Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1892, Page 1

e —— OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING 1, 1892 NUMBER 44 NEBRASKA'S HARVEST Carefully Prepared Reports on Orop Con- ditions from All Over the State. NO FAMINE THREATENS US THIS YEAR Thouea ids of Broad Acres Yield an Abun- dance of All Eorts of Grain, KING CORN AGAIN UPON HIS THRONE Timely Rains Remove All Danger of a Failure in This Etaple Crop. GREAT RESULTS FROM WINTER WHEAT Many Pl Yields Reported and the General Oats, It Doing Very Well, tndeed, nomel Avernge Extremely Large— Barley, Flax and Potatoes ''ne Ber presents acarefully prepared estimate of the condition of crops in Ne- braska. Special correspondents of this paper throughout tho stute have written roports of the conuition of growing and harvesting crops in their localities. These have been eynopsized so toat only bare, naked facts concerniug the actual condition of thiugs are shown, All speculation has been stricken out, and crops are dealt with not as they might be, but as they are. King Corn 15 Vigorous, Corn, which is king, was poculiarly handi_ capped this season, but in proof of his regal qualifications, Mondamin 18 coming up out of dumps in true kingly style and will yet occupy his throue, unrivaled save by winter wheat, which is making a strong bid this scason for first place in tho Nebraska farm- er's hoart, A cold, backward spring, with rain on raih until tha ground was surcherged with moisture, absolutely prohibited tho plantiuz of corn on schedule tima. Kven whea it was planted the conditions were such that the grain soemed move likely to rot than to germinate. Then the first weeks of its existence wero frownad on by tem. perature several dogroes bolow the normal, retarding snd stunting the growth of the plant, until it seemed scarcely worth making an effort to save it by cultivation. This sea- son of cold weuther was followed by as tor- rid a term as over tho state endured, and though the corn sprang up under the coaxir influence of the blazing sun, the cry soon wont up frem overanxious watchers, “'We will be burned up agaia. Our corn is curl- fog up.” Just at this extremely critical 8Lugo thero camo a most timely gencral rain, souking the sun-baked earth, and lending Lew vigor to the famishing flelds. Now tho tassels wave from thousands of acres of corn, nodding in the breoze, that rustics the broad leuves, telling the husbandman of the mil- hons of vushels of yellow grain that will cram the cribs next winter. The rain suved the corn. In making their estimates, tho correspond- ents bave used last year's enormous crop as u basis for comparison, and the statement that the season will yield two-thirds to three- fourths of a crop means that the corn will crib from fifty to sixty bushels to the acre. Tt is safo to sny that Nebraska’s corn crop will be quite up to the average, From only vne county does there come u discouraging roport. ‘Thayer county scoms to have de- cidedly the worst of the bargain. This is Jpecaliar, in view of the fact that from Jef- ferson, Franklin, Nuclkolls, Webster and other counties surrounding Thayer, most encouraging word is sent forth, Winter Wheat, There Is & noticeuble foaturo of this re- port, and that is the almost unanimous senti- ment in favor of winter wheat as a profitablo crop. Po be sure the season was peculiarl; fuvorablo 1n some respeets for this grai but 1t has been sown by the majority of the farmers more as an uxperime s & certainty. The wonderful yi ported, even from counties 1 ifTered soverely from dry wenther, are indeea en- cournging, JIn one county a valley field felded (ifty-two bushels and an uplana field forty-nine bushels to the acre, and this was sold right at the thresher spout at b2 conts per bushel. Twenty-seven dollurs nu acre for wheat, without the trouble of tuking it to market or even storing 1t on the form. Tho uverage yleld of this cereal througlout the state ns indicated by the counties roporting will be thirty bushels to 1o acre, und the acreage is large. Outs, Oats havo suffered considerably from tho weather. ‘The wet, cold spriug delayed sceding for this grain saa retarded its growth. ~Then June was dry und cold, and July’s first weeks were extremely hot, thus giving the most favorablo conditions for rust and the poorest for development. Yot iu spite of theso discouraging circum stances oats will yield a fair_crop, generally 06 to 75 per cent of last year's yiold, which WAs CHOrmous. Rye, Barley and Flax, like winter wheat, has given an Rye, eld on largely incrensed acre- enormous 3 age. Barley, where it 1s cultivated, has re turned ‘' fair yield. It is hardly to be reckoned amoug the stuple crops of Ne braska, Flax has suffered much, the conditions of the spring being esnecially unfavorable, vet in those counties where the crop is ono on which some dependence is placed s very fair vield 15 reported, tho estimutes ranging o b0 to 66 per cent of last year's yield. Potatoes havo suiferod only in quantity. There will not be auito so bountiful a yield as was anticipated, the early tubers boiLg re- vorted s “fow in a bill,”’ but the quality is excellont. ‘The Iate rains have insured a good crop of IuluJ)ululnvl. as in only one or two justances hud growth advanced so far Ahat the bot wayo did sorlous damagoe. Sev- eral counties report the quality of eariy po- tatoes greatly improved by the dry weatner, Other vegetablos, thougb, bave suffered greatly from the hoat, Hore uro the repor cally by counties Adu ty. HasTINGs—Tho raiu which fell Wodnesday nigbt bus fusured beavy crops for Adams county, Corn is a little lute, but will be a big yield, Whneat is well along. Oats are & littlo short, Rye and barley are sufe and potatoes are large, smooth and plentiful. The prospect is very encourngiog, Autelope County, OaxnALE—Diligont , arranged alpbaboty fnquiry of farmors warrants reporting a full average crop of wheat, oats, rye and flax, Corn since the recont warm weather and copious raius is making rapid strides toward perfection, Sugar beets ure doing well now and a good D is anticipated. Not more thun a bulf crop of potutoes us the outlook now is. The seif-binders are alveady tylng up the wheat, Butler Cdunty. Suu Iate ruin wili probably put cort by o and the crop will be first Tho crop will average % por ceut. oats cron will be 8 good average. Wheat, rye, barley ana flax are doing well With g00d ‘prospects of u good crop. Potas toos will not averuge over 75 per cent of lust your. Hay crop first cluss, both tame and wild. Furmers feeliug glorious over the late ruins, Buffulo County, Ginmox—Prospects for a good corn crop still romaiu the best. In the northern part of the county the corn needed rain badly, but tho receut rains have iusured the Crop. Wheat aud oats will o fu oli respects fuily equal to last year. Rye has becn harvested and is of excollent quality. Cass County, Prarrsvovtn—Corn i somewhat back- ward, but the late rain is_pulling it up to noroial. Acrenge about tho samo as last year, Drospects gcol for a full crop. Acrenge is siightiy larger than last vear, prospects fair. Wheat is in good condition, acreage slightly loss, indications for good crop. Barley and flux aro in good condi- tion, with barely the same acreage as inst year. Potatoes have suffered from the dry weather; acreage slightly less than a yoar ago. Apples seom 1o be ‘a very good crop, but troubled with worms, Grapes are thick and ara 1n excollent condi Pros- pects good for the largest yield in the his- tory of the county, Some broom corn raised this year and in wood condition. WekrixG Warei—Tho rain came in time t0 save the corn and late potatoes, Corn will come out all right. Oats is not an average crop. Fall wheat is splendid. Somo report ouly thirty bushels to the acre, others clain fifty. Sprivg wheat will average fifteen bushels per acre. Burloy is n fair crop. Noxt year will see more winter wheat sown than ever bofore in this counts Eismwoon—Corn promiscs ~ to ba good, wheat will yield from forty to forty-fiva bushels per acro and oats from thirty-fivo to forty. Burley (s as good as last yenr. Po- tatoes are very zood and promise @ fair crop. Apple promises are fair. dar County, HAnTINGTON—The. recent showers have helped alikinds of grain wonderfully. Small grain on the hiils will not yield very heavily on account of the hotary weather during the past threo weeks, but will be as good as could be expected. Wheat ana oats in the valieys will vield fifty bushels to the acro. Corn will be all right. Clay County. Surrox —Whoat is harvested and mostly stacked and secure. It is almost entirely winter wheat, free from rust and the berry plump,” and will yield twenty-tive cls to the cre. Oats will bo about two- thirds of a crop, in gooa condition aud free from rust. Corn is all tasseled out, a strong, vigorous growth, good stand and the receut rams nsure o yield equal to last venr. Barley i not much raised 1n this county. Flax looks well and the yield will be equal to last year. Potatoes ara looking well, with no “appearance of the Colorado bug, and the yield will be large. Honey bees aro for the first timo making a large amouut of surplus from white clover, which bas made an unusual growth this yoar. Sevoral acres of test beets promise a good yield CrLay CeNTER—Since the bonntiful rain Cuiay countv farmers are feoling v, Corn D18 in fine condition and the vieid will be fully up to the usual average, Winter wheat s ail that could be asked. Iv has been harv- ested and some threshod : lowest yield so far roported, twenty-five bushels per acre, test e sixty-threo pounds to the bushel; some roport thiriy-five bushels ver acre. Tho acreage is far in excess of any previous year. Outs bas greatly improved since the rain two vecks ngo. The hay crop (clover and timothy) is immense, Flax is considorably below the avera Chieyenne County. SipxEY—Corn is backward owlng to lato seoson. Oats 1s very good and yielas thirty-five bushels to tho acre, Wheat is in exceilent condition and ready to hurvest; from twenty to thirty bushels to the acro. Rye is already harvested and yields twenty to twenty-five bushels to the acre. Barley is tho finest ever raised hore; forty to sixty bushels to tho acre. Flax was sown too late and is backward. Potatoos are in fair condition. The recent rains buve improved growing crops of all kinds. Two now grain elevators will be built here this fail. Fampipio—Winter wheat 1s harvested; acreage is far in excess of any previous year and will yield from twenty to twenty-five bushels an acre. Oats is nearly harvested; about three-fonrths of crop, Corn has grown wonderfully during the past few woeks; the late twenty-four-hour rain has insured nearty a full crop. Itye, burley, flax and potatoes aro up to the average. ‘There are probably over 1,000 acres of sorghum cane growiug this immediate vicinity., It suf- fered on account of late seuson, but 18 now doing fincly. Chase County. TnpEriaL—Wheat 1s of exoellent quality, will mako about 75 per cent of last vear's immense vield. Thy acreage is doublo that of last year. Oats 1s about us wheat. Corn, within the last week, has improved much. The crop prospects are better than at this time last vear. Acrcage about the same. Barley, flax_aud potatoes are fully equal to last year. Plenty of rain the last month. Cherry County. VaLENTINE—Wheat will yield from fiftcen to twenty bushels per acre, ubout two-thirds 8s heavy as last year, but the acreusy much larger and fully as'mich wheat will be warkoted as last year. Harvest will begin next week, Corn is late but has geown very rapidiy for the past threo weeks. Rys is b ing harvested, is heavy vield and of excol- lent quality. Oats 1s short, but will uver- age twenty-five bushels per uere. The ex- treme noriheastern part of the county 1s suf- fering somewhat from drouth, Othor parts are all right. Cuming County. Baxcrorr—Wheat will make from twelve to fifteon bushels per acre: oats from twenty to twenty-five, and potatoes from a tnird to a half crop. Barley isa fair gleld. Rain came in a stoady drizzle, lasting about fiftecn hours, and will greatly help corn, Custer County. Brokex Bow—Corn is as go bad, aud a fair crop of wheat, average, Good crops all over ( Plenty of hay, and the vetter than ever, as over above the Juster county. hay as good or awson County, LexiNaroN—Crops of all kinds are fully up to the uyarage. Wheat Is being cut and ten days will see the harvest practically over. Estimates of tho wheat crop vary from twelve to twenty bushels an scre, with a probable wverave of cighteen bushels Corn 1s Joing splendidly, vecent rains mak- g o good yield cortain, Deuel County, Cuarrent—The crop is the best ever known and the acreage about ten times as great as last year, The farmers are now in the midst of harvest and find wheat and rye much cavier than expected, Barley is a full crop, No flax is raised in this county. Potatoes wilibe a good full crop. Cornis a little backward, but the recent rains have brought 1l out 80 us to insure u full crop, Dixon County, WaKEPIELD--Corn acrengois about b per cont above last yeur. A flue rainfall all over eastern part of county. Average corn out- look is fully twu weeks behing this time last year, with oue-half to two-tuirds the prospoct of same yield per acre. \vheat yield is fully 15 por cent below last year, with fair prospect of making within 10 (o 15 percent of same yield, Acroage of vats is Tully 10 por cont greater than last vear, with n yieid 15 por cont short of lust year, Very little rye was sown, but the yicld is better than ever bofore. Owing to 50 late a season in completiug planting vorn, more than asual aren of low lands wus seedod to nullet. This and flax promise but a light yleld. Timotby und olover by gave full erop. Praivie hay is better thau last year. Potato crop is be. low last year in acreago, with prospect of about one-balf the same yield. Only a small awount of barley was fown, which will ako 1ully up to the yield of lust year, Kye and bavler are ull haivested and tho cutting of wheut just hegun, Poxes--1n tne uortheastern and oats will yield at cron, aud corn is we:l w0 avernge erop, In the svuthern aud west- ern purts of tho county the small grain is short and is estimuted at a two-thirds crop, and corn s fuir. Flex and potatoes are & Light erop, part wheat least a threo-fourths udvanced and will be g Fiesont--Thers will be an average wheat cron, the sprivg wheat belug in o eondition now' where it is filling out una the rain is aiding very materially in ths. About ove- third of thie erop is winter wheat aud it is in excollont condition, 1t 18 uow belug har. vestod and there are saveral fields which will yield thirty bushels to tho acre. Outs will “protvubly” not be so large us last year, [CONTINUED OF ¥i¥ill Yauk. by, ' IUSDREDS OUT ! Wheels of the Government Almost at a Standstill, NO FUNDS AVAILABLE AT PRESENT Failure to Pass an Appropriation Bill cable Embarrassment— Hopking Caused the Blocknde—Fentures of Situntion, 518 FoUnRTRENTIH STREET, Wasmixarox, D. C., July 31 For the first time in twenty-five years the whecls of governmost are at a completo standstill. The only sundry civil bill under which a large number of important branches of the goverament were maintained has ex- pired by limitations as a vesult of tho dead- lock over the Worid's fawr appropriation. The objection of Ropresontative Hopkins to tne further continuance of this old appro- priation brought about the standstill yester- day, but it was not until today that the full effect of this uction was realized. The great government printing office, which employs 8,000 people and whero relays havo to work Sunday and holidays, was sient aoa desertes today. Public Printer Palmer's notice posgad lnst night that the oftice would ve ciosed until such time as congress provided fands for the work gave tho building entirely over to the dozen or wmore watehmen who patrolled the premises today. ‘Tho printers worked until midnight last night and succeedea in finish- ing the Congressional Record of Saturday, as it was a short one, When they left they were told that thev neod not renort for work until sent for. The big building will again b silent tomorrow morning, for the day forea comos on at 7 a. m., and congress will not have furnished the funds by that time, Other Forces Involved. This 1s ouly one of the great government institutions which 1s out of funds and nut of employment today. 1t is understood that Caprain Meredith, chief of the bureau of graving and printine, will order off s force of 1,500 people, who mako the government notes, bonds, revenue stamps, ete. T'ho life- saving craws, lighthouse keepers and coast survey forces aro also without funds tod and if they are at their posts of duty, oaly through havit or a belief that conjgre: will come to 1ts sunses and_right, the wrong. It is an open question whetter the feder courte of the country can legally trans business tomorrow, for the law is exlicit that no branches of the government can do work, auticipating an appropriation. Mr. Hoplins said today that he felt sure the judges of the federal court at Omaha and eisewhere would not undertake to ao any business Monday or until an anpropriation was available for Wasmixarox’ Bureav or Tne Um'% paying the judzes, cierks and employes. Even the veterans at the national soldiers nomes are toaay receiving their rations with- out authority of law, and the strict military commandants in charge may feel obliged at any tine to observe the striel letter of the law and close up these wstitutions. There are inzumerable lesser branches of departmental service which acs today pro- ceeding *‘on trust)’ or are not proceeding at ull. The gas lamps and electrie lights in the executive mansion and grounds flickered as usual last night and tonight but 1t was only through tho good grace of the companies. The government fish natoheries, revenio cutter service, geological surveying perties, interstate commoroo commission, otc. 49 similuriy affected. Even the elevator in the Washington monument is stopped. One View of the Situation, Colonel Morrison of tho interstate com- morce commission said today that lus bureau_would rua as usual, as he looks upon the break s atemporary one which will soon be remcdied. This undoubtedly will be tne view taken by the many dopart- mental branches throughout the country, although, so far as the law is concerned, they are wn the same lmd-up and deserted condi- tion s the big government printing oftice, ‘’ho World’s fair managers are today e Joying the cooling breezes of Oid Point Com fort, so that any councils they may be hold- g on the present emergency aro far from Washington. The party includes Pre Palmer, Secretury Dickinson, Director Gen- eral Davis, General St, Clair'and Chairman Darborow, which comprises all thosc usuaily recarded A8 in authority on the World's fair approprintion. ‘Tney left on a Norfolk boat vestorday, reaching Old Point Comfort this morning, and expect to get back here somo time Moulay worning, but while they aro tuere the leaders of the scuate and the nouse are litcrally at fever heat in trying to arrange some solution to the present problem, ‘I'he weather is intensely hot again today, but it has no terrers to the men who feel that cool judgwent must be exercised quickly in ‘order to right the present situa- this morning a conference of leading seuntors was held at_the residence of Senator Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations, to consiaer what covld be doue, of the Problem, vernor Sayers and No Solutio About the same time Representative Dockery, two of Mr, Hol- waw's leutenants of house Appropria- tions committee, sought Mr. Hopkins, whose objection brought about the present govern- mental puralysis, and tried to figure out some loophole of escane. There were many in- quivies for the World’s falr managers, in order that negotiations might be hela, but e absence at O!d Point Comtort pre- vented any consultation with thoss in au- thority. The conterence between Mr. Hon- kins and the two members of tho appropri tious committeo failed to shake the Illinois mewber on his ovjection, which has caused such consternation lo government vranches, Mr. Holman 2ad his associates donot ceal the fuci that they are greatly wo by the situation which Mr. Hopkins bas forced upon them. Whilo they are openly charging tpat tho government blockade is due to Hopkins and the World’s fair, they privately say among themsclves that ' tholr main fear is that it will throw permanent disered:t upon the present democratic house, They are bendjng every effort, thereforo, Lo overcome this Hopkius objection. At the conference this morning Mr. Hopkins told Messrs, Suvers and Dockery that he would not yield from bis position. Becoming Worse Hourly, Muny members left town last night not to return again, aud the chances are, of course, increasing hourly that & quorum will be pe manently hroken. Speaker Crispsaye that Messrs. Burrows, Wadsworth aod half a gozen others who have been friendly to the i fair bade bim goodbye last night and said they were golng aome for good. There are muiy others who have slipped away auietly. Tho heat has bean so iniense that many wembers feel it would be suicidal for them 1o remaiu hetd longer, There is hardly o member who does not feel more or less pros. trated, for the heau bas ranged from eight to ton degrees above the intense beat at Chi- cago duriug the last webk. Mise o Senator Paddock expects to be at bis home withia " a fortnight. Senator Manderson may tuke o few weeks rest at the | soushore before going 10 Nebraska, Iepre sentative Bryan goes homo ws 8000 us con- gress adjourns. His colleagues will be there this weel. When this session of congress closes probably this weel—it will be found that Ne- braskn's two senators bave iutroduced and had passed about ten tmes us ALY meass ures as huve Nebeaska's throe members of the house. — - Columbus Colehrat Caniz, July 81, —The Christophor Columbus celebration was formally begun today by the doparture bonos for Huelva of the Cu. | lumbus caraval Santa Maria, towed by the Pio Lago and escorted by the British cruiser Scout, the F'reuch cruiser Harondelle, sey- eral Spanish warsbips aud a flotitls of small I-wuu’una. Lue spectacle preseuted wus & fine one. The quaintsspect of the old Co- lumbus vessel was 1o strone contrast with the appearance of the,modern vessels, An enormous orowd of peopie lined the quavs aud ramparis to witness the departuro, The man-of-war Lepanto saluted the caraval as she paised out of the haepor. “A brilliant company gathered nt a foto given by the minister of marine in Lionor of the eveat. A bull tight was also held, ca — How Sunday Was Passed—An Made to Start the Work Prrrenong, Pa., July 81.—The Carnegies will make an cffort in the morning to resume operations at the Thirty-third street, or Upper Union mills, in this city. Everything is in readiness. o provent trouble, or inter- ference with their mon, they have requsstod the police authorities to guard the plant. The strikers, however, say a guard is not necessary, as they do not intend to commit any breach of the peace. It is probable that an attempt will also be made to start the Duquesne plant tomoirow, At all ovents the company {5 preparing to resumein a vers short time, H. C. Frick is rapldly racovering from the efects of the wound inflictod by tho anarch- ist, Bergman, and will be at his office within a weok. AT THE IE MILLS, ort to Bo Attended Divine Servicos. HowmestEAD, Pa., July 31,—With o pondor- ous mill for a church, protected by 150 watchmen, a strong fence, and one thousand soldicrs in easy reach, tho nonunion mon in the great Homestead steel plant worshiped God this morning. Tho services were indecd under such circumstances as made tbem im- pressive. In the new beam mill were gath- ored about 400 of the now men, A fow oc- cupied rough benches, the rest stood around in respectful attitudcs, or were scated oa huge steel beams, or cranes weighing many tons. In place of an organ, a stringed orchestra from Pistsburg rendered sacrad music; and infront his commanding military form arrayed in bluo and -whito, while the sunbears glistencd from the epaulets, the chaplain of the Sixtecuth rogi- ment, Clareuce A. Adams, earnesily telling them tho story of Christ and Saul of Tarsus. There were 700 workingmen, but in that buge mill they seemed u handful, and they listened in strained silenco as though they expected the chaplain to decide for them tho ethics of their position, which held on the one hand the promise of steady employment and on the other the sure hatred of tke men whese places they bad taken, The day was almost foaturéless, so far as any chauge in the labor struggie is con- cerned. Another man left the mill in the evening and was assisted to Pittsburg by the locked- out men, e WHEATLAND'S DIS3STROUS FIRE, Much Property Deatroyed and One Woman Perished in the Flamos, Cepar Raris, 1a,, July 81 —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bek|—The most destructive tivo that has visited Wheatland for a long time broke out there shortly after midnight this morning, and before the progress of the flamos could be checked the buildings sccu- piea by A. Lillie, J. Sterar, H. Kohlberg and H. Kroeeer, four of tho finest busiuess blocks in the city, were in ruins. The wnole town would have been aestroyed had 1t not been for the opportuno arrival of tho fire departwents from Lowdon and Dewitt, which were tolephoued to come, as the local force could do nothiog to stop the progress of the flames. ‘There were many narrow ascapes, and one woman, Mrs. John™ Snyder, perished in the flames.” She, with her busband and_family, resided in tho second story. of the building occupied by A, Tul. "So rapid was the sporead of the flamas that when they awoke the woole building was a mass of tlames. A rash was made for the windows and all except Mrs, Suyder escaped by jump- ing tothe ground below. It is supposed thatshe became bewildered and lost her wiy. Itis impossinle to obtan the individual losses ana insurance at this time but_the ag- gregate 1s from §i5,000 to 310,000, with §5 000 insurance. The origin of 'the fire is un known, though it is believed to be of incen- diary origin. The stock in the buildings buried are an entire loss, none being saved. Ray Munsell, & 13-year-old boy, was drowned in the lowa river uear Belle' PPlaine late last evening while wading in the water, Night Operator Glass, of the Chicago, Mil- weukee & St. Paul, at Willinmsburg, was compelled at the point of & revolver to hund over the contents of tne money drawer to a tramp about n.idoight. e WAECKED IN THE DEPOT. One Man Killed and Ten Seriously Hurt in a Chicago Haltway Wrectk, Miwavkee, Wis., July 81.—The second section of train No. 51 on the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul raiiroad, having an ox- cursion party from the Union stock yards, Chicazo, ran into vhe first section in the union station av 11:0. None on tho first section were hurt, bub {wo of the passenger couches were tolescoped. Jen men in the first coach of the second section, which was combination baggage-smoking car, were in- jured, one dying soon afterwards. Two others may not hve, All were quickly re- moved to the emerzency hospital. Follow- ing is"a list of the injurec Orro Panray, single, aged 21, Chicago,dled at 11:15 p. m. Joseri Girr, single, Chicago, has internal injuries and leg broken. ’ Cnantes Dang, single, Chicago, left leg lost, serious internal i juries. Ebmusn Canwp, single, Chicago, right arm broken and rignt hand erushed. Marr Cowmiskey, single, Chicago, loft broken 1b two p Jasrs Stoar, Chieago, right leg and right arm broken, Desyis Hacaenry, single, Chicago, right legz broien. Josur BARTHOLOMEW, slhight flosh wound. leg singlo, Chicago, H. C. Moscher, married, Cuicago, loft leg bruised. e D FUOR VSO, Judge Murr of New Oeteans Sald to Be iln the Power of Brigands, ew Onreaxs, La, July Chief of Polico Gaster yestorday received a letter from what is supposed 10 be the Mafia, The letter was inclosed injan old envelope with skull ana cross-bones! on 1t. It was sent from the New Orleans postofiice, and an air of mystery hangs about it. The writer is aot knowa, but investigations will bo set on foot to fiad him. Nunnez, the wriler, appears to live in this city, ana tnat he bas connections in Bt Louis. Following is the tette NEW OULEANS Poll r: Hir—Wo have in our possossion Jud, \Will deliver him in your hands Tor £50 or will Ibernte héw for 4100, We wiil send his own elothes, sueh s wo found on his porson. but bear (o idad, for one bid breik unnuthorized by you. his body will be riddiea With shot, then$ent you for u present. Phis woney must reich us before twenty duys. unless you will luve his eightear. Lor fuitlier inforination_iddress zencral delivery postoffice, Chilengo, 5t Louls or New Orleans. f pectfilly, P.J. NUNNEZ. 1t will be remembored that Judge Marr of the criminal disteiot court in this city mys- teriously disappeared last April, Ho was old and feeblo and was last scon walking along the levee, The impression of bis fricnds was that ke ad fallen into the river and was drowned, and that imoression still prevails, HE La., duly . Chiet of e S Move Ocean Steamers. At Now York-Arrived: Ruuie, Arizona vid, fram Liverpool; Fulda, from Belland, from Auntwerp: Segurna, from St Thomas any fio. Al Queenstown—Avrived: Alasks, from | Now York, Havre—~Arrived: New York, Liverpool —~Aveived: Bostou, Ls Chawpague, Boston, from WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE Brief Review of Its Work Daring the Prosent Ression, IMPORTANT MEASURES ACTED UPON Bills (ntroduced and Enacted Into Lawa— The Tarill Policy of the House 1ta Desire to ¥ Tuteresting Resume, ono Wasnixgroy, D. C., July 81.—The future compiler of the official history of the laws of the United States will not noed much spacd n which to inseribs the really imoortant laws enacted by tho first sessioo of the Fifty- second congress, now ready to close as soon a3 the World'’s fair matter is out of the way. ‘The session now drawing toa close has not been remarkable for its actual accomplish- monts, so far as respacts large logislation. Efforts more or less vigorous have been made to vass through both houses of con- gress bills dealing with questions that oc- cupy o large shave of public attantion, but these, with a single exception, have failed of accomplishment. The sole measure of first class importance, not counting tho appropri- ation bills which have become laws, 18 the Chi- nese exclusion bill, and political expediency had much to do with its rapid conzressional progress. This bill, the Inman rogistry bill, the Black Hawk and Seminole Indian wars penston bill, the eight-hour bill, tha bill to enable tho president to enforce reciprocal canal arrangements with Canada, the army nurse bill, the immediate peosion bill and the bill to icrease tho pay of life-savors are about theonly measures of much general interest enacted into laws. Live Topics of the Session. Fres silver, the tariff, the anti-option bill, rotrenchment of aporopriations and a §5.000, 000 toan to the Worid's fair have been the live topics of tho sossion. The first three su bjects have been killed, at least until after the clection; the st is still before congross, and the fourth question, thav of appropria- tions, entered largely into the make-up of the appropriation bills and provented aswgle public building bill from passing the house, the session beinz absolutely unique in this particular. Many bills providing for new oxpenditures, the omnibus lighthouse, for 1wstance, failed because of the retrenchment policy sought to be pursued. Tl house passed, approximately, 475 bills, of which 284 were passed vy the senate and sent to the president. Of the oills passed by tho bouse 220 were public bills, including measures relating to tho District’ of Colum- bia; 151 were private peansion bills: forcy- eight bills to remove cha:ges of desertion and forty-one private vills of u miscellaneous characte The senate passed 601 bills, only 113 of which succeaded 1n rununing the gauntlet of the house and reaching the president. Two of this latter number the presideat vetoed, viz: The bill to send the famous MeGar- rahan claim to the court of claims for ad- judication and a bill to amend the court of appeals act. The noteworthy feature of the privato ponsion bills which became laws was the large porcentaze of them relating to services 1 the Mexioan war, the Indian wars and the war of 1812, the beneficiaries being chiefly southern men. Election Contest 'The senato was not as froe, as usual, from election contests, contestauts being unsuc- cessful. The houso had six election contests and four of them have been practically set- tled, The Bering sea troudle with Great Britain was the ugliest the senate had to consider behind closed doors, and a peaceful solution of it was found iu its referenco toan arbitra- tion commission. The Chilian mudale also occupled some of the senute’s attention in executive session, ‘The total numbes of bills and join tions introduced in the house was 9, inthe senate 3,004 In the house 2,100 re- ports were made, and in the senate 1,047 written reports wers mude, 1o notice belng paid to unwritten report Aside from the passage of the regular an- futures, ‘ho anti- ‘o calen- at the by the house to prohibit dealin which, undor the generic title option bill, now remnins on the dar as the unfinished busin, beginning of the next session, ‘I'ho senato commitlos on agriculture took the lead in framing an anti-adulteration bill, and that measura is known as tho Paddock pure food bill. This bill is No. 1 in the list of senate bills, having beon tho first mensuro introduced, It has been reported unfavorably from the houso commitiec on agriculture aud is now on the houso calendar. Admission ot New Mexico and Arizo . Among other important bills which were passed by the house, but failed of aciion in the senate, are tho bills for the admission to statehood of New Moxico und Arizons, pro- viding a local government for Utih and r quiring ali railroads to provide themselves with automatic ear couplers. Tue polioy announced by the mnjority party in the house in favorof arotrenchment of appropriations resulted in an unusually close seanning of the estimates and a non- allowance of appropriations for nearly all new work, or for work which existing law did not mako necessary. Considerable iegislation was accomplishod by the incorporation of paragraphs in these indispensable annual appropriation bills, In the naval bill provision is wade for oue noew cruiser and one lino of battio ship, the latter being secared by the senate as a compromiso on tho amendment authorizing the construc- tion of a namber of new vessels. By provis- ions in the army bill, contract surgeons aro done away with aod payments are prohibited to be made by the government officers for transportation of troops over non- bouded branch lines owned by the Pacitic railroads. 1t was decided in conference that the provisious should not appiy to lines leasod or oporated but not owned by either the Central or Union Pacific Railway com- pauy. The Worla’s fair was closed on Sun- day by a paragraph in the sundry civil bili, not yet passed. Of Interest to Soldlers, A provision of interest to soldiers in other bills wakes the action of tho second auditor ou all back pay and bounty claims final, ox- copt that an appeal muy e takea within six months to the comptrolicr. Another provis- ion ubolishes tho oflice of marshal in the uew couris of appeals. Collection of statistics relating portations by railroads 1s provided for, no statistics except corstwise statisties being now obtainable, so that our exports to Can- ada and Mexico are malters of guess, In the Indian bill a start Is effected in o policy of supplanting civilian Indian agents by arm ofticers. In the river and harbor bull, the pol cy emvarked upon in the preceding congress of permitting contracts to bo entered into for the completing of some of the largest of the public improvements was materially e: tended. In the legislative bill, a prov was inserted which stops the' guaging liquors coming out of rectifying houses. is always guaged ns it comes from tho di tiliery and the result of this provision i3 ox pected to make an annuul saving of $150.000. Money order reports aro to be made only monthly instead of at least onco a week as at present. Bills Pussed and in Conference, Among the bills originating in the house which have become laws are the following To appropriate £),000 for the preparativn of asite and the ercotion of u pedestal for a statue of the late General Saerman; to add the secrotary of ugriculture to the list of oftices entitlod to succession to the presi- dency ; for the investigation of mining debris in California. Among the bills originating in the senate hat have bacome lnws wero the following ize the day of the 4)0th anniver- v discovery of America to ba prc claimed a geueral holiday; increasing to $50 per month the pensions to persons totally incapacitatea for labor but not totully help- less; o repeal the law requiriog life saving projectiles to be carried on steamers, so far as concerns vessels aavigating the lakes, Duys OF s0mdS OXCIUSIVOTY. vivoih Among tlie bills in couference are the fol- lowing: To promote the sufoty of national banis by forbidding loans to bank employ 10 ostabiish lineal promotions in the : 1o give claimants the right to suo the United States to obtawn land patents and to exclude beer und melt liquors from the [udian coun- try. Among the house bills, other than those previously mentioned, are these: To deidne the crimes of murder 1n the first and second degrecs, federal laws having no provision on this subjact; todispeuse with proof of lovaty during the late war as a precequisite o being reatored Lo tho pension roll. Held Back by the House, to our ex- n of It nual appropriation bills, the most interost- ing feature of tho congress bas been what it did not, rather than w it aid do. The il for the frea comnago of silver overshadowed all other measures in imporiance and interest. The coinage committee in the house was made up largely of friends of free coluage and it reported with promptness a viil for free coinage, but when, after a stormy scene, it came to 4 test vote in the house, 1t was necessary for the speaker to cast his vote in order to save the bill from a square defeat, and when tho large anti-fres coinage opposition began - to filibustor the bill was killed by a refusal on tho part of & mujority of democrats in tho house o sign a request for & cloture rule, without which request, the speaker an- nounced, he would not report a rule for closing debate and forcing a measure on 1ts pssigo, The sonate. which had been waiting on the house, so far as silver logislation was coucerned, then toolk hold of the subjoct and n Juue, by a majority of four votes, passed the Stewart free coinago bill. Thik again brought the house face to face with the issuo, and on a vote 8 mujority of fourtecn was found to be opposed to silver legislation at_ tnis time, 8o that the specter of free coinage, which had been hangiug over many members, was at last banished, MY Policy of the House, The ways and means committee of the house was busy with the tariff problem and after mature deliveration decided to attack the McKinley law by taeans of separato tariff bills, dealing with special items, instead of by u bill making a general re- vision of the tariff, Prominence was given to the Springer bill, placing wool on tho free iist and reducing ths duties on wool for manufacturers as the chief exponent of the party’s policy on the tariff guesiiou, and wili this measure as & basis there was « long and, on the whole, very unintoresting tariff debate. The bill was passed by the bouse and was followed by sixty-two other bills, one placiug cotton bagging, cotton ties, gins'and cotton bagging machinery aud the other binding twine on the free list, the binding twine bill veiug passed under sus- pensiou of the rules, ‘There was then a lull in wanff mutters to see what course the sen- ate woald take. Thne seuvare’s policy was made apparent by the ction of the finauce committee in pigeon-holing all threo bill: and none of thom has yet omerged {rom tho seclusion of the committee room, though their slumoers were occasionally disturbed by efforts on the purt of senators to huve them reported. Buried by the Senate, After a time other tariff bills were re- ported from the ways and means committee and passed as follows: To make silver-lead ores frec of duty whenever the silver excoeds in value the lead; to limit to $100 the amount of personal LAZEAEO persons revurning from Europe may bring into the Umited States and to placo tin plate, torne plate and agzers tin on the free list after a namod date, ‘Theso pills met 1o the seunate the fate of thair predecessors, A bill was passed by the houso and re- ported from the finance commitieo to the souate to correct the clerical error in the MeKinley bill, by which chocolate was mado dutiable as_confectiouery, but has not been acted on, Various other turiff pills were cousidered by the house commitiee on ways and mears and thero was wuch time given to the advisabilty of reportigg bills placing refined sugar, salt, lumber and iron ore on tho free list and reaucing the duty ou barley, but the committoe falied o embark on the advocacy of these measures, there being u difference of opinion s 1o 1ts wisdom at this e, The agricultural committee o each house had before 1t some of the most lmportant measuros of the session. A bill was reported sud, under sugpension of the rules, passed Among the bills passed by the senate, but which have not yet finally wov tarough the house, are the following: ~ The grain_ciassi- tication bill; to ncrease the pension for doafness, ulso for loss of limbs; a general bill for'the erection of public buildings where the postal receipts for the three years preceding have exceeded §5,000 au- nually; for the construction of two evenue cutters for service on the Pacific coast and two on the groat lakes; making a lurge _appropriation for the improvement of the Mississinpi river; to declaro lands con- taining phosphates 1o be mineral lands and subject to entry as such, There were also u number of other import- ant bills, such as the Torrey baukruptey bill, which failed of consideration in exther branch of congre: JUDGE CLARKSON'S BODY. Coroner Maul Tells of the Systematic § of Honey Creek Like, Coroner Maul returned feom Honey Creek lake uv noon yesterday completely wora out with his tiresome tripund the necessary hard work In the search for the body of Judge Clurkson. In speaking about the matter last evening Mr. Maul said: “Tho first I knew of tho sad affair was a telephonic message from Congdon & Hunt's oftice asking me to come up at once, which I did. It was then that I was i formed of the Judge’s death. I was requostod to go over and get the vody and bring it to Omaha, On my way | stopped at Council Bluffs to get the coroner over thero to go along, buv that ofieial declined, “Up o 10:30 o'clock last night we iad nine bouts and three men to a boat on the search. The boats were fastened fogother us closely as possible, one wan manipulated the boat, while two others, one at each end, and strippea of their clothing walke along on the bottom of tho lake, trying to find the body with their feet. This work was carried on systematically. Wa would traverse the whola northern pirt of tue lake, above tho Northwestern company’s watch bouse, one way, and theu turn about and cross and recross the body of water the other way. We feit confidént by working thav way that we would surely find what we were searching for, By 10:80 the men in tho water became chilled and we gave up the hunt for the night. “The first thing this morning,” continued the coroner, ‘‘we commenced again, working as before. For quite u distance north of where we could push tho boats tho lake contaius only about a foot of water. Below tkis is threo or four feet of mud, the whole being thickly covered with tall rushes, | hud an idea "that If we could get up whore tho wauter was so shullow that we might find tho corpse, but that was iwpossible, Dur- ing all the time that I was thers Major Clarkson stood on the railroad track ana directed tho soarchers, “Owing to pressing business on this sido of the river I was compelled to come, though I expeet to go back tomorrow. The heavy thunder shower this afternoon ought to huy some effect on the body, and I am in bopes that by morning it will be found floating.” A special telegram to Tur Bee from Honey Creek last night said that the search wus continued all day up to the tme of tho storm, duriog which the meo in the boats wers compelled to scek shelter ushore. Major Clarison and Messrs. Hunt and Parish and several other Omaha people were on the ground all day endeavoriug o every way to assist in the search. —-— Ou the Fraokfort Bourse. Fraxirons, July 81.—Oa the bourse dur- ing the week pricos were maintained. The finsl quotations included: Hungarian wold rentes, 94.80; Austrian 2old rentes, 97.80; Austrian silver rentes, 97.80; Spunisb fours, 62,80, THEY FAVOR JUDGE CROUNSE Sentiment of the Douglas County Repub- lican Delegates, WILL MEET IN CONVENTION TODAY Tesult of the Convention in Thomas Cou —Nelwon's Andrews Campaign Clab Arranging for Good Work— Nebraska News Notes. The reputlican county convention will meet in Washington ball at 2 o'clock this afternoon to select ninoty-four deldgates to the stata convention at Lincoln ou Thursday, August 4 Caucuses wero hold yesterday to consider tho work of today’s convontion, A caucus of tho delegates from the country precinots will bo hela at the Millard at 11 o'clock to- day. A largely attended meotiug of delogates was held yestorday afternoon, and whilo no instructions were given it was apparent that tho soutimont of the delogates present was iu favor of Judge Crounse. The indications aro now that the conven- tion teday will send a delogation to the state convention instructed to support Lorenzo Crounse. - Nelwon's Republican Club. NeisoN, Neb., July 81.—[Speclal to Tum Bre.|--A ropublican club was organized In Nelson some weeks ago and named the An- drews republican club in honer of the ropub- lican candidate for congress from this dis- trict. There are 125 members now enrolled, with fair prospoot of reaching 200. Much enthusiasm - is wanifested by the members, and good work is being done, which augurs well for ropublican success in this county. The club expects to conduct a campaign of its own. Saturaay eveniug it was addressed by Hon, W. L. Summers of Lincoln on the Iver quostion. Mr, Summers delivered an ably and lorical address, skowing up the fallacios of the financial schemes and theories of the independents. It is expoected that othor spenkers of note will address the club from time to time, A lons Unitod Hanrnrisoy, Nevo,, July 81.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre)—The Siwoux county republican convention mot here yesterday and nominated George Walker for county attorney, and B. . Thomas for surveyor. I'he delegates (o the state convention are: I5. Hoeg, A. R. Dewey and J. W. Newhn. 0 the Sixth congressional—W. H. Corbin, Frank Tinkman, M. J. O'Councll. Sen- atorial and representative—D. W. Woody, W. 5. Nicholson and W. H. Corbin. The convention was tho most harmonious ono ever held in the county. Tho split which has oxisted in tho party'in this county since its organization bas entirely disappeared, nd victory awaits the republicans here in November, They Preter Judgo Crounse. Duxcay, Neb., July 81.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bex.|—Politics in this part of the civilized world is rather quiet. The flatter- irg crop outlook has a tendency to keep the farmer contented with the way matters per- taining to governmont affairs are bemg cone ducted. Republicans are in the minority, but what thera are are very strong d healthy. All are looking forward anxiously to tho fourth of August. For governor Judge Crounse is thu favorite in this vicin- 1ty, and it s believed he would draw heavily from tho independent rauks in tnis preciuct. WIill Support Van Wyck. Cray CrNntER, Neb., July 81.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—The independent county conven- tion was held here Friday with only mod- erato attendancs and nothing like the former cuthusinsm. A, J. Ormdorfl was made ahairman and N. O. Aiberts sccretary, The convention was only for the purposa of ap- pointing delegates to the state and senatorial conventions, and considerable feeling was mant! d_between the frieads of Powers and Van Wyck, The delegation is unin- structed, but it is believed a majority will support General Van Wyck, Nelson Allinnco Meet. 150N, Neb., July 81.—[Special to Tam Ber.]—The independents uad @ small gathe ering hero yosterday to hear I D. Chamber- lain, W. H. Deck ana Wright. The meeting was very poorly attended. The principal stock-in-trade of speakers was ‘31, millionaires and 8,000,000 tramps and pau- pers.” The local alliance mombers dese- cratod their large American flag by 1inscrio- ing on it the words, “Weaver aud Fliold; Kkecp in tho midalo of tho road.” This was unfuried scross Main street. Will Be Challenged, ‘Neb., July 81.—|Special Telogram to Tur Bee.| —Arrangements are beiug completed between the republicans and democrats here to secure a joint debate batween Congressman Bryan and Hon. R. G. Horr and to this end prominent republi- cans hauo drafted a written challonge and as soon as Mr, Horr can tix the dates 1t wil ve issucd Thomus County Delegat Tugnronn, Neb., July 31.—Special to Tria Bee. | —The Thomas county republican con- vention was held in this city yesterday after- noon for the purpose of selecting delegatos to the various conventions. They are: J. M. MeMillan and 5. W. Binens congressional, J. A. Farrell and E. A, Palmer senatorial George 7. Allen and J. I, Evans represonts tives, J. H. Kvans and Robert F. Evans, Gosper Gounty Ind 3Lwoon, Neb., July 31.—|Special Telegram to Tuk Bk |—The independeats of Gosper county met in couvention yesterday and nom- wated W. B. Miller for county attorney, G A. Gossay for commissioner and delogates Lo the sonatorial aua ropresentative couven- tious. Phil Ford was recommended as candidate for the legislatura, erking County. Erstz, Nob, July 81.—[Special Telogram to Tue Bek.|—Perkins county convention yosterday at Madrid olected state delegates as follows: C. N. Beaumont, I, J. Horae, W. L. McCullough, B. A. Hastiugs and Prank Cading. e CONGRESSION AL FORECASTS, sont Chances for Adjournment—The Sennte Walting on the House, Wasmixaroy, D. C., July 81.—The future of s session of congross depends alios gether on the treatment of the World's fair appropriation as contalned in the sunary civil appropriation oill. Everything olse which threatened trouble, lncludiog the anti-option bill, has becn disposed of iu some wuay. Tho house bas goiten itself into @ dilemma by votiag concurrent senate World’s fale amendments without belng ablo to finally pass the bill. There are but two methods of escape. One is to secure a majority on the motion to table the pending motion to reconsider tho vote, and the other is to reconsider the vote by which the smendments were concurred i, 'The latter is thu most probable outcome of the present situation, which would mean the adoption of ouo 0f SOVersl Compromise propositions which have been put forward, \xlmn this is dono, & speedy adjournient will be bad, Monday in” the house will be suspension day and’ an effort will be made to pass ihe appropriations carried by the sundry civil bill. Whéther or not this effort succeeds it is probable that the filibusteriog will bo re- sumed for such & time as cannot e defined by auyone. ‘I'né senate has concluded its business and is now walting on the uouse. To fill in the time, Mr. Hawley will wake tariff speech tomorrow aund some recourse will be bad te the calendar in cases of bills which will arouse Lo opposition.