a law for tho beuefit of the Indiais, requiring that ail supplies should be purchased of tho [ndian in vreference. A big trafic is thus carried on. All freight is bauled by the Indians from shipping points to tho agency. They are allowed 50 cents for 100 1bs. for the trip. Many of these freighters have been com- plaining for the last year of being cheated by the agency. ©As late as Monday, when I was coming down Bad river, I metSwift Whirlwind, who is a good Indiau. He complained bittorly of being robbed of $16 by Clerk Stoenfeldt. It was done this way, 50 Swift Whirlwind told me: Ho hauled two loads of freight from Pierre to the agency, one weighing 1.500 aud the other 1,200 pounds. Ho was entitled to $27 but he only got $i1, the clerk simply pocketed tho difference. This is only one case out of a hundred. Under the old way, wood, hay, grain, caitle and horses were bought directly of tht Indians. Now a few pets buy of the Indians at as low rate as pos- sivle and charge the government the full price allowed under the contracts, the differ- enco being added to the private means of the conspirators. The object of the law is thwartad, and whilo the goverament in roal- ity loses nothing, the ludian 1s aeprived of his lawful carned money.” Leehman Will Hang. Pigre, 5. D., Dec. 8.—[Special Telegram to Tie Ber.|—The State Board of Pardons today refused to commute the seutence of Jotn B. Leehman, now undor sentence to be hanged at Custer, Javuary 8, next. Governor Mellette will not iuterfere. gt 10 MAKE 1T A PERMANENT CIRCUS. Plans for Altering the New York Academy of Music. NEW Youk, Dec. 3.—A great change seoms in prospect in the fortunes of the Academy of Music. A syndicate has been formed which wishes to make a permanent circus of it. There have been many peraaaent circus schemes of late and this seems rather the most likely of all to bo carried through. The syndicate has twenty-five meibors already and wants as many more, Perry Belmont is at the head of it. The purpose is to raiso £500.000 and to lease the Academy for ten or for twenty-one years. Nillson Hall, which is in Pifteenth street and adjoins the! acad- emy, 1s to bo included in the lease. It is pro- ppsed to spend from $75,000 to $100,000 in alterations, The circus ring will naturally be where the orchestra seats now are, and a line of seats with boxes will be extended clear avound it, occupying the space now covered by tho orchestra circle and tho stage. Nillson Hall is to be used for stabling horsos, storing properties, costumes, eto., and for such other purposes as shall be found appropriato, It is the intention to give por- formances of the best order and to make the place a fashionable resort. — FLOUR MARKET, Minneapolis Mills Keep Up Their Liirge Outpu. MixNeAPOLIS, Minn,, Dec. 3.—The North- western Miller says: The mills last weok ground 174,000 barrels of flour, against 161,- 200 batrels for the previous weelk; 165,020 cls for the corresponding time in 1300, This weel’s production gives . promise of not varying much from last week. The wealk- noss i whoat has made flour wmoro quiet and while the total output bas probably not been sold, thore has up- parently been more [ife’ n the domostic trade than in foreign and somo zood sized orders have boen booked. However, there was cousiderable doing for expory, and patent was the favored grade. In Minnoapolis prigos are about 10 cents Jower, but mills are firm 1 their views hav- ing considerablo tlour booked aheaa. Occan rates are still declining, an ull rail rato of 54 conts or 100 pounds being made from Minneapolis to Loundon London quotations for230 pounas, c.i. f., aro: Patonts 325 Sk@6bs: bakers, 203 9d(@ s 6d; low grades, 189, 6d(19s 3d, SPRING GARDEN BANK AFFAIKS. il President Harrison Refuses to Inter- fere 1 the Case. PuiapeLriia, Pa., Dee. 3.—Mayor Stuart today transmitted to The council the reply of President Harrison to 'the mayor's letter, requesting permission for tho experts of the investigating committee of tho council to examine the books and papers of the Spring Garden bank. Tho president says tho matter 15 50 purely within the discretion of tho sec- retary of tho treasury that the president would interfere with reluctance, but adas that he will call the ter to the attention of the secretary. He is (oo busy now, he states, to inquire into the watter personally. This action of council in pussing a reso- lution requesting the mayor to_ write to the president and ask permission for the oxperts to go into tho Spring Garden bank was prompted by the rofusal of Sccretary of the Treusury Fuster to acquiesce in such @ quest made by council's committ vestigating the city deposits in tho Koystone and Spring Garden banks. The private bauk of M. N. Willls of Lamar, Mo., has assignod tor the berefit of its crodit- ors. Assut e it B8.000 and lablilties at $60,000, real estute. WICKEDNESS 1N HIGH LIFE, COontinuance of the Russell Divoroe Case in London, CONFESSION OF A HIGH TONED LIBERTINE. Acknowledgment of ~The Divorce Case a Center of Attraction— Adduced Yesterdny. Loxboy, Doc. 3.—The intorest in the great Russell separation case shows uot tho least sign of abatement. Tho usual crowd sought admission to the court house and tho room was donsely packed. Sir Charles Russell, continuing his prosecu- tion of the case, {n which no had been inter- rupted by theadjournment of the court yester- day afternoon, deciared that the potitioner, Mrs, Russell, had not only exaggerated such facts as sho brought forward, but had sup- pressed others which sho thought detrimen- tal to her claim. the conclusion of Sir Charles Rus- first witness for Tho witness was Prof. Roberts, who made an emphatic denal of,tho actions imputed to him by the countess in re- lation to the earl. Lotters that hud passed between the earl then put i evi- dence to show the relations that existed be- addross the defeuse was called. Roberts were 1 Russell was put_upon the stand, and he denied all the allogations made by his Confessed His Wickedn, cross-examination Clarke, counsel for Countess Russell, Russell admitted that befors ho was married seduced servants, but ho had told his flanceo all the eircum- in the recital of on to diseard him The earl admitted that he had beo named Williams. This intumacy continued until of his engagement to brought an his misdoings no r mate with a girl ruined her, o short time Mabel Scott. action against him for broach of promise of her £500 down and was Ho Is stili paying her The countess objected orvant namod Moyse, but he persisted in his determination to take him back 1nto his employ, was a good servant and wns iu no way con- ted with the Williams girl. Edward Clarke now went on a now Ho started by asking: leave Oxford? The Farl—In May, 1585, JEdward—Had you been therea full collego course T'he Barl—No, sir. Expelled fr Sir Edward—Were you “sent down " The Barl—I was, Sir Edward—What against_you! “I'no Earl—That I had written an improper ay her £1 a weok. this latter sum. his reengaging a man aying that Moyse When did you was tho complaint ‘To a man or woman? saw tho letter and never heard whet was Sir Edward—Do you moan to say vou sent down’ ou a complaint of which you had no details? The Earl—I never know any of the details. My collogo was Balliol. time and went to America for seven months. 1suppose the circumstances connected with my loaving college were known to my rela- 1 left Englund for a Sir Edward acnounced that ho was through with the wituess and Sir Charles Russell then proceoded o re-examine bim. him by bis Earl Russell ~stated master of Balliol Having ae- examination he was thoro. manded but being refused an into the charge made agaist bim in connec- tion with the alleged impromper letter, witness had taken his name off tho books of Since leaving Balliol Dr. Jow- ott had invited him to visit him Dr. Jowett came to his wedding. marriage ho told his fiancee’s mother that he had beeu *'sent down” from the nature of tho © did not tell his futuro wife mother had requested him not to do so, collego when the college. Oxford and ree against him. because her MAKING IN PLALN. Mr. Goschen Takes Pains to Explain Dec. 8.—Mr. Goschen, that his speech of yostorday, with the argu- ments for and against, may have confused the broad outlines of prosents them more plainly in a letter to the governor of the Bank of Eogland, with tables showing how the plan would work his financial of England is now permitted 50,000 against securities, and also issues an averago of £21,550,000 agaiast changed, beyond authorizing the issue of pound notes as wellas higher denomination Beyond this amount of £38,000,000, tho four-fifths gold arrangement comes nto Thus, supposing a_total of £053,000,000 innotes be issued the bankof England would the balance £21,450,000 being against securities.” Mr. Goschen desi that, should to £85,000,000, he would proposo that any issue above that amount must bo fully avoid removing an indefinite amotnt of gold to issuo ad- ditional zotes against securities by paymont of interest would only be given when gold reserve reached ~£30,000,000. of wterest would bo fixed by high enough to make tho permission inopor- ative or low enough to encourago specula- o5 10 add o his original covered by circulation, law, neither UNPROFITABLE SPECULATIONS, n Dealers Get in Trouble Through Dishonest Practices. r. Prrgrsiuia, Deo, 3.—A large number of dealors n grain imtho provinces of Ria- zan and Kazan have found to thelr sorrow that trading in aqulterated grain products is apt to end disastrously with them. men, secking to make larger than their legiti- mato profits, mixed fine ecarth with their flour, which added greatly to tho weight, and then sold this compound to the voor of This came o tho ears of the authorities and resulted in an investigation All the dealors who were found to be seiling adulterated four were arrested, and each of them sentenced to a week's im- prisonment. Another class who have got aro the speculators in grain, Who s a fictitious valuo upon cercals, thso have boon arrested and on tho churga of buying up rye in the mar- kets and immadiately alterwards raising tho price to would-na purchasers. Russian Gi tho provinces. being mado. into trouble A number of Leld for trial DANGERS OF COAL MINING. English Miners, Over by Choke ap, Lose Th Dec. 8.—A fatal accident oocurred today in the Agrecroft colliery, near Man- Thirty men were working in the bacame filled witn men became aware of tho presenco of the gas they made & rush Allof thom, with making thewr pit, which gradually chioke damp. the pit entrance. ption of six, succeoded in escape uninjured, powered bofore they could reach a place Two of them were their condition were suffocated. rescued, but The other four REMOVED ALL RESTRI nitted Into Austria. VikNya, Dec. 8.—A forwal announcement will bo made tomorrow of the removal of the probibition on American pork. MELBOURNE, prevalls 1n financial panicky feellng ciroles Lor from the suspension of five small banks and building societies, Tho situation, howover, 13 not thought to b serious and it'1s bolieved the suspended banks will be able to meet thoir Liabilities in full. FROM THE BRITISH MINISTER. i b He Makes a Report on the Chinese Troubl s, Loxnoy, Dev. 8.—Sir John Walsham, Brit- isn minister to Chiva, 1n o telogram to the foroign oftice, confirms tho roport of an out- break of brigands, assisted by a secret asso ciation wost of Jehol and beyoud the great wall. The minister says: “Possibly the insurgents have also been foiued by Chineso Mohammedans from Mon- Kolia. It is reported that two or three im- Dortant towns uave boon captured and that bundrods of natives have been massaore Thore is no reason to beliove that aty poans have been killed. The 6,000 picked troops which the government has dispatched to tho scene ought to be able to quoll the No credit should bo given o the 1 stories daity sot atloat. There is | Atish gunboat” at Tien-Tsin and an- other bas ascended the Yane-tse-Kiang to Ichang. This region is quiet Loxboy, Dec. §.—A dispateh from Tien Tsiu says [t 18 roported that a band of rebols has murdered a Mongolian priuce. Some more villages have boen satked and looted and all tho native Christian deats found have been mussncred The mandarins are not attempting to stop the butchery, which is being executed by an association called a tomperance loague, the object of which is to extorminate foreigners and Christians, “The senior British oficer horo has recorved an ofticial mossugo from Nui Chuang stating that the revolt thers has been suppressed and tho rebeis dispersad. Dispatehies from Chinese sources announco th. u number of the rebels have been summarily bohoadod. A dispateh from Pekinsays: The Cbinese government has received an ofticial report from Brigactor Goneral Nio 13, comwmanding the troops in the Kin Chow diste ing that ho engaged and defeated the revels on Novomber 27 und 2%, killing their leade and 600 men. The general commanding the imperial forces at Jebol also anvounces successful engagoment with the rebels, gland's Financial Sicuation [Copyright-d 191 by James Gordon Beneth.| LoNboy, Dec. 3, — [Now York Herald Cavle—Spucial to Tuk Ber.|—Bank returns show a decroaso of £463,000 in the reser duo almost entirely to the usual expansion in note circulation at tho end of the month, An iucrease of £1,741,000 is scon m othor securities, and private deposits aro up in con- sequence L1 4,000, Government socurities have increased £715,000, owing to banks hav- ing taken back stock, and public deposits show an addition of £317,000. The propor- tion of reserve to liavilities has declined from 451 por cent to 41% por cent. The money market remains oasy and featurcless. On the stock oxchange the fenturo has been the further goneral and marked advanco in forelgn securities, owing to tho continucd strength shown by continental bour: American securities were also better. trates are stil climbing, and it looks as if thero were going to bo' o boom in the pros pect for new companies. Rudini Satistied with Austrin. Roxe, Dec. 3.—Signor Cavalotti made a violent speech in tho chamber of deputics today against Austria and tho vatican based upoa Count Kalnoky's recent speech on the papal question in tho Austrian raichsrath, Premier Rudini replying, declared himself perfectly satistied with Austria’s loyalty aud said that Count Kalnoky's speech had been very much misinterpreted, Hyvnotism in Belgium. \Copyrighted 1891 by James Gordon 13 nasts,| Panis, Dec. 3.—[New York Herald Cable pecial to Tie Ber,|—The Belgian legis- lature has passed 2 bill making all public ex- hibitions of hypuotism illegal, and allowing the medical profession to practice it oniy pri- vately. Emperor Dom Pedro 15 worso. Soveral consultations wero held today. Ho only sees ks own famiily. NEWS OF YESTERDAY. Domestic. John Kisslebark has been wrrested at Lo Crosse, Wik, for tampering with the mails. Durinz four davs of lust w land oflice at Washinzton ssu Coul_ miners employe: Branch and odhrid g Jellico, T 1t on a stike. ho democratic leaders of Mitwaukee will g0 to work to boom the 1 City as the hie wtional demoeratic convention, 5., retadl cioth'ers, at 0s. M8 Main streot, Kansas City, Mo. Failed 1y. Liabilities, 55,000; ussets ab the 0. v, N. M., will be reaccuplod by United Staios troops by order of the war de- partment, Tho post. was abandoned last sprinz. Judgment has beon enterod asainst the Gies Lithozraph company of Buffalo, N. Y. in favorof Petor Adums & Go. of New York for 318,474, A collision between frefght trafns at Molina Junction, on 112 Wiscousin Central, this morn - ing ca the doath of O.of Anderson of Ogdenshu Fanny Davenport. who bas been suffering from nervous prostration at Kansus City, Mo., has sufliciently recovered to be able to re- sume her professional duties. Henvy rains with somo snow are roported from all over the northwost. Devil's Like, N. D.. reports rd with drifts fifee hih and the thermometer at zero, The five mercantile appratsers of Phily phin, P, Messes. Patton. Housen ford, Bell 1 indieted in have boen sentenced to dis from office. The costs of the prosecution are ns- sessed agninst thom Danfel M. Burns, orge R. Wells, Clarence Waterhouse nnd M. K. Tzgins, privite socros 'y to Governor Markhant of ‘California, will feown San Francisco for Mexico on nn inspo-ting tour of tho famous Sun Vincent and Candeiaria mines. 1co is beinz Tooked up in the Boil 150, which 15 10w bofore the United ates commissioner, which will prove inter- tis eluimed that Beil, in letters writ- of. Dolbeur, admitted Dolboar's first use of 4 permanent magnot. Suit has beon entsred against ex-Mayor Richard Poarson of Allechany. Pa., for ou nt. He is charzed wiih retaining Jail and workhouse commitments. ‘Tho ex mayor hns beon arrested and turn’shod bail in the sum of 810 for a hearing next week, A b'oskade exists in the Chleago river owing tothe low stage of waterin th n. A numberof vessels are uground, some of which nave been stuck fast for threo or lays and {t is fenred that many grain iadencd ssels will novbe able to get through this ason. The oxeccutive committee of the democratic central committeo of Ponnsylvania has taken into consideration the question of fiiling the vacaney in tho nutional committee caused by th of Willtam L. Scott, and it has been ded o louve the appolntment to the full committe Oardinal Gibbous, Archbishop Kenriok and all the visiting prolates were tondered a ro- ception on the St Jouls stoek exchange, Archhishops [retand of St Paul, Ryan of Phil: adelphin, und Keane of Wakhington, und Cardinal Gibbons addressed the meeting on the exchun e, J. B. Duke, president of the Amorle bacen company of New Yoric, und Williar Marburg of Baltimore, a proniinent momber of the compuny, were Indicted by the recent grand jury at Galveston for the violation of the anti-trust law of Toxas and warrants have boen Issuod for thelr urrest, Foreign, A somi-ofoial dispiateh says that the Purls Fignro's story about the Anglo-Chinese alli- ance is o cunard, Recent adyices from Japan plice the num- ber of people killed in the recent earthquuie there at 7.000; 10,120 were injured, and 440,000 renderod Homoless The Fre ats toduy. on motion of M. Roc! of od the turl oL francs on forelgn sugars A fire oncurred In a drink shop land, Eng.. which resulted in the d threo women. When found the bod burned out of alt resembluance to humi Tho bill authorlaing the president to 1xsuo a docros romoving the duty from all cercals coming from forelgn countries his pussed the Moxiean chiumber of doputios without a dis- senting voto, Londo E psburg cor- rofusod to aesiring to 2 him Lo grant a con- any nihilists are being wrresto The Russinn navy consists of thirty-six | veasols of the first rute, forty-clght of the 8o {y-elght Cf the third rate and and twenty of the fourth rate, i total of 102 vessels of all kinds. Most of tho fourth oluss vessols wro st loned 10 the Baltie. The nuvy 15 munned by 3,20 seamon and marines. | DISPUTES OF LAST SUMMER. Boards of Appeal of Trotting Ascosiations Fottling Important Casos, OMAHA IS INTERESTED IN SEVERAL. Nat Brown's Case Against Dubuque ~Thalberg's Creston Record Steaightened Out and His Owner Fine Cuicago, 111, Dee. 8, —~Before tho boatrd of appouls of the Amorican Trotting associa- tion Charles Edwards and C. W. Warren of Rockford, 1N, and Frank Galagher of Bolyi- | dere und the gray gelding Tommy Root alias Gray Tom were expelled for ringing at Boono, Ia. In the enso of B. T, Cirney and C. D. McCauley of Loulsvillo und the brown gelding Lostboy alins Tom Flnuizan, the horse and Birney were reiustated and Mo- Cauley expelled. No decison was announced in the Nelson case, In the caseof A, erty, Ta., against the Union Distrlet Agricul. tural society, application for remission of fino was cousidored and the society citea to appear at the meeting and explain its viola- tion of rules, The case of Nat Brown of Omuaha against the Dubuguo (In.) club, protested colloction, tho protest was sustained on ignis fatuus, and the collec- tion on Bradburn ordered paid ovor. In tho case of C. W. Breach agiinst the Creston society and C. C. Bates, Decorah, Ia., for suppression of time in tho fre-for-all pace at Croston last August, it was ordered ihat tho Creston society be fined $100 and Batos and his horse, Thaiberg, $100; also that Bates ro- turn all unlawful winnings of said borse and that his record be fixed at 2:311,, New Yonr, Doc. #,—The board of review of the Nationnl Trotting association has ve- considered 1ho decision 10 continue the caso of Dr. Saylos of Morgaufield, Ky., to May next, and has docided to deny tho doctor’s application for reinstatement. ‘'he samne ap- piies to Driver Poars. John S. Wise, counsel for Dr. Sayles, mude an cloquont plea to the board this afternoon asking that tho Temple Bar case be opened. Lawyer Wiso says ho will bring an action apainst tho membors of the board individually for dam agos for expelling his client Dr. Sayles and Tomplo Bar. In the evening tho hoard gave a number of decisions. “General” John . Turner wus fined €230 for refusing to drive Linkwook ~ Maid in & raco in Philagelphia last May and ordered to pav £100 entrance monoy due to tho I’Hila- doiphin association and to stand suspendod until ho pays tho same. Mervifield of Balti- wore, the driver of Tommy M, 2:13, caught vinging at Phenixvule, Pa., as' *dake,” was relustated. R. A. Riggsbee' of Durham, N. C., the owner and horse stand expolled. T'ho applications of N. K= Weidensaul of Mount Carmel, Pa., and W. E. Gneen of Cutefort, for reinstatoment were deuied. Thoy wero oxpelled for ringing kelipso (2:29) in the2:40 class at Pheenixville, Pa. Racmz at Guttenherg. Gurressene, N, J., Dec. 3.—The track was hard und dry. - First race. six and ono-half furlongs: Bo wood won, Ruzzlo second, Lillian third, Time: Second race six furlongs: Cynosure won, Tioza second, Mary Lovell thivd. Time: 1170 Third race, dicup for 2-yenr-olds, flve furiongs gle won, Plearette second, avagon, third, Tlme: | Fourth rice, handicin for « Drizzlo won. Mohiean second, Biltze Time: 1:4415 ifth onomile and u furlong: Hickey Time: Sixth soven furlongs: Climax won. Sparling second, Harey Treland third, 3l Garfield Park 1e Cureaco, 1L, Dee. 3.—Garlield park, tr heavy, weatner rainy. Results: ix furlongs, sollg: Gunsl ond, Katie J third, Tin Second 2hths of a mile, sellin Man_ wor id socond, Hannih horly third, T A Third race, one mile, selling: Duster wo Adelina ond, Long Ten third. Tin irth race, five-cighths of a mile: Glenoid Tneio Harry second, Dolly Nob.es third, 3 race. fivo-elzhths of amile: Dan 11 ansello sceond, Fred Knox third. Sixth race selline: Go won, Quotation Costa Kica third, 1 Prices for Colts. Lexixaros, Ky, Dee. 8.—This was tho best day of the Bruce-Edmondson horso sale. Forty-three horses went for 810, The best sales were: Shoot, chestint mare, by imported Prince Charlio, James Swigert, £,025; Tom Kogers, bay colt, by Faisotto, Willinm Harriott, New York, $1500; Dick- orson, bay colt, by Duke of Montroso, Fu- gone Loich, 87,0005 Doncaster, bav _colt, by imported Deceiver, Green I8, Morris, $4,000. Tips for To tay. Thero is reason to think that theso horses are likely chances for the races named for today : GUITENDENG. 1. Marty B—Sir Georze, Onee Again—IHouston, L Uproar colt—Almu. 4. Autocrat—Budeo. h. Sungstone—Perlid. L Firetly. cinieaao, yne— Lelund, Critlo anhoe. . Bon Air—1ich 6. Redstone—Oro. 6. King Richurd—May H. Tug-of-W Tho international tug-of-war, which s down for the Colisoum for tho week of tho 14th, is creating interest among tho lovors of manly, atnletic sports. Muuager Princo has beon bustling hard and now has uo less than eight teams, ropresenting eieht distinct nationalitics, traimmng for the event. These teams are: Ameri- can—Captain Jack Kinneman; Treland-- Captain P, J. Kirby; Denmork—T, W, Noble, captain; Swedon—J. Norberg, cap- tain: Bobemia-—"P. Jollea, captuin; Canada— Thomas Hines, captain; Germany - Fred A, Fuller, captain; England—"homas Stonigor, captain, The uniforms of the different teams will bo rocelved here Saturday. The rope which will decide tho great contest arrived vestor- day morning. The brizes will-be §100 to the winners, $70 10 tho sccond best and §50 10 the thicd. HELD BY A WILKOK. B. & M. Trains Delayed Several Hours by a Ditched Freight Last night the 9:25 passenger from Lincoln on the B, & M, reached Omaha at 1:10 a, m., alittie over three and a balf bours late. Itis known that a freight tramn went into the ditch some placo botween Liucoin and Ashland. and that tho delay was caused by waiting for tho track to bo cleaved. Mora than this could not be learned. The train crew did not know thero was any wreck, at leust so @ reporter was told at tho depat when tho train srrived, As one brakeman sentontiously put it: ay, dey wasn't any wreck 1" As far_as the passcugers were coucerncd tho wreck did notseew to bo considered ot much importance beyond the delay to thosa whoso dostination was Omaha. = Most of those whose journey ended hero butloned their great couts about them as they stepped from the train and hastened to some sort of couveyance bound toward a hotel and wera 100 cold and crabbed to talk about the wreck boyond abusing tho road for the delay. The train crew was especially ignorant about tho detalls of the wreck, - MAKING 115 PRESENCE FELT, Ant ny Comstock's Western Visit nit. Cuicaao, T1L, Dee. 3. stoftice Inspector McAtoe today arrested W. W. Kuolt, a put lisher of obscono literaturs. Knott con sentod to the destruction of the plates « which the objectionable matter was printed; the government accordiugly took possession of thom and will meit them. The recent visit of Anthony Comstock to this city has aroused the federal officials to activity fn this direotion, and furiher arcests aro ex- pectod,