Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 3, 1892, Page 1

R L) \epath L ‘DAIlLy BEE. TWENTY—FIRST YEAR. OMAHA, JUNE 3, 1892, Ty = NUMBER 351 SILVER AXD RECIPROCITY Both Bubjects Engaged the Attention of the Senators Yesterday. STEWART RESUMES ON FREE COINAGE e Will Continue, He Says, to Guard the Interests of the People—The Post- office Approprintion Bl in the House. Wasmixaroy, D, C., June 2.—Ou motion of Allison the senato agreed to adjourn from today until Monday. Notice was given by Vestof his intention Lo address the senate then on the wool tariff, and by Morgan of bis intention to speak on the free comnage of sil- ver Tuesday, The resolution of Mr. Turpie, catling up the correspondence with Hayti, Colombia and Venezuela in regard to reciprocity, was taken up aod Mr. Turpie addressed the sonate upon it. He said that thero had ro- cently been a race for popular favor between two statcsmen as to which of the two was entitled to the honor of having devised schome of reciprocity. It had found, however, that necither those very prominent statesmen «ould lay the slightest claim to the inven- tion or discovery of that policy. Reciprocity treaties dated “back to 1703, when what is Kknown as tho Methuen treaty was entered into between Great Britain' and Portugal, applying to only two products, the wines of England and the wines of Portugal. Other reciprocity treaties hud been made botween Trance snd New England and between the United States and Canada. But under the late so-called reciprocity treaties with South America the sccretary of atato had substi- tuted his own power for that of congress. “‘Whosoever taxes he remits thoy are re- mitted; and whosoever taxes, ho rotaius, they aro retained.” Tarple Draws on His Imagination. He drew an imaginary sketch .of the stato of Colombia aeclining to take part in “Mr. Blaine's grand exhibition of shifting tab- leaux” and saying “‘excuse us for aeclining to aid in the performance. We do not wish to furnisn either color, space or room for that exhibition. And we especially declino tho part of acting eitber as supernumeraries or ushers atsuch an indifferent entertainment.”’ He compared tho “diplomacy of shreds and patches the financial policy of scraps” with the broad and liveral policy of free trude with all nations, offered by the democratic party of the United States, and declared that, the purpose of reciprocity was not commer- cial, but. wholly political, At tho ciose of Mr. Turpie's specch the resolution was adopted. ‘Phe senato bill 1o provide terms of the United States courts in the district of Mon- tann was taken from the cilendar aud passed. Also the senate bill to provide for two additional associate judges of the supreme court of the territory of Oklahoma, Also senate bills creating two additional land districts in Montana, and to amend the stat- utes relating to the supreme court, Stewart Resumes His Silver Talk, A2 o'clock tho bill providing for the froe coinage of gold and silver was inid before the senato and Mr. Stewart resumed bis argu- ment in support of it. He exprossed his sur- prise at Mr. Shorman’s statement on Tues- aay last that he had becn in favor of the Al- lison bill, That surprise was caused by his (Mr. Stowart’s) unfamiliarity with the views oxpiessed by the senator from Ohio while ho was socretary of the treasury. Mr. Shorman bad criticizea that il in threo elaborate reports and Lad urged its repeal, and yet he had told the sen- rte thut it was @ good bill and that he approved it. It seemed to bim (Mr, Stewart) that Mr. Sherman’s re. marks were very defectivo, or else that his prophecies and preaictions were never val- uable, That senator had told the senate that free coinage of silver woulda bring the country to a silver standard, just as he had redicted that the bill and act would do. 'be present law (Mr. Stewart declared) would do worse than that. The law of 1500, which Mr. Sherman approved today and might disapprove tomorrow, would in- evitably bring the country to a proper andard or the market value standard of silver, becuuse it was goiug to be utteriy {mpossible to maintain gold payments under the existing law. Money in Paper and Silver, There was nerly $1,000,000,000 outstanding in paper aud silver, while there was only $168,000,000 of gold in the treasury, including the £100,000,000 regarded as a reserve fund. And every weekly statement of the treasury showed that the percentage of gold coming nto tho treasury was growing less until it was now only 14 per cent of the aggregate receipts, He noticod that the secretary of 1ho treasury, in an interview in New York, said there would be no premium paid on gold during the present administration, that he had power to 1ssue bonds in order to'get gold 80 8 to keen the two metals on u parity, and that they would e kept at a parity. Mr. Higgins asked Mr. Stewart if he pi ferred that the country should come to a sil- ver basis. Mr. Stewart—I would prefer anything rather than havoe tho people enslaved by at- tempting to reduce the whole world to the narrow basis of gold. There is over #400,- 000,000 of silver in the treasury, and the laws mako silver coin a legal tendor equally with gold. It would reverse the policy of the ad- ministration, which has reversed the law. There has not been for the last twenty years apy gold obligation on the government, = And itis the duty of the secretary of tho treas- ury to redeen the paper of the government in'that currency which is most convenient. 1say that the present policy, under existing law, will reduce us not only to a sitver basis, but'to the commercial price of silver, be- causo it 18 impossible to maintain on the present volume of gold the existing credit fapric of the world. He Grows Sarcastic, In the course of his argument Mr, Stewart ridiculea Mr. Sterman’s expression of sym- for the working classes and for the nsloners, “Sympathy!” he exclaimed *there is not blood enough in the gola trust men for one mosquito,” It would not do, b sald, for these robbers (and they were noth- g olse) to clmim for themselves all honor, Honesty would be banished from the world when tho crime of 1576 was justified. How loug mqupm would submit to such rob- bery he did not know. But while he lived be would vontinue to warn them. He had been 1old that it was throwing away his timo in telling the trath, but he did not betlove it Heo belleved that the country would have free colnage of silver, and would Lave it ia the near future, At the close of Mr. Stewart's speech the silver bill went over. The recolution reported from the finance committes to a commitiee of ive senators to fnquire whether the law relative to nutional bunks insures suficlent protection 1o devos- itors aud other creditors, and to invesu rocent fallures of national banks and an) other violations of ldw or irrogularities, was ogreed to, and Messrs. Chandler, Higgios, Pofter, Harris and McPherson were ap- pointed, The senate theu proceedod to executive business und at 4 o'clock adjourned until Monday. IN TH OUSE, Republicans Applylug for Le ~Postofice Appropriation Buil. Wasmixarox, D, C., June 2.—1In the house Mr. Hateh of Missouri reported the agricul- tural appropristion bill, It was ordered prioted and recowmitted. On wotion of Mr. Kew the seuate bill whas Passed, grantiog twenty acres of the Fort Blduoy military reservation to the city of Siduey, Neb., for cometery purposes. About oue dozen leaves of ubsence were ranted, principally 1o republicaus, the cause assigued belug “importaut busivess.” The Louse weut il commities of the of Absence cronso the bill by 300,000, whole (Mr. Buchanan of Virginia in the ehiair) on the postoffice avpropriation bill Mr. Livingston of Virginia moved to in- ucreasing by that sum the appropriation for star route service; agreed to, Mr. Loud of California offered an amena- ment increasing by $123,000 the appropria- tion for messenger service, Mr. Blount of Georgia offered an amend- ment, reducing by £2.340,000 the appropria- tion for inlana transportation by railroad routes and authorizing tho postmaster gen- eral to readjust the compensation 10 be paid after July 1, 1598, for the transportation of mails on railroad routes, by reducing the compensation 10 railroad ‘companies for the transportation of mails 10 per ceut from tho rates based on weights by the act of June, 1887, Pending action the committes rose. Mr. Hooker of Mississippi asked unanimous con- sent for the consideration of a joint resolu- tion aporopriating §30,000 for tha relief of the flsod sufferers in Warren and Jefferson counties, Missiasippi. Mr. Long of Texas objected. The house then adjourned. OFFICIAL CROP R PORTS, New Regulations Regarding Their Issuance ~Washington News Notes. Wasiixtos, D. C., June 2.—A feature of the bill making appropriation for the sup- port of the Agricultural department for the fiscal year of 1892, reported by Chairman Hatoh to the house today, is that section providing that the monthly croo report shall ba confined strictly to a statement of the percentage and totals by states and the full totals, without commest or argument, and that it shall be submitted to the secre- tary of agriculture, who shall ofticially ap- prove tho report befors it is issued or pub- lished. Exoneratod Clerk Young. 0 far as the corps of Washington corre- spondents can do it, Mr. James R. Young has been acquitted of the flimsy charges upon which the senate dismissed him from hiis position of executive clerk. Some time ago the press appointed & committes to in- vestigato the matter. Today the committee made public its report, and in it states that the aliegation that Mr. Young communicated 1o newspaver correspondents information about the transactions in the senate while in executive session is unfounded in fact, Restored to the Public Domain, By ovder of General Noblo that portion of the grant 1o tha Southern Pacitic Railroad company lying between Tres Pinos and Al- cade, in the state of Califoraia, will soon be restored to the public domain., By act of September 1800, these lands were de- clared forfeited to the United States. Today the commissioner of the land office ordered the register and receiver at the San I'rau- cisco land office to zivo not less than thirty days' public votice of this fact for the pur- vose of carrying this forfeiture act into ef- fect. 'The lands, which aggregate approxi- mately 708,000 will be opened to set- tlement at an early date, to be tixed by the local land officers at San Francisco. Forelgn Made Locomotives, Acting Secretary Spaulding, because of the abuses of the law, has issued a circular to customs officers in regard to locomotives used in the traffic with adjacent countries in which he says: “Every foreign locomo- tivo on s coutinuous route crossing the boundary line into the United States shall be allowed to bring its train directly to and from the customs por} on its route or to and from the termination in the United States of what is techuically known as ‘the run’ of the locomotive, if it is beyond the limits of such port, butno foreign made locomotve shall be employed for the coutinuance of an inward trip unless such locomotive shall lave been duly entered for duty in the United States.” Oftlcers of customs are di- rected toobserve this traffic and to seize any locomotive found to ba used in violation of the above rule." Notes from the Capitol. A subcommittee of five members of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce has unanimously agreed to a re- port recommend:ng that an investigation bo made irto tne facts conuected with the Read- ing railroad deal. The house committee on territories today ordered a bill to be reported authorizing the territory of New Mexico to issue $150,000 in bonds for tho rebuilding of the capitol build- 1ng at Santa e, contingent upon its ratifica- tion by the incoming legislatura of the terri- tory, which meets in December. ‘Tho statement prepared at the Treasury department shows that thera was a not in- crease of £6,437,985 1n circulation during the month of May ard a net increase of $7,910,- 008 in money and bullion in the treasury during the same period. PAID FOR HER POSITION, Testimony of » Woman Clerk in the Census Bureau Inquiry, Wasmixeroy, D. C., June 2.—Mss Ida Creugas, &t present a clerk in the census bureau, stated before the house census com- wittee today that she had first been ap- pointed for three months, She had received #0 a month, Kor the first two months she had paid to Miss Conover, a relative of Chiet Clerk Childs, $12.50 a month of her salary. She had done so because Miss Conover said that she would endeavor to have her retained. She (wituess) had been re- appointed at the instance of Senator Manderson and was not paying 8ny person any part of her salary now. No attempt had been made 1o get money from her since her reappointment. Miss Conover had returned the money to her afterwards at the instance of Mr. J. Jolley Jones, Assistant Secretary Chandler’s private secretary and a personal friend of miss Conover. George M. Miller and E. W, Keefo, pen- slon clerks, made statements iu rebuttal of charges of unaue familiarity with the women clerks in the office, WILL ATTEND THE DRILL. Regular Army Officers Detalled for Special Duty at Omahn. WasHiNoTON, D. C.. June 2.—The secre- tary of war has authorizod Captain J. T. Haskell, Twenty-first fnfantry; Lieutenant George Andrews, Twenty-fifth 1nfantry, and Lieutenant H. A. Reed, Secoud artillery, to attend the national competitive drill of the National Guards at Omaba, Neb,, from the 15th to the 20th inst, Nebrasks to Be Relmbursed. Wasuixotox, D, C., June 2.—The house committee on claims has agreed to report fa- vorably the senate bill appropriating $42,000 t0 reimburse the state of Nebraska for ex- venses incurred by it in repelling a tbreat- gued lnvasion and raid by the Sioux Indians n 1800-01. —— More Victories for Revolutionists, LCopyrighted 15)2 by Ja s Gordon Benieit.\ Cono, Venezueln (via Galvestoo, Tex.), June 2.—(By Moxican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tue Ber)—A small revolutionary force, under commaud of General Morales, “occupled the villages of San Juan and Plaza Cassadare on May 14. At the latter place they met with a slight re- sistunce from General Salome, Palacio’'s of- ficer. They captured bim and his entire gar- rison and took the prisoners to Tucuyo. Salome's wifo and dauguter followed them from Cassadare to Tucuyo, & distance of soven leagues, 1 am luformed of the capture at Polito of General Giil, oue of the revolu- tionist Mora'a chief! s Stoanmship Arcivals. At Now York—Rhiveland from Autwerp; Oitto di Rowa from Rio Janeiro; Apollo from {uulnrp; Polomy from Sautos ana St Lucia. At Southampton—Columbia from New Ygrk. !I . Bromerahven—Trave from New York. At Cork—DBritannic from New York. At London—Ricomoundville from New ork. At Hamburg—Suevia from New York. yl\t‘umw Head—Passed: Ruuic from New or HATCH NOT DISCOURAGED He Will Oontinue to Push His Anti- Option Measure, WHY HE NOW EXPECTS THE BILL TO PASS Support Promised from n Source Not Nitherto Counted Upon—Many Mem. bers Enroute to the Minneapolls Convention—Washington Not FOURTEBNTI STREET, Wasuixaros, D. C., June 2. Mr. Hatch 1s not going to rest content with the setback which his anti-option bill re- ceived in the house the other day and pro- poses to call the bill up just as soon as the postoffice appropriation bill is outof the way. It is possible that this may be tomorrow and Mr. Hatch is organizing bis forces for a stubborn fight to secure the floor, He will be antagonized by tho avpropriation commit- teo with the legislative, executive ana judi- clal appropriation bill, Speaking to Tne Ber correspondent Mr. Hatch said: ‘1 expect that the 108 votes which the bill secured the other day will be Jargely augmented by the addition of A num- ber of democratic votes which did not then come to me because of the action of tha party Wasnixarox Brneav or Tne Bre, } caucus on the preceding night. 1 thiok that A8 s00n a8 the postoftice bill is disposed of I shall be able to get the floor, and I will then press the anti-option vill to a final vote.”, ‘Working for the Harbor Bill. A great deal of pressure is being brought | to bear upon memoers of the house who are friendly to tne river and harbor bill to in- duce tnem to make sure to be present on Mouday, when it is the intention of the managers of the bill to call the measure up from the calendar and send itto a conference committee. The bill is thought to ve in a good deal of danger from the fact that it is on the calendar and unless special means aro taken to provent it its consideration would have to be had in the committee of the whole again. It would then undoubtediy be sub- jected to the paring process and possibly might be in danger of absolute failure, Mon- day is suspension day and the opportumity to be taken to avoid the danger of debate and send the measure to a conferenco committee. It will take a two-thirds votein order to effect this and the presonce of every friend of tho bill 15 therefore earnestly desired. Quite a number of republican representa- tives who had intonded to go to the Minue- apolis convention tound themselves for this reason unable to carry out their project. Looking Out for the Railroads, There is a very good prospect that the paragraph in the postofiice appropriation bill | reducing by 50 per cent the awount of money to be paid to laud grant railroads for carry- ing the mails will be knocked out. A big fight is expeoted to oceur when this para- graph is reached, aud the debate will be very lively. A powerful lobby is nere working in railroads, in which bouh the southern and western roads are repre- sented. 1t is considered probable that on account of the absence of many members this matter may be passed over informally, in order to guard azainst the possibility of any success- ful filibustering tactics. Miscellaneous. Representative Kem today called up in the house the bill granting twenty ocres of the Fort Sidney military reservation to tho city of Sidney for cemetery purposes, and it was passed without opposition. This bill has-al- ready been passed by the senate and it will now go the president for his signature, which will probably be afixed within the next day or two. Mr. Henry Watterson of Kentucky, tho star-oyed goddess of reform, has written to Seuators Brice and (Gorman requesting that he should be allowed one opportunity before the Chicago couvention in which to mako a statement of bis position with re- gard 10 the nominations made by that body. No answer bas been sent yet to Mr. Watter- son's request, but it is presumed likely that iv wiil be granted. Congressman Dolliver of the Tenth Iowa district leaves for Minneapolis tomorrow. Amoug the arrivals today were John T. Huncock of Dubuque and Mr. Ray Lucas of Bedford, Ia. The bill introduced by Senator Allison granting honorable discharge to James B. Mulford has been adversely reported upon. The house committee pn agriculture maae fuvorable report on the bill appropriating $10,000 for oxperiments 1n rainmaking in the northwest. The IRBEII of Charles H. Wright i the case of Wright vs C. Fred Zimmerman has been dismissed by the secretary of the iu- terior and the judgment of tho registor of tho land office at Huron, 5. D., affivmed. An npl)llcallon has been received by the comptroller of the currency from H. F. Schnedler of Nora Springs, Ia., and his as- sociates for authority to organize a national bank to be known as the Flirst National bank of Nora Springs. 5, S, H. e ALL CASPER ON THE CLIMB. Remarkable Rush for Wealth In & Wyo- ming Mining District, Caseer, Wyo., May 80.—[Specie: to Tne Bee.]—The wagon load of galena and siver ore brought into town last night by William Butts of Omaha was more than the average citizen of Casper could stund quietly. Long before daylight this morning the streets were alive with people preparing to go to Casper wountain to investigate for themselves aud locate a claim. The first to start set those that were not ready o move on fire, for they reasonad that the first would get something thoy wanted. At sun up this morning a genuine stampede took place. All kinds of vehicles were bressed into service, the city dray mnot escaping. Men could be seen in all directions headed for tne moun- taln. Carried away with the excitement, manv men who were not able to get saddles went it bareback, with nothing but a briale on their animals, The visions of wealth soon to be realized would listen to nothing and all anybody thought of was to get on to the mountain, Fate of a Tenderfoot, Harold Shermap, s green New Yorker, poarded a C Y outlit horse and had haraly gotten into the saddle when his animal started at a breakneck bucking speea into a barb wire fence, throwing the rider off ana striking him with the forelegs., Gathering bimself together again, Sherman at noon started for the mountain again. James Marshal and party of Chadron started in an overloadsd coach, and when at the foot bills the horses took fright and ran away, strowing the coach aud prospectors over the country. All escaped with slight bruises and a great scara, ‘The mountain is about eight miles soutn of town, but looks to be ouly about turee, and the foot hills were thick with foot pros- pectors, The snow is all off the top of the mountain, but the canyon through wbich the wagon road Y'lllal on to the mountain is almost fm- passable, and foot passengers up the moun- tain wake quicker time than those by the canyon, The men stoppivg on the mountain at ille, scelug 80 many struagers all at onceand so early in the morning, thought the newcomers woce going 10 jump their clmms, and worked tbhemselves up iuto o freazy and would not allow them to come near their claims, but told tuem there were ust as good claims abead and on the least enuun“;; o move on backed up their advice with a Winchester. Iutense Excitement Provails, The excitement upon the mountain Wi the precious metals abound was intense. The newcomers, when they saw the ore in the Butts sbaft, waatea o claim, sod did ml seem to care much it and nobody else el A Swede named Li located a claim upos thinking that he £0.mark his claim with stakes on all sidés, ‘Went so near tho eage of the canyon thAt he foll off and landed forty feet below in & $nowbank, bru scratched up termbl now hotel under a dovtor's care. Two inen named MéKenzlo and J. Protean had a dispute over & location, Protean hit McKenzie on the head with a sack of samplo specimens and for a time it looked as though Eadsville woula have @ man for dinner. By- standers parted them and Protean kept the claim. A Do Choak of Crawford, Neb., has opercd o hotel at Eadsville, making the thicd institu- tion of that kind. BUll Maguire of Deadwood has secured o lot aud will have a theater co- mique in full blast by Thursday nizht. Sherman, Eads :g @ graduate of the Col- as 50 they got | GATHERED AT MINNEAPOLIS ® Lincoln, Neb., us ground, and Farly Birds at the Convention City Discuss the Republican Situation, CLAIMS OF THE CANDIDATES' FRIENDS General Tarrison's Followers Seem Have No Oceasion for Worry —Blaine's Pushers Everything In Sight—Notes Before the Battle, to Claim MixNearoLts, Micn,, June 2.—The city of Minneapolis coutains more prominent repub- lican party leaders than any other city in the country tonight, but there is a great scarcity of aclegates, and it is generally con- ceded that it is the delegates who are to make the presigential nomination next week. Until the latter arrive, therefore, in sufficient numbers to enable one to determine the con- census of opinion, all predictions as o the result of the convention must be accepted as orado school of mines' have opened assay of- fices on the mountain, Tar Bee correspond- con the Chiago wheat pit in wild speculative irruption, but never beforo did he see anything that 8qualled the stir on the mountaln, mverybody seemed to think a for- tune was in sight and to be had only for the locating of a claim. Locatlon of the Find. The find that-oceasioned tho stampede is A four-foot lode of silveér and galena found and odened up by William Butts of 1124 Capitol | but idle vprophecy, founded on personal avenue, Omaha. = Butts kuows nothing about | preference. mining, and only came into the camp two | * All day the lobbies of the West hotel havo weeks ago. Catching the fever ho went into been thronged with leaders of national repu- tation, but diligent inquiry has failed to dis- cover a single man who is not here for a pur- pose and who does not have a strong personal candidate for the presidency. Thus itis that men of acknowledged political astute- ness are found to differ diametrically as to their predictious of the resuit of the conver- tion, and while the preferences are generally divided between Hurrison and Blaine, an Alger man may now and then suddenly ap- pear and add zest to the argument by the confident prediction that the Michigan man will ultimetely bouud to the front as a com- promise candidate of the conventiou. Blainiacs Claim Everything in Sight. Tho Blaine and Harrison msnagers both arrived on early morning trains and estab- lished headquarters at the leading hotel. The confidence with which the self-constituted Blaine boomers announced that he would accept the nomination if it were offered him, and the calm assurance with which they are prosecuting the countest in his behalf, has suddenly given seriousness to the wholo Bluine movement, and the more careful poli- ticiuns are tomight directing their attention to a diligent acalysis of the probavle vote of the various stats delegations. In the matter of figures the Harrison managers point to the states which have given positive instructions for the president and point to the assurances of support which they claim to be daily receiving from umustructed dele- gations. The Blaine peovle give no details, but claim about everything 1n sight, not liniting their figures to those states in which no instructions were given, but claiming scores of votes from states posi- uvely instructed for Harrison. Hon. John C. New of Indiana, consul general to England, and member of the national committee, is at the head of the Harrison people, and Hon, J. S. Clarkson of Towa, chairman of the national committee, is recogrized as the leader of the Blaine move- ment, His fellow workers 1 bebalf of the Maine man are Hon, J. Sloat Fassett of New York, Hon. Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin, | Cototiel A, 8. Conger of Ohio, Hou. H. S. Hyde of Massachusetts, and Houn. John P. Sanbatu-of il mombors of 16 national committee--Senator Washburn “of Mionesots. and Senator Haunsbrough of North Dakota. Indiana Solid for Harrison, General New's political lieutenants are Jobn K. Gowdy, chairman of the Indiana re- publican state committee, M. T. Lightuer, a South Dakota delegate, General % Michener of Indiana, the law partoer of. W. W. Dudley, ex-Senator John Spooner of Wis- counsin and several others. All the Indianans unite ia asserting that thero is complete har- mony and that Harrison will receive the en- tire vote of Indiana. In speaking of the presidential situation General New is emphatic in his assertion that Mr. Blaine is not in the race, if he un- derstands the meaning of the English lan- Said Mr. New with great delibera- 'He knew what he was doing when he wrote nis letter of declination, He knew what the result of that letter would be. The most important result of that letter was his withdrawal from tho race in favor of Harrison, Taking Blaine at his word, all the other gentlemen followed him in stepping asido and leaving the presi- dent a clear field. It would be an insult to Mr. Blaine’s manhood and integrity to as- sume even for argument's sake, thathe was trifling when he wrote that ietter. Not only this, but it would be the grossest injustice to tne gentlemon who would have veen candi- dates with him and.who withdrew. I am looking for no epposition of any 1m- rtauce to Harrison's renomination. There s an anti-Harrison sentiment, but its weak- ness and impotency will be manifest before many days are past. What little opposition there is cannot uvite. After it has found that Blamne will pot run it will unite on some ohe else, but it will do no good.” Contesting Delegates from Texas, The stubborn contest in the Lone Star state was ushered in in a peculiar way, A picturesque figure, which has been seen at every republican convention for years, ap- peared in the rotunda of the West at noon. He is the man famous for having declared in 1844—nearly a_hall century ago—that he would not cut his bair or shave his beard until Heury Clay was elected. He has kept his vow, and while this old patriot ap- ears to tho stranger slmost grotesque, n en assembly of men who are modern in their hirsute adornments, he is highly respected and honored by his fol- lowers. He was origivally & whig and at- tended all the pational conventions of the whig party, save two, and all the national conveutions of the republican party save three. General Norton is both a district delegate and a delegate-at-large from Texas, but with @ contest on both sides, If he loses one bg has hoves of the other, for he is bound to sit {n that convention, He ciaims that the first convention held 1 March to elect delegates for the Sixth district was irregular. Another regularly called con- vention was d in April and bhe was chosen delegate with William M. Me- Donald as & coll e, the latter a colored man, The contesting delegates are J, M. MecCormick and W. O. Davis (colored).” A state convention was also held early at Austin and elected four delegzates-at-large before the new apportionment eave the state two more congressional districts, and conse- quently four more delegates to this conven- tion, A later convention met at Dallas and nuilified the work of the Ausun co vention by electicg four delegates-at-large and four additional delegates for the two new dis- ccording to the representation to which Texas 1s entitled. Genersl Norton was one of the delegates-at-large chosen &t the state convention. He says he is for Har- rison, or Gresham, or any other ¥ood repub- lican, Well Pleased with the Arrangements, A subcommittee of the national committee held a brief meeting this evening. There wera present A. L. Conger of Ohio, phuir- mal 1. Hyde of Massachusetts, Heury CoPayne of Wisconsin, J. Sloat Fassett of New York and J, 5. Clarkson of lowa. After the adjournment of the committee the follow- ing ofticial declaration was given out for pub- lication: “The subcommittee of ke national repub- Jican ccmmitiee at their meeting this day at convention hall informed itselt complote- Iy of the arraugements made und to be made by the local committee for the comfort aod couvenieuce of the large number of veo- ple expected to attond the convention, and ue- animously express their entire approbation thereof, tho hall beiug in every way the best that eyer contained @ uatiousl convention, wod the srrangements better, more complete sod satisfactory.” The committee also adopted & resolution the mouatain and by luck struck a galena and siiver lode, U fount second woll defined lode ever on the moun- tain, It @ssays ‘00 per cent lead and thirty ounces of silver. The shaft is down twelve feot all the way inore. The groatost find is & silver lode founa by Cap- tain Enads and kept ‘secret untii )esterday afternoon. It is silvér‘bearing ore similar in all respects to the silger ore found in the Iron Mountain mine at adville, and hurried assay shows ninety olinces of silver and 15 per cent lead. § The course of the veln is from northwest to southeast and is o & formution locally known as trachytes and porohyry of the Archman arca and dips fifly toseventy de- grees. ¥ Some of the new eomers stumbled on to the valuable finds today aud one sold out his claim for §00, The,miveral wealth of Cas- per mountain is no longer guess-work, but a thoroughly demonstrated fact and every- thing is going forward on the high-pressure order. It is tue opimion of all that Casper and Eadsville will' be a sea of eager miners and aroaring camp inside the next thirty days. It is estimWted that 350 men visited the mountain today.: P — TRACKELAE BRS STRIKE. Burlington People Havipg Trouble on tho Giltette Exgénsio Grriere, Wyo., June 2.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.]=The teacklayers on tho Burlington extension running westward from Gillette have stfugk for higher wages. They have been receiviog $1.00 per day and asked for 8. The compduy refused the in- crease and 180 guit ‘Work. The tracklaving is now stopped. Teagkiaying commenced seven weeks azo, bubbwing to the inclem- ency of the weather only twelve miles have been laid. Most of tha grade is completed to Powder river, but tha track will not be laid until- the mi of July. It is coa- jecturad thav the raill company will se- cure a new gang 9l men to complete the work, Continuing the Basiness, Cuevaxxe, Wyo., Jupe 2.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee, |—<ft s now learned that the procjamation of governor of South Dakota, quarantiniug agifnst: Texds cattle, is but a. repatition cular, which quarant! ol coming from below tha fever iine in Texas. Business over the Union Paclfic-Northwest- ern will therefore proceed much as usual. A Dig percentage of the cattle now arriving here are from New Mexico and Arizona, and with thesé no interference Las been threat- ened. SOUBREITE BURNED TO DEATH. Terrible Fate of Polly McDonald of the « Me and Jack’ Company. Provipexce, R. L, June 2.—Polly McDon- ald, the soubretto of the Lester & Williams “Me and Juck” compary, was fatally burned at the City hotel. She had besn unable to eleep and had lighted the gas at 3 o'clock with the intention of reading until she grew tired. She threw the match on the floor be- neath her dress, which ignitea. Sne tried to smother the flames with a woolen dress, but sho had cleansed this garment with naptha, and instead of being &'nonconductor of flame it was the most dangerous thing she could have used. In an instant sho became envel- oped in flames and ran down to the office screaming for help, % The night clerk, geizing a blanket, ex- tinguished the fire, bt Miss McDonald diea five hours later. i Polly McDonald was widely known in the theatrical profession.. When 3 years old she made her lirst appearance on the stage, being known as “Baby” MaDouald. She had been identified with Hallen & Hart, Charles McCarthy and in several first class varioty combinations ou the ,road, For four years she had been conngcted with Lester & Willlams. Her mother and relatives in Kansas City and Chigago were notified and will take charge of tbe body. e ——— POPE LEU: AND THE FAIR. He Will Make an Exhibit at Chicago—A : Request for Space, Cnicaco, 1ML, June 2.—News of an impor- tant action, wholly without precedent in the history of the vatican, was cabled to Chicago today. Pope Leo XIIL, in order to testify his 1aterest in the Columbian exposition and s special respect for the American people, has determined to sead an‘important exhibit from the vatican. ! Such a step was nover before taken in reg: to a world’s fair by the papal authorities, The cablegram ma- ing the \mnnuncame&qfll the intention of the noly father and aut zing the arrangement of space for the exbibit was received from Arcl hllhor Ireland Hoo. W. J. Onahan, The text of the mess: was characteristic of the sender. Tt is Asyfollow: o ONAILAN, Chleagoi Popo gage space special exhibits. En- IRELAND. Drowning of Com: dore Weeks. Porr Jenvis, N, ¥.idune 2.—Commodore C. F. Weoks of tbe 1yn canoe club was drownea yesterday w| ttemptng to shoot the dam of the. Del & Hudson Canal company across the are river at Lacka- waxen, Pa., twonty- miles west of here, Mr, Weoks was the r of a party of ten canoeists which lyn F'ri sy last for Port Deposit, ninety west of Port Jery- is. Altnough there Ireshet in the river, thoy made helr way,@awn the rapid stream nearly seventy miles. TMr. Weeks was the first to cross the which has a fall of five feot, and his cang@ jvas upset. He was a swimmer and mi desperate efforts in vaio to regain the , be sinking in the rajids about ffty feet balow the dam. The river was dragged umsuccessfully by his comraaes. y —_— WEATHER FOREC T OFFiGE OF WEATHER BUREAU, * OxamA, June 2. For Eastern Nebraska, Omaba and Vi- cloity—Warmer; fale weather; southerly winds durlng felday, WasnixaroN, D. C., June 2.—For Ne- braska, North #n1 Bouth Deskows — Far weather; south g{l :ds and slightly warmer; probably cooler Saturday, For Minnesota and lowa—Generally fair; lllxhll{ WArner weaths outh winds. For \llll“—,lrlflB\", fair weatber; south wiuds, -—— Lake Steamens Collide, Detrorr, Migh.,, Juve 2.—The steamers Britain and Progress, both of Cleveland, colliged this morning at the mouth of the Detroit river. The Progress sank immedi- ately. The crew was pescued with difi- eulty, Tue Bfium WBS cowparatively un- iojured, ‘ { pated the following state ticket: directing delogates to sivle the following oftie = One honorary secretarl e one honorary vice pres, " tion, member of comm|%, member of committee ol % ization, momber of comt % order of business, member % resolutions, memover of ro =, committee, member of cont candidate for president of member of committee to noti vice president. MeKinley for Permanent It has generally beon accef . that Gov- ernor McKinloy of Ohilo will be pormanont chairman of the convention. He is the choice of tho Harrison element, and, for political reasons, 1s not likely to ba opposed s $09n s pos- theconvention : he convention, of the conven- n credentials, nanent organ- on rules and ommittee on pan national pomination, didate for by the Blaino mauagers, Indeed Colonel Conger this evening ucknowledged that it 18 quito probable that McKinley will be' the unanimous choico of all factions for perma- nent chairman, The governor has been ap- prised by telagraph of ts coming honors and his friends expect that he will leave Ohio to- morrow night for Minneapolis At the meeting of thosubcommittes of the national committee today various gentiemen wore discussed for the temporary chairman- ship of the convention, but no selection wiil bo made until the mecting of the full com- mittee Saturday. Ex-Congressman John A. Langston, ths colored orator of Virginia, seems to be the most popular candidate and is being warmly pressed by J. Sloat Fassett of Now York. Fassott has dechmea to bo bimself considered a candidate for tomporary chairman, and his advocacy of Langston, together with the genoral dosire to recognizo the colored race, makes the eloquent ex- congressman a formidable candidate. Gen- eral Horace Porter of Now York, ox-Speaker Reed, ex-Senator Inealis and Congressman Burrows of Michizan have also been dis- cussed. Discussiug the Platform. The formation of the platform is already being disoussed, those having pet measures to be endorsed being among the first arrivals, An endorsement of protection and reciproe- ity is, of course, to be embodied as the chief rinciples, and ' some strife was occasioned v tho report that ex-Governor John S. Pilisbury, a delegate-at-large from Minne- anolis, whose presidential preferences have thus far been kept to himself, intended to introduce an anti-second term resolution in opposition to the president, have drawn much comment. The governor, however, explains that he simply believes in one term of six vears, and will probably introduce a resolution to that effect, but when his atten- tion was called to the supposed bearing of the resolution on the candidacy ot President Harrison, he added substantially: “If it would affect the present standing of any of the candidates I would not introduce it.” ‘The silver question is bound to play an important part in the platform work, and there are those here who are working their hardest on that ono subject. Clark Wheeler of Aspen, Colo,, a delepate and advanco guard of that state, is most radical in bis vie He says for himself that his col- leagues are against Harrison solcly because of his position on free coinage. Ho does not believe Harrizon would run on a silver plat- form,and while he is working forsilver he pro- Dposes to work against the president, He says 40,000 voters in Coloraao are pledged to vote against Harrison and against any anti-free silver coinage party, and he is hera to secure the passage of a silver plank. The silver men have no candidate. They are against Harrizon and want free silver endorsed. Powell Clayton's Views, Powell Clayton of Arkansas was among the arrivals, and is considered a strong ad- dition to the Harrison supporters, He says he does not belioye Blaite would play fast and looso on such an important’ question. Ho further expresses the opinion that it would pe a great misfortune to nominata a man who might decline. ©. Kerens of st. Louts, of the Cotton Belt railway, friend Of tho president and a delegate-at-large from Missouri, arrived tonight and joined the Harrison force: THINK IT WILL BE HARRISON, Views of the Washington Pross Correspond- ents on the Subject, Forr Way~E, Ind,, June 2, —|Spacial Tele- gram to Tae Ber.]—If the intelligenco and judgment of the Washington correspondents eunroute to the Minneapolis convention 1s to be relied on, President Harrison’s renomi- nation is assured. These men, to the num- ber of over seventy, represent at the na- tional capital the leading republican and domocratic pewspapers of the country, and their facilitles for learning public scntiment are the very best. A poll of the special Pennsylvania line train shows that thirty-seven of the correspondents be- lieve Prasident Harrison will be renominated, while nineteen believe that Secretary Blaine will permit his explicit letter of withdrawal to General Clarkson to be disregarded and tha: he will be nominated, The remainder are scattered between Reed, Allison, Alger and Sheran. It is expected that sérlous work with the convention will be begun on Tucsday morn- ing, when Chauncey Depew, the biggest of the *'big four” from New York, will placo tho name of President Harrison before the convention. 'I‘Ilsgrlncipal seconding specch will be made by Senator Chbaries N. Felton of California, who declares the Pacific slope is pracuically solid for Harrison, and can by him be carried again by the @reatest majority ever given any republican. Senator Felton will be followed by Governor McKinley of Ohio and ex-Senator John Spouner of Wisconsin, while the south will be represented for the president probably by ex-Congressman H, Clay Evans of Ten- nessee, Congressman Cheatham, the brilliant young colored congressman from North Carolina, aud probably, if the time allows, jeneral Braaley of Kentucky and ex-Con- gressman L. E. McComas of Maryland. In- diana 1s expeoted to speak last for General Harrison and her wishes will probably be eloquently voiced by ex-Secretary of Stato Charles Griftin, ‘The organization of the convention will be perfected on Tuesday and Wednesday will be devoted to the platform. In spite of Senator Teller's presence in the committee on resolutions, there will be no free silver plank in the platform and the silver provlem will be relogated to the international mone- tary couference. It is expected that the con vention will adjoura on Friday. Florida Democrats, Tamps, Fla, June 2—The democratic stute convention bas been having short ses- slons interspersed with recesses today, pending the report of the committee on cre- dentisls und permanent organization. The committee has beea out all might. Early this morning it took & vote on the Duvall contestcase, resulting, twenty-four in favor of the Mahone delegation to eighteon in favor of the Call delegation, The committee is now bearing & contest from two other counties, There will be & Lot tight on the Duvall report in the body of tha conv ention. & Massachusetts Prohibitionists, Woncestes, Mass., June 2.—The annual convention of the probibitionists today nomi- For gov- ernor, Waleott Hamlin; lieutenant governor, Kdwin Kendall; secrotary of state. Samuel B. Chapleigh; treasurer, W. D, Farnham; auditor, A. B, Evans; atlorney general, Rovert ¥, Raymond. “Tho usual platfor: adopted. ! Srock Cal., 2.—The people's party convention in session here will elect eigut delegates-at-lazgo to tho national con- vention at Omaha. Twenty-eight district delegates have already been ctiosen. S Voting in Loulslana, Batox Rovae, La., June 2. lot for United States tor today resulted as follows: Jonas, 48; Adams, 20; Gibson, 19: Caffroy, 145 Blanchar” 17; sBourglors, 4; Mahcuey, 1. e — The Fire Kecord, Quenkc, P. Q. Juue 2. —Fire nas gutted the Berry asbestos faclory, deswroying the stock and machinery, The ioss is beavy with partial lusurance, SAN FRaNcCIsco, Cal., Ji ne 2.—At Sapporo, Jopan, May 4, fire : destroyed 1,000 bouses. GENTLEMANLY HIGHWAYMEN They Hold Up a Santa Fe Train and Make & Big Haul, THEIR FIGHT WITH THE MESSENGERS Passengers on the Traln Have Pleasant fne terviews with the Gentle Banditg— Dulton Gang Given Credit for the Job, Gurnnie, O, T\, June 2.—The details of the roboery last night of the Wells-Fargo ex« press carof the Santa e passenger train, make a story of uiexamplod outlawry on the partof the bandits and of brave resistance on tho part of the custodians of the expross corapany’s property. The robbors wero at work for the best part of an hour attempting to intimidate the express messongers into submission, and during all that time the mes- sengers weore risking their lives in defense of the company’s property. ‘The robbory was an unique one in the his= tory of Indian Territory outlawry. In the fiest place the robbers got everything in sight. Again, duriug a battle between the mossengers and the bandits, in which fully 200 shots were fired, not a man was wounded, Then, again, the robbers were of gentle- mauly appearanco and doportment and their relations with tho trainmen, who were not pressed luto their service, und with tho passengors, several of whom couversed with the robbers’ loader. Finally, the robbery was doubtiess commit— tea by the notorious Dalton gang, for whom large rewards are sull standing aud who were even then boing tracked by a detective and his posse, and who were behind them not more than a day’s journey on horseback., Captured the Engine. It was 1 o'clock when the train reached Red Rock, in the northwest corner of the Otoe and Missouri reservation, in the Indlan strip. Just as it was pulling out a fow min- utes later two men with bluck masks cover- ing their faces jumped suddenly into the en- gine's cab from the tonder, and covering the engineer and fireman with their ravolvers, commanded them to run the train down to tho stock yards and to stop there at a egiven signal. Carl Maclk, the engineor, and Frank Rogers, tho fireman, obeyed the command. To have resisted would have meant their death, When the train stopped the two robbers wero jomned by five masked companions. Their leader cowmmauded the engineer and fireman to walk back to the oxpress car and commanded the firoman to break open the door with his coal pick. I. C. Whittlesy, the messenger, and J, A, Richl, ths guard, anticipating what w going on when the train came to & standstill, had blown out the lights in their car and re- fused 1o allow anyone to enter. Opgned Fire on the Expross Car. The bandits then opened fire upon tho can from all sides and the two men within it responded promptly, aiming all their shots at the door. The highwaymen shot into the car from all sides, even petting under 1t and shooting througn the floor. Their firing, bowever, was all to no effect, for the messengers bravely stood their ground. In the meantime one of the robbers had chopped a hole in the door of the ear large enough to admita man’s body and the fire- man was told tu_crawl through it into the b "This placed him literally between two and Mack, soing that it meant death to his companion, expiained the situation to the ’To'filexlkeh within and told them to cease ring, When the robbers at last entered the ex« press car, they covered those within with their guns and with a sledge hammer and chisel broke open both the way and through safes and robbed them of everything of value. They also took £50 and a gold watoh from the guard of tho oxpress car. Messen- ger Whittlosy had hidden his money and ‘l;v_-n.ch, and the robbers got nothing from im. Gentlemanly and Courteous. The robbers are described by several of the passengers who talked with them as being well dressed and of gentlemanly appearance aud bearing. 7T'his 1s especially true of the leader, who apologized to the engineer for a rough 'remark made by one of his crowd aad prowised him that 1t should not occur again, The tsader, in conversation with a passen- ger, asked for some smoking tobacco, Tho assenger reached into bis coat tail pocket for it, when the robber told him if it was 1o his l:lp pocket he had better not attempt to ot it. The amount secured by the robbers is une known, as the express company has mado no statement. After the robbery the men mounted their horses and rode off to the southwest. The Daltons are charged with the crime and, judging from the descripticn given of tho 'robbers by those who are acquainted with the Daltons, it was undoubtedly the notorious gang. A. Divsiey, 8 defective, and posse had bees on the latter's track for somo time. . Only & day or s0 ago one of the gang bought eighteen boxes of cartridges at Oklas homa City ana afterwards cscaped the vigis lance of his pursuers. A strong posse was organized here late last night and vrent up to the sceno of the rob- bery on a freight train, It is thought that the robbers can be easily tracked on accound of the wet groun, ———— THEY EXPECT A HARD STRUGGLE. Great Effort Will be Made to Down the Coal Comblue, Nrw Yorx, June 2,—Chancelior MeGill, wko has granted an injunction against two of the roads in the big coal combine—the New Jersey Central and the Port Reading com- pacy—explained yostorday the effect of his ovder, Hesald: “In the procaedings brought by the attor ney general I granted an injunction ad e terini, This acts os a stay against the arbie trary raising of the price of coal uutil the matter 1s argued and decided. By the arbi- trary vaising of the price, 1 mean™ that the price shall not bo ceedings in the ordina) This do cidents ature not customary. The injunction in the other caso was obtaiued by the heirs of Stephen Vail, who held 14,000 shares of stock in the New Jorsey Contral road. In 1880 the execu- tors of the estate brought suit to set aside a lease mado to the Reading company. They bave repeated the same tactics in this case, and I granted an order to show cause wh! an injunction should not issus, returoable June 15, A semporary injunction restraining the parties to the proceedings from transfer- ring or changing the ideuntity of the prop- erty was granted with the order. This order covers wachinery, tools and the like," Governor Abbett, when ukoa;olwrdsy it he thought the coal combine could be broken, replied: I know it cun. The courts will examine iuto the agreements tored iuto by the various companies now consolidated, and I am confident the combine will be broken. Pue fight will undoubtedly be lon{ and bitter. 1 anticipate secing the groatest ngl contest Now Jorsey has ever witnessed. Pending the decision of the court the price of coal will not be ad- vanced. In my opiuion the attorney dunonl will bo able to establish the unconstitution- and the won another —————— Towa Democrats Will Be There, pak Rarios, 1a., June 2. —[Special Tele- on lph‘:,mwnhl. of June19. All the de; crats of the Fifth dmrlc;. will go tralo aud more cosches will be added if neo- essary. The train will ve handsomely deo- oratod with Boles banvers, sod for this r‘\luon the trip will be made during the day twe.