Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 16, 1893, Page 1

i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE TWENTY-S CCOND YEAR. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1893 NUMBER 362. “AY DEFEAT THE ARMY BILL “yponents to the Measure Make Gains in the German Elections, )CIALISTS PROVE GOOD POLITICIANS 10y Oarry Many Seats After Stharp Con- tosts—TResuits of the Ballating Up toDate—A Quiet Day Through= out the Empire. " at thirty-six have been carried by parties posed to the army bill, fifteen have been ‘ried for the parties favoring the bill ana neteen are in doubt, between the govern- ent and the opposition parties, with the “\ances in the majority of them strongly in’ ivor of the government. The government ! arties have lost three of their former seats, v to the Richterists, one to the social “omocrats, one the second ballot shall de- de, and one to a south German democrat. | he government has won one scat from the position. “The social democrats have won two seats, esides having secured many chances for ‘ow victories on the sccond ballot. A “urious feature of their two accomplished jctories in new fields is that they won at he expense of the Richter radicals, also nemies of the army bill, and mot, as was | xpected, at the expense of the national lib- | Jrals, the friends of the bill. Although the L ocial democrats' gains aro undoubtedly _‘aormous, they will not prove so large prob- bly as the reports have so far indicated. ho reports from the cities come in first and 18 in the cities that the soclal democratic _indidates always run best. "The police of this city closed up tho social- | t mass mectings at the Germania hall, the Livoli, the Concordia, the Elyseum and the ‘edding hall, owing to overcrowding. The owds pourcd into the streets and were lokly disporsod by mounted police. Heavy Expenses of the Socinlists, During the day the socialists distributed Jif o million handbills here. They spent 000 marks in the Fifth division alone—the rgest sum_ ever expended by a single party a Berlin constitucncy. The conservatives 1d anti-Semites also worked hard. The socialist vote in Berlin foots 20,000 ser the vote of 1800. The socialists have sen equally successful in Hamburg and ltona. Altogether the vote promises a seialist victory. The women rendered great isistance in the canvass. Many university students canvassed for mservative candidates. In spite of tre- 1endous exertions, the unitea conservatives nd anti-Semites have lost 8,000 votes jompared with the figurcs of adicals have lost \tated that the socialists are likely to win :hree out of four of the reballots against the adicals In Berlin not a single candidate pledged to support the army bill has gzained even the bare honor of a reballot. The prospects of overnment majority appear to be vanish- ng. Roughly speaking the so shows a great increase everywhe radical vote has diminished greatly, chiefly 1t would scom, because the better cl radical party voted for the anti‘Semitic can- didates. Looks Bad for the Army BilL ‘Not 10 per cent of the votes cast in Borlin were given in favor of the army bill. Seldom has the city spoken in such emphatic tones. The provincial returns a r to be equally Lemphatic m the same direction. The great success of the socinl democrats has caused a nrotound sensation. Socinlists in fligh Feather. As the day woreaway the social democrats ecoived great encouragement from the re- urns. At the headquarters of the execu- ive committce telegram after telegram rought mews of social-democratic gain \n enormous vote evidently was being olled for socialist candidates in the Rhine rovinces, Saxony, Hamburg, Frankfort-on- he-Main and other industrial centers. Paul iinger,socialist in the Fourth Berlin district, nd Herr Schmidt, socialist candidate in the ixth district, w reported as sure of bing returned by he majori The helalists were also confident that they ould capture the district on e first poll, as at election they ckod only a foy clecting their ndidate, In thi ict Herr Vogt ran the socialist interest; her, socialist, the Second dis bknecht, so- list in the Fifth district, were regarded likely to be elected on a reballot, [n Hamburg the balloting promised the re- Koenigsburg ¢ 1 be doubtful, but the falists there think probably Herr Schultz, eir candidate , will be elected on a rebailot. Arthur Stadthagen, socialist, wus re- rted safe at Niederbronn and Stettin, psic city, Dresden, the First and Second visions of Kiel. West Br Erlangen, ainz, Mannheim, Offcnbac onneberg are suid to be likely to send socialists to © Reichstag. Herr Krupp, national liberal, running in ssen against Editor Stoctzel, a member of e Licber wing of the center party, was {d not to be getting the support ho cpected. r, Stoecker, anti-Semite at Sie ammerstein, conservative at rd, and Bugene Richter at Hagen, were re rted at 6 o'clock us sure of their seats, Horbert Bismarck's Good Fight The agrarians wi highly elated when ey learned in the afternoon that Count erbert Bismarck had run so unexpectedly ell i the Jerichow district that a second fallot will be neces: . The general ex- 2etation was that unt Herbert would be eaten badly by his freo trade antagon At 6 o'clock nothing positive was known of e results of the election, although ais- atches from 120 clectoral districts indicated hat the socialists had secured thirty of hem, and the conservatives, Richte) adital people's party) ana liberal clor ad divided the other ninety among them, Between 4 aud 6 o'clock the heat incre: lmost beyond endurance in the streoet. jeer halls and cafes became crowded with en anxious to g lls. Al the workingmen left the shops hortly after 4 o'clock, At first they hronged tho streets near the polling s ns, and then, us evening came on, th ined the endless fon to the beer uses, ‘They pr whero perfect T, AvS o'clock the first authentic reports an to come in slowly. Thoy were re- ved in this orde: Results Berlin, Fourth Division social demoerat, cl V0 gr to succeed himself. rorec tes; Eugene Richter, 9,000; He leonservative and anti-Sewmite, 7,000, [Singer pollad 40.700 votes, Berlin, Sixth Division knecht, socialist democrat, elected to suc- ceed himself. Liebknecht is the leader of the socialist democratic party, One of his opponents was Eugene Ricliter, leader of tire x‘xfull ||og‘|1xlo 5 Pal Berlin, First hierist, ra tterow, sociul dewocrat, yote was 50 heavy, especially in the eage of Colonel von Egidy, thut Langerhaus b uo maiority over all, and a ve-ballot will e necessary, Both men are against the srmy bill, while Dr. Alexauder Meyer, 18t ntative of the district, was one of the w radicals voting for the bill. The vote s & heavy socialist gain. In 1800 Dr, or received 5,028 votes, to 42 for his list democrat urp\m!ul. in, Second Division—No majority over ny candidate, and a new ballot u Y 3 hau{ #ocialist gains. Prof. Rudolph W, last representative of the district, Paul Singer, At majorit Reh, 1n 1880 Wilhelm Lieb- and Herr Fischer, socialist domocrat, polled the heaviest vote. Fischor's vote, 26,985 Virchow's, 14,613, This is a social democratic gain of more than 6,000 as compared with the vote of 1800, Berlin, Third division—Now ballot neces- sary: Vogtherr, socialist democrat, 10,300 Munckel, Richteri In 1800 Munc was elected over a of 13,673 to 12,045 Berlin, Fifth division—New ballot neces- sary ; Schmidt, social democrat, 7,137;Baum- h, Richte )34, In 1590 Baumbach by 10,059, to 8,701 for his socialist oppon Dr.' Baumbach is the mayor of Dansic. He rocently made him- self unpopular by betraying_in an election mecting what M. Herbert, French embassa- dor had said to him in a privato convers tion. Compared with the socialist vote 1800, this year's vote shows a gain of 1,500. Other Returns, Nourenburg—Carl Grillenberger, social democrat, elected to succeed himself. Wurzburg—New ballot necessary. Al- brecht Fuelle, social democrat, and Poter Neickerman, clerical member of the last Reichstag, were the leading Munich, Second division—( mar, | ing the south G crats, was elected 1o suc oed himself. Iirlangen —Sogitz, social democrat, elected. The last represents e of the district was Freiher Schenck von Stauffenburd, a rad- ical, who voted aganst the army bill, Fast Breslau—franz Tutzaer, social demo- crat, elected to succeed himself. Oune of his opponents was ex-Minister von Hebrecht, national liberal. Wes: Breslau— crat, elected. in the ly Wwho voted against the A new ballot is ne between Dr. | liber Herr Pinkau, sc i field, betwween Fritzharm, social demo and Herr Hahm, conservative anti-S in the Teltow district, between Herr social democrat, and Herr Bingg, conse tive agrarin. Koenigsburg Cit, arl Schultz, Schoenlank, social The district was re demo- presented t Reichstag by Vollrath, a radical, rmy bill, iy i Leipsic City 1, and New ballot necessary. cial democrat,received 10,5 voies; Dr. Krause, natio libe Schultz represented the city in the I Reichstag. Danzig 1ty—New tallot necess Heinori , radical union, friend army bill, recoived 6,218 votes against for Herr Jochem, sociul democrat. Rickert was supported by the national lib- erals. Ho represented the district in the last Reichftag. Balloting at Munich. Munich, First division—new ballot neces- sary. George Barre, s 1 democratic, rep- resented it in last Reichstag, and Wilhelm Burckhard, national liberal, are the leading candidates. Cologne City ew ballot necessary. The leading candid are Herr Greis, clerical, with 18,702 votes: Herr Luecke, social demo- the city in the la; Lubeck—New ballot Sehwartz, social democra and He votes, & 5 N rbronn—Arthur Stadthagen, social democrat. elected to succeed himself, West Priegnitz—Herr vou Podbielski, covservative, elected to succeed Herr von Jagow, also a conservative, Herfor rer von Hammerstein, agrarian conservative, elected. The district is strongly conse Jueterboke—Dr. Kropatschek, agrarian conservative, elected to succeed himself. Gotha—Wilhelm Bock, social democrat, clected to succeed b elf. aderborn—Henivich Hesse, clerical, elected to succeed himself. Warburg—Herr idle, independent clerical, to succeed Fricherer von Wendt, clericel, who voted against the army bill. Lippstadt—Her Schau ceed Herr Kertsing, cleri At Frankfort-on-the-Main, sary. Osann, and Herr Darmstadt—New ballot ne national liberal, with 9,206 votes, Kramer, social democrat, with are the leading candis s, Dr. for the city in the last Reic IFrankfort-on-the-Main. ces sary. Herr Schmidt, social democrat, with 13,400 votes, Dr. Oswaldr, national liberal, with 7,270 votes, and Editor Sonueman of the Frankfort ette with 7,024 votes the leaaing ca ates. Sonneman democrat. Schmidt sat for the la z. Herr Fr is a Frankfort in ew ballot nece soclal and Herr Preil, Richterist, The was | represented by Dr. Caselmann, a nation The government, therefore, bound to lose a ary between Dresden, Left Division- ar, New ballot neces- ndidates are Herr ith 14,8 The leading Amerman, anti and Gradnat votes. The | sary between Herr Koben, social d and Privy Councillor Klemm, anti-Semite, the last deputy for the district. Bremen—New ballot necess: chant Irese, radical uni votes, and ry between nist, who re- ditor Bruhns, sociul demoerat, who received 14,217 vote Bruhns was the t deputy for the c. by s vote is a heavy gaiu for tho frien 2 army bill Muenster—Now ballot necessary between Dr. von Herremann, cierical, with 3,608 otes, and H Laer, conservative, with )0 votes, Ceglelski was the last deputy from Posen. He voted for the army bill. —New ballot necessury between k, Richterist, and Herr Kopp, dical unionist, Will Have to Vote Again, Stottin—New ballot necessury between Fritz Herbett, social democrat, and Max Broeamel, radical unionist. Broemel sat for Stettin i the last Reichstag, Aachern City—Theodore Morren, clerical, elected to succeed himself, Leipsic District—Freiderich Geyer, social democrat, elected to succeed himself. Bruuswick—Wilhelm Blos, social demo- crat, elected to succeed himself, Bonn—Herr Spahn, clerical, elected. Greiz—Herr Forster, electéd by tho con- witics, Kruse, rmy bill, Victor Rintelen, clerical, olected to succeed himself, Ravensburg—Lawyer Rembold, hostile to the army bill, elected over Prof, 1lg, clerical, favoring the bill. He succeeds himself Homburg national liveral, clerical, au—New ballot necessary between Herr Westermacher, national lib- cral, and Herr Bruchn, social democrat. The last deputy was a radi nnheim Basserman, Dresli the ssary between tional liberal, social democrat, ) st deputy, New ballot necessa Siegel, national liber: Kloss, social democrat. Bieg gart in the lasy Reichstag. Zittuu—New ballot necessary Heinrich Buddeberg, Richterist, Waenti, 1 liberal. the district’s lust deputy Herabon — Marcus Pfluger, clected to suceced himself, Ebni, demoera*, elected to t Weiss, national liber This means a loss of a seat for the gove wont, August Dres- b y between and Herr t for Stutt- between and Herr Buddeberg was dewocrat, ballot necessary ive, and Ho ich, The last representative New ballot necessary between Dr. national, liberal, and August Bebel, social democrit. Peuri was the last deputy. Duesscldorf—New ballot nece: tween Karl Wenders, free cons Herr Grimpe, social democ was the last deputy. Dortmund—New ballot necessary botween Theodore Mueller, national hiberal, and Herr Toetlk, socialist democrat. Mueller was the last deputy. Mainz—New baliot necessary between Herr Braun, nstional liveral, ‘and Franz Joest, social democrat, who was the city's last deputy. Good as & Soclalist Vietory, Halle—New ballot uecessary a be- ative, and t. Wenders berween [CONTINUED ON SECOND PAEG). | WILL ASSIST THE BANKS Scheme to Tide Over the Present Financial Depression, ACTION OF NEW YORK'S CLEARING HOUSE Loan Cortificates Will Be Issued to Instl- tutions in Need of Help—Views of & Prominent Banker on the Sitaation. New Yorg, June 15.—TIn view of the seri- ous drain upon the banks here, caused by de- mands from the interior, the clearing nouse decided at a meeting held today to issue 6 per cent ioan certiticates to tido those banks which need help over the present financial troubies. The meet- ing was a general one and began atnoon. President Williams of the ciear- ing house committee said: “The action of the committee, as far as taken, has been largely with a view to giving tone to the country. 1t is likely to b followed by other centers. The citadel is all right, but wo want to strengthen the outvosts.” The proposal of the committee, President Williams referred, is that every clearing house ceater in the country issuc clearng house certificates, which would make available for uso between the banks a vast amount of per- fectly good assets which are now uncurrent. In the opinion of sagactous and conservative banlk ofticers of this city, it would be a long step toward the restoration of confidence. The last time clearing house loan certificates were taken out was during the Baring trouble, when the oxample of the New York banks was followed by Boston und Philadel- phia. This course would virtually make cach clearing house group & single banlk of discount and would distribute the burden of accommodations more equally than at pres- abling institutions short of cash to ain it from their neighbors without at- tracting attention or creating distrust. to which Views of n Bank President, Speaking of the money stringency and the shipment of large amounts of currency, par- ticularly to the western and northwest, the president of a large national bank said to a re| ter today that the demand from the country banks for rediscount was larger at present than at any time in his long experi- ence, and particularly from banks in the northwest and west, The demand was general, however, and ex- tended_from the Pacific to the Atlantic. 1t set in, he said, nearly four months has gradually increased until it has a 1ts present largo proportion. As, however, the banks whict were asking for redis® counts, this week were scnding n their shortest time paper. paper maturing in a month or six weeks, that was regarded as an indication that the country bankers did not expect the demand to last” much longer, and it was therefore hoped that it had reached its height. The demands from the south, it was said, were only such as were expected at this time of the year and wero not_ unusually large. There “had been fewer failures in the south than in any other part of the country and some of the large southern cities were not asking for accommodation. The south, said the bank president, was believed to'be in pretty good condition. Shipments of Currency West. “There is no exaggeration in these reports of shipments of currency,” continued th speaker. “Wo shipped £100,000 yesterday ourselves, and I know of two other banks that shipped more than £50,000, and that business has been going on for some day. Most of that money will undoubtedly return here through the natural channéls of trade. Some of it will, no doubt, be sent back here by the banks when they find that it is no longer neeaed, but a 1 part, like some of the pension money being paid out, will re- main in the pockets of the people until the resent distrust emoved. When will that e? When the use fer it is removed. 1 mean when the people are assured that the Sherman_ silver purchase law will be re- pealed. Until that is done confidence will not be restored.” This bank presids tion in the south w dent of one of the imed Ht's view of the situa- confirmed by the presi- rgest banks in Geory now in this city, and with whom a_report talied today. Besides being president of a rze national banlk, he s also a member of a large private banking house, and u promi- nent member of the State Banking associ tion. a, Nothing to Fear In the South. “The banks of Georgia and of the south, generally,” he smd, “are all in good shupo and the same ma be said of the country. We had our trouble in the south, you know, about two or three years ago, and have got over it now. Our cotton crop looks fine and the prospects for it ave very gaod. Money is close, of course, 1n the south now, as else- where in the country at large, but we do not regard the situation down there as at all alarming. There is not much of last year's cotten to come forward. What is held of last year's crop is mainly held by rich men,” LOCAL OPiNIONS. Omaha Financlers ixpress Thomselves Fully on the Subjeot, Soveral Omaha financiers were inter- viewed last evening upon the subject of this great scheme for the relief of embarrassed banis. The substance of the interviews clearly in- dicates that the moneyed men of this city regard the idea in an unfayorable light, so far as Omala Is concerned. However, they commend the merit of the suggestion, when confined to New York and large financial centers of the east, Mr, Kountze Gives His Views. Herman Kountze of the First National, king of the action of the New York ing house in deciding to 13sue clearing house certificates, said: 'he scheme is'by 10 means & new one, having been first used, if I remember htly, in tho stressful days of 1873, De- signed to restore confidence and tono up the financial world, it has the merit of making one immense bank of all the banks in New York City. It has the ad- vantage of keeping currency 1 in- dividual banks which otherwiso would be paid mto the elearing house to settle bal- ances, These cloaring house certificates, of course, are taken by all banks, public as well as private, away the securities put up in lie remain in possession of the Clea ing House committee. It doos not necessarily mean that weak banks take advantage of and until the' stringency i 14 these certificates. Any bank may feel that it would rather have its own currency for a duy or so, and, in consequence, put in. secur- ities to cover the amount. It is an excellent idea, but quite ununecessary that the Omaha Clearing House should issue certificates, sa v 0,000, in view of the fact that the flurry s atlic died out and conildence again rules. “All the banks feel that the worst is over and naturally would pot adopt the methods of the New York Clearing House unless thought absolutely necessary. 1a New York I think it has Leen doue purely as a precau- tionary measure, not that they need the mwouey, but simply to aid the demands from western centers.” 1. W, Yates on the Subjeot. Mr. H\;ur{ W. Yates, president of the Ne- braska Nat uxmé. saia: *I have no informg- tion regardicg the needs of the New Yorl but imagine that it is for the pur- pose, Bot 80 much of restoring confidence, of which there has been no lack in New York, but for the purbose of meeting current de- mands o% the commercial publie. It was done in Boston at the time of the Baring trouble and was found au excellent scheme b that time. In a large oity like New ¥ork, | containing so many hanks, there may be a number of banks possessing excellent assets, upon whom the burden of the western de- mand for currency may fall in unreasonable proportions, white thére may be other banks entirely unaffected by snch demand and who may have an excess of surplus. “There could be no_safer investment than clearing house certfficates ssued by the associated banks ind New York, and the banks possessing_thil surplus would esteem it a privilege to obtai these certificates for their spare funds, $Nothing of the kind is needed here, and I dpubt if the plan could be utilized to any advautage.” Joseph H. Millard Talks, Joseph H. Millard, president of the Omaha National, said: “It isa most excellent idea, and if it could be done 1n every clearing house center in the west it would give us a_great deal of comfort. It won't be done, however, be- cause I question if times are so stringent as to require that all the banks should avail themselves of clearing house certificates. When money becomes scarce itis the one thing to do. “‘Boston, Philadelphia and New York are the only cities that have issued certificates of this kind, but no doubt other cities will now follow New York's lead. There is no need for cloaring house certificates in Omanha, as the little excitement of Monday and Tuesday is subsiding, and in a few days everything will be serene again. ‘The pres- sure from the west has undoubtedly largely prompted the New York banks to take this step, which cannot fail of the intention to tone up the finances of the country.” AFTER A RECELVEK. Directors of the American National Hold a Meeting—After the Run, The run on the Omaha banks is entirely over, the Omaha Savings, which caught it hardest, having passed through the two days' siege apparently without incon- venience, and yesteday there was no indi- cation at any of the banks of the strain of the past forty-eight hours. The only noticeable feature is the large number of de- positors who, now that the craze has had its run and quietness and o fecling of security is restored, are seemingly in as much of o hurry to get their money back into the banks as they were on Tuesday to get it out. The deposits of the day will exceed those of any day 1n many months, The dircctors of the American National bank held a meeting at the bank building yesterday to discuss the situation anda considor applications for the receivership. The directors do not have the appointing power, but it is understood that inasmuch as there is no suspicion of crooked work in connection with the failure of the bank the wishes of the directors will be accorded due deference and no one will be appointed :\_‘hn is not altogether friendly to ihe institu- ion, ‘The other banks are very naturally inter- ested in the appointmentof the receiver, and as the interests of the individual banks con- flict there will undoubtedly be quite a con- test for supremacy and tho inside track in the matter. An odd sequence of the run was noticed at the driving park Wednesday afternoon,where fully five out of every six half dollars taken in at the gate wera brand new coins that had just been taken from some of the banks, and ‘were thus thrown into general circul tion for the first time by rcason of this sudden withdrawal ot salted thousands. PENNSYLVANIA STEEL COMPANY, Report of an Expert. on Its Condition Shows it to Be in Excellont Shape, Puraorrrnns, June 15—A communication from President Bent ,of the embarrassed Pennsylvania Steel company to the stock- holders of that concern, in which a plan for the rehabilitation of its finances is proposed, is given to the public today. Accompanying the communteation is the report of an expert accountant, which shows that the com- bined assets of the Pennsylvania Steel company and the Maryland Steel company on March 81, 1803, iere $13,183.218, and tho liabilitics $14,723,768. Excluding the pital stock and serip of the Pennsylvania ccl company aggregating §4.807,208, which not, in point of fact, a liability to any one except the stockholders themselves, the as- sets would exceed the liabilities by §7,867, 483, The expert estimates the net profits h month, based on April figures, at 000 for both companies. President Bent proposes if tho stock- holders assent to retive the floating indebt- odness of the companies by muking a consol- idated mortgage upon all the real estate and franchises to the Girard Life Insuranc Annuity and Trust company of Philadelph as wustee to secure the joint bonds of the companies 1o tho amount of §,000,000, pay- ablo in thirty years and bearing interest at 6 per cent. f Will Pay the Depositors. IxpIANAPOLIS, June 15,—A special to tho Seatinel from New Albany, says: A better fecling exists here now among the depositors of tho New Albany Banking company. Dr, Breyfogle has returned from Chicago, and he says that he and the Windstanlers * will endoaver to pay dollar for doilar with the interest, to every one who has any claim on the New Albany bank. Henvy Fullures in Arkansas. AnrkANzAs, City, Kan., June 15.—The First National bank of this eity, one of the oldest and gencrally belieyed to be the strongest financial institution in the southwest faited to open its. doors this morning, The deposits are reported to be $600,000. Satisfled the Depositors. NEW Yok, June 15.—The run on the Irving Savings institution stopped at 1 o'clock this afternoon—£73,000 having been drawn out since the doors opened at 9 o'clock. All depositors wero paid promptly and in full, The run eased off this afternoou and i is be- lieved to be ended. Assots Excoed Linbilities. SrogaNe, Wash., June 15.—The receiver of the Washington Savings. bank, recently sus- pended, has completed a statement of the bank's affairs, showing totul asscts of §200,- 000 aza labilities of §136,000, More Diamona Bealers Assign. NEW Yorg, June 15.—Cotter & Son, dia- mond dealers, assigned today, The liabili- ties exceea #100,000. Poor business and heavy losses by recent failures are the causes. The assets equal the liabilities, In the Hands of 8 Receiver, Jerrensoy, Tex., June 15. —The Lone Star Iron company was today placed in the hands of a receive) Liabilities, $100,000; asscts unknown, Private srnker Fulls. Sr. Louss, Mo, June 15.—S. Bonham, banker of Fairfield, IlL. has failed. e A MERE TRIFLE, JUST ch icago Thicves Caught in an Attempt to Steal a House. Cricaco, June 15.~William Sheedy and Paul Lewis are locked up at the Max- well strect station,charged with the larceny of a one-story frame house, They were ar- rested Tuesduy night as they were trying to move the house owned by Mrs. Amelia Bog- nis of 130 West Fourteeuth strect. They had placed rollers under it and were moving it when arrested, They said théy wanted 1o use the wood for fuel, as 1t was an old af- fair, did not think the owner would object. They failed to explain, however, why they operated in the "\“ir t, and were logked up. They were bruu{h up before Justide nuof} yesterday and the case continued until this wmoruing. ——E Eulalia Looks at Niagara. Niagara Farvrs, June 15.—Princess Eulalla and her people are seeing the sights oh both sides of the river today, Tomorrow will be ‘Kem in the same way and in the evening 9 party will start for New York. MANY CLERKS ~ DISMISSED Sixty-Seven Employes of the Land Office Given Indefinite Leave, NO MONEY TO PAY THEIR SALARIES Several Towans Among the Number Dis- charged, but No Nebraskans Lose Thelr Positions—Crete’s Wenther Station to Bo Removed. Wastixaros Buneav or Tre Bee, } 518 FOURTRENTH STREET, WasniNgron, D. €', June 15. Sixty-seven clerks in the general land office found upen their desks today the areaded “yellow envelope” notifying them that on and after June 80 the government would no longer require their services, This wholesale dismissal was made necessary by the failure of the last congress to appropri- ate sufcient money to pay these clerks. Sec- retary Smith granted these clerks a fiftecn days leave with pay in order that thoy might have an opportunity to look about for other employment before their pay was cut off altogether. By this wholesale reduction in the land office force the government, looking the matter from a Holman-Docker economic standpoint, saves annuaily $90.00 So far known no Nebraskans were among those discharged. Tour Towans were on the list as follows: J. P. Driver, cond district; C. H, Babbitt, Ninth district; W. G. Webster, Third district, and K. K patrick, First district. Crete's Weather Station to Bo Removed. Secretary Morton has decided to remove the weather station now located at Crete, Neb,, to Omaha. A number of protests have been reccived against such action, Tho transfer is ordered upon the recommendation of the chief of the weather bureau. Those protesting refer to the great expense of the transfer. As to the cxpense, the secret says that it will be small, and great advai tages will ultimately accrue. While the ex- pense of the _removal will be considerable, the result of having the station at Omaha will vastly outweigh the incidental expenses of removal. The weather chicf cites the fact that, Omaha being centrally located, greater telegraphic facilities may bo ob- tainod and the service greatly imoroved. Army Oflicers for Indian Agencies. The president notified the Interior de- partment that he intends to appoint to In- dian agencies only regular army officers. “There are some sixty places in the service to be filled and a large number of patriots hs signified thefr willingness to serve the gov- ernment in the capacity of Indfan agents. Mr. Cleveland under a recent law may in his discrotion assign army oflicers to act as In- dian_agents. He proposes that as faras practicable, only regular- ofticers shall be designated to serve upon the various Indian reservations and should the list of officers fall short then he will consider the appl tions of civilians. The commissionor of In- dian affairs_has recommended some fifteen civilians and today Mr. Cleveland sent back those papers with the request that, if vossi- ble, regular army officers be recommended. Took His Discharge Seriously. Prof. H. Larroque, a Frenchman, who came trom the west and who has been em- ployed for several years in the Agricultural department, today was found dead in his bed, and it is supposed he committed sui- cide. Larroque was given his place in the department by Hon, Tom Reed during the congress over which Reed presided as spedker. Several days ago Secrctary Morton, who has been . endeavoring to rid his aepartmentof us Larroque, dismissal, ess timber, discharged His suicide is attributed to his Western Pensions. The following pensions granted are re- ported: Nebraska: Original widows, ete. Frye, Phebe Martin, Lydia Comerford. Towa: _Original—Benjamin F. Ireland, George Young. Increase—Nathan Miller. Reissue—Benjamin Rathburn, Jonn H. Helen Augustine. Original widows, etc.—Arminda Adams (motter), Mary Bargar, Sarah Woods, Ellen Walker, Jonathan Ward (father). Miscellanoous. Assistant Secretary Sims today afirmed the decision of the land commissioner in the case of Samuel Workman ngainst the heirs of S. N. Mathews. Mathews made timber cul- turo entry for land in the McCook, Neb., land district in 1894, Three years later he died. Tn 1890 Workman filed "afMdavit of contest against said entry alleging that tho heirs had failed to plant. The Jocal ofiicer, whose decision dismissed tho contest, was sustained all along the line and Mathews’ entry stands in the case of James . Wingate against Charles Williams, wherein the decreo of the local oficer canceling Williams' homestead entry, McCook land district, was sustained by the land commis- sioner. Charles S. Ford was today appointed post- master at Homer, Dakota county, Ne Jumes L. Blanchard, resigned, P, CE OF INCOMPETENCY, ) H. EVIDE Uuskillful Work Responsible for the Ford Theater Disaster. WasHINGTON, June 15.—The new inquest has started. Four days of work have been wasted, and now the work of finding, so far as a coroner's jury can find, who 18 respon- sible for the disaster at tho Ford building has been commenced once more, All the testimony which had so far been given was of no more value, from a legal standpoint, than if 1t had been delivered to the winds, instead of to six attentive jurors. Through- out this case, however, the district has learned something, and this morning the in- quest was started in a formal way. Colonel Ainsworth's attorney was in the hall a few minutes before the inquest began, but he withdrew before Coroner Patterson rapped the jury to order. The old jury was sum- moned, and the coroner and the jury went to Glenwood cemetery and viewed the body of Frederick P. Loftus,one of the victims, which lies in a receiving vault there, Testimony of & Contractor, The first witness was James L. Parsons, a contractor and builder, who testified that he had examined theold theater last month with p view to submitting a bid for making the proposed alterations. He submitted a bid for the contemplated work, but failed to get the contract. In a subsequent examina- tion of the work he noticed that nosewering had been done, He would have shored the floors from the cellar piers up while tho work was being done, if he had gotten the contract. When the witness examined tho building in May he found no evidence of any unsafe conditions. “I would consider the building at that time as absolutely safe.” In reply to Mr. Thomas' questions, ha said the structure was ample for the accommoda- tion of 500 clerks, Witness created something of a sonsation when ho stated that not a brick could have been moved with safety to the building un- less all the floors had been shored up. The work could have been completed in safety had the shoring been done. The specifications for the work did not call for the shoring of the floors, while it was going on. It provided that the oon- tractor should take every precautign. From an examination of the work after the catas- trophe, Mr. Parsons said he did not consider that it had been done properly uror Hanvey asked bim if he would have dote it that way higself. *Most assuredly ij6t," wag the reply. Attorney Thomas thereupon vcad alpud the specifications for the work of bxcavation end underpioning. TBEre was & mprmur tractor shall bo liable for all damago that may be done to the building.” Mr. Parsons did not know under whoso supervision or superintendency the work had been done. Witness had never known work of that character to bo done under specifications, or upon the sole responsibility of the contractor, Protest from,Colouel Alnsworth, Colonel Ainsworth submitted a lotter to the coronor, in which ho says in part: Sir: Tlearn that you have determined to personally hold the fnquest co eause of the death of the victims of the Ford's theater catastrophe, and you mpaneled tho same jury who listened to the testimony taken by Dr. Schaeffer. The riotous proceci- ings of fast Monday bofore that jury, and the ovidence of an_inconsiderable minority (and those disaffected) of the clorks 1n my office ag to alleged terrorism oxisting there, have, [ think, gravely prejudiced its members against me. As the procecdings must bogin again, it would seem that it would have been better to huye selected jurymen who have no testtnony 10 forget and who would comie to the discharge of their important dutics with no inipros- sions of u former abortive trial T am virtually, although not technically, accused of # ibility for n disaster which T deplor o doc In that connection I am throatencd with the stigma of weriminal charge. 1 am now past middle age and have devoted the best yoars of my life and cortainly my strongest efforts to the public service. T submit to you that to affix that stigma 1o mo hastily and’in response to public clamor, for some victm guilty or fnnocent, is to do an injustice which the' re- flection of calmer moments will rogret. Llearn (hat you will have the assistance of counsel In conducting the e nesses in the interest of the public. [ am also inforned that others possibly interested represented by counsel, I submit that unde these —eireumstunces the request which 1 now muke to | ut by counsel and to Cross-eximine witnessos wio may seem (o in- licate me, is \ble und prop The colonel denies that his presence tended to intimidate witnesses, and states that false evidence has been given which he desires to have corrected, and concludes thus: I have no purpose of embarrassing In any wiy your inquiry, or of having my counsel conduct any examination not stricily nece sary for the fair p atlon of the whole cas to tho Jury, Dut I must fnsist that nothing less thin the privilege of tho cross-exi tlon of adverse witnesses and the fntrod of my own witnesses will be of any v to me. In order thut T may know what course to pursue, I request your iustructions in the premises, Would Not Grant Ainsworth's Request. Coroner Patterson declined to accede to the request, and the inquiry procesded, Mr. Edward Clark, the architect of the capitol, made an examination of the theater building in 1865 and again in 18 and thought it safe. He would not have under- taken to do the recent work without shoring Thomas ‘B. Entwistle, inspector of build- ings for the distris id he was called upon ubout five 4£0 10 RO over tho building and give his opinion as to its safety. He found the floors and walls perfectly sa Ho w: the building w! been done saf St 01 PNOSLNCSS, us usked if the work in progress at en_ it colls withou sed could have ing, and ho re plicd emphatic sir; and in m opinion that v of the disastel Francis Sasse, the engincer of the oid theater building id he mado the specitica tions for the electric light plant. He was mechanical steam engineer. Hoe had bullt an archway and a seven-room dwelling, but had no other experience in buildings. Colonel Ainsworth visited the building nearly every day. So far as he knew there was 1o super- intendent of the work. The witness saw no signs of shoring, At this point a recess was taken. ‘After recess C. W. Perkins, a builder; David Cissel, u bricklayer, and Columbus Thomas, a builder, were examined, all agreed that the collapse wa d by the unskillful character of the work. Mr, Uissel $wid it was about the worst he ever siw. Captain Thorp of the War department testitied that he had nothing to do with the preparation of the specifications, which were supervised by Colonel Ainsworth alone. Adjourncd until tomorroy IN A DIPLOMATIC TANGLE. Affairs in Samon Causing the State Depart- ment Much Trouble WASHINGTON, June 15,—Secretary Gresham has got another diplomatic tanglo on his hands, This time it is the Samoan islands. He has received advicos that war is immi- nent, and that a rebellion has broken out against the existing government of King Maletoa. Comparative quiet prevailed on the islands so long as the dethroned monarch Mataafa was kept out of the kingdom. It appears, however, that ho has returned to Samoa for the purpose of regaining his throne, All his adherents ana many new recruits have rallied under his standurd and have begun operations against the powers that be. That his following is strong and menacing is evidenced by the fact that the reigning king, Malicton, has appealed to the representatives of the tripartite alliance to protect him in accord- ance with the treaty concluded between the United S! t Britain and German and as in driving the usurpe Nim Mataafa, from his territory. Tho situation has reached o eritic and the president and Secretary Gresham are in frequent conference as to the policy of the goverament in the matter. The United States is pledged to assist in main- taining the autonomy of the island, but at present is hardly in o position to do very much in that direction -~ Germany is the only member of the alli- ance represented at tho islands by a war ship, but with the co-operation of the repre- sentatives and citizens of the other govern- wments, that vessel will be sufficient to afford ample protection to foreign interests on the island, evenif it is not capable of entircly suppressing the rebollion, DROYP FROM THE LIST. Sixty-Soven Clorks Discharged from the Goneral Landa Oitice, WasnNGTON, June 15, —Toduy the names of sixty-seven clerks were dropped from tho rolls of the general land office. In making this reduction, which was made obiigatory by the legislative appropriation bill, Scc tary Smith has been guided by o desire to raise the standard of tho se; \and to that end polities have not been permitted to enter dnto the question 0s to who should be dis- missed and who retained, It is known that clerks without any poli support what- over have been retained, while others, owing to their personal friendship and influence of prominent democratic senators amd members of the house and others high in officiul life have been dismissed. The strict rulo of efiiciency, shaded now and then by a desire Lot to inflict too great a hardship, has been the coutroliing force in waking all removals. Appointed to Oflice, WASHINGTON, June 15.—The com the currency today appointed Flynn of Spokane, Wash., a na examiner. Mo was formerly mau m Washington City. ‘e comptrolier has also appointed Hiram Walworth of Plattsburg, N. Y., recciver of the First National bank of Arkansas City, Kan. troller of imon R onal bauk a newspap er Clevoland is Indisposod. Wasmiyaroy, June 16.—The president slightly indisposed and vemained at his countyy seat today rotary Lamont went out tnere early in the morning and remained with tho president some time. As a couse- quence of the prosident's absence no ap- poinvments were anuounced, — - IFPOGRAPHICAL NION, Mr. Prescott Re-elected President of the Interuational Body, CmicAGo, June 15.—The time of the conven- tion of the International Typographical union today was largely occupied by consid- ering the means to be employed for waging succegsful warfuro aguinst the Printers Pro- teot{ve Friiternity, represented as having for i?:o ot the destrugtion of upionism. The Childs-Drexel troubles were also taken up. W. E. Prescott was re-clected president for wheu the clause way ypad: “And tho o0p- | (be Gty Ume. mination of wit- | INDEPENDENTS ENTERTAINED AS TO THE FINANCI of the Prower, accompanied b and Georgo W. v J. M. De n here this morning. In t Devine, present. tor said: There wero Among other “In thoe campay ol tled by the people of this to every home. part; tect the inter cratic party that a low t perity. standard, “The people’s party. grounds on the question o tion, o age wa uniess the system of * contr: now existing in this count by sion would ensue. in less than twel speedy return to the time of bimetallism. “For centuri« ver equally with gold was nations tions in the r this time we tho world st many disastc tending ove s tio until centuries s ty of money ibut thereis no record any- where 1o bo found of its having suffered at any time fu consequence of too much money. n 1873 when the of thi: our possibi v wero rapidl; ties and de oceurred, wheth were 1 It this be true or not sses as though it were ¢ “Tt is evident to an) the aun awhich last ye after making the d = d e amount n requisite per e ultim of bonds and the pur enlargement of the national d industries of the people for ted that the crowning the monopoly of money and that on iness 1AL ne of Le he bout gn last coun { nation action Ly was honored the 18 1 ou nd increa its c iminal. ye Senator Allen Explains the Position of the People's Party. SITUATION Views of the Nebraska Senator on the Sube Ject—DNangerof Becoming the Slaves | Kuropean Money Rep Crovn, Neb,, June 15,—[Special Teles gram to Tne Bee]--Senator W, V. Allen, igh, Neb,, ke, chairman of the indes pendent state central committee, arrived afternoon the senator audressed an open air meeting at the court house grove ana was followed by Mr. 20 people things the sena~ year we were told that the great question to be sot- was that of the tarif¥, and that when this was prop- erly determined prosperity would be brought In its plan the republican took strong ground s in favor of pro- n, declaving that protection agaiust cheap goods imported from Europo was in t of the farmer and laborer, and in fact all classes of our people. The demos sserted with equal emphasis T was the only source of pros« It is true that cach party pledged itself to bimetallism, but it was well under« stood by the people that both Harrison and Clevelund were pledged to the single gold Position of tho People’s Party. while taking strong I taxa- il of the then and arrested he free and unlimited coinage of silyer universal bankruptey and industrial depres- We then predicte > months the peoplo would hiave amplo evidence of - the necessi d thad Li‘ of a doctrine before the Christian era sil- money of all id continued so with shight varia- Juring all ant evidence that onvenience and Is sometimes ex- nt of the When Siiver Was Demonetized. opulation sinz and nds almost limit- less the great blunder of demonetizing silver been called a crime, bub nsequences s destructive to the interests of tho thoughtful man that al output of gold 1 this country, ar awounted to §38,000,000, - stion made necossary by the lossand abrasion of coin und the v to utilitarian purposes, is unequal to the task of supplying us with the pita civeulation of money of emption, and that we must look. or £old if we are to £o on 4 gold This would necessitate the issuance 1se of zold and the :bt to sap the o come. Law of Contraction and Expansion. “Thels well understood & mand, and we all under tracted volume of money me ns the wof contractionand expansion is as s the Law of supply and de- nd that a con- shrink- age in tho value of property and labor if long continued, distress ng indus! trial de- pression and the transfer of the properiy and money to the hands of tho few, ana wa are cither compelled o re money of ultimat gold, under prop comé the bond slaves to th 0-: biish silyer payment equally regulations, money power with or be. that controlls the destiny of Europe. “Lam in fayor of the freo and unlimited ratio of 18 ta cofnago of silver at tho 1, as_declared sensiblo and hon and I am well inour platforni, as the only st solution of the question, istied that this will work no injustice to any legitimate interest of the countr, .1 He also declared in favor of government ownership and control of railroads, oxplains ing that the govern: it could obtain cop- trol of them by the exercise of, <he vight of eminent doma n COWBOYS K. George Jones Leads in the Kuce, Closely Followed, VaLr gram to Br but s 1xe, Neb., June 15,—[Spocial Teles Horses entered by Jones Bros. of Whitewood, George Jones, vider, ar horses are s appearance of fatigue. ved hercat 7 this evening. His ablea for the night and have no The other contcsts ants passed south of here and are expected at Long Pine during the night est is being taken along the ling cat inter- nd crowds visited the stablos here to get a look at the race horses. AU 9:30 Douglas, nding Mike Elmore'’s horses, and Campbell of Danver arrived Lo nd put up for the night. Pixe. Neb, June 15 ~[Spe cial Tele- gram to Tue Bee | At 12 o'clock, midnight, uone of the cowboy racers had arrived here, A trainman reports having scen George Jones at (i rein at 1 and he is expected toboe at Valentine tonight, also Campbell and Douglas. The others, who = are keeping in a dircct lino for this point are thought te bo about thicty miles ted 1o re from her ister here soon n known of theso ride und Smith were tog 1t is rumored that Berry within a few miles o rofreshing their horses to condition here in the morni will be examined by the r the Humane society nd Middleton Long Pino, probably appear cn are in good when the, tutives of Eimore's black horse, ridden by James, is fagging out fust and he talks strongly of dropping it. OMAIA MAN GOZ LNSAN D. John Cooke Found Demented In Chicago wnd Clalms e 1s Hypaotized. Cmicaco, 11k, Juue 15 to Tue Bee|—John Coo from Omaha, was morning in Julge Dotention hospital. ¢ e been wande: ound when he was taken in Ho claimed to spiritualist modium of Om: quest be fricnes cau take Brown oke ¢ adjudged Special ke, an 'y same i until y aha, O Injured by a Viclous Horse. telearam engraver lusane this court at th several ago ina demented condition and has esterday, lrgo by the police, o been hypnotised by & n his re- sent back to Omaha, where his re of him, pt Rawiixs, Wyo., June 15.—[Special Toles gram to Tug Bek ~Yosterday morning Le N. Boner, who owns an extensive horse ranch at Sulphur, thirty miles south, wens over to Doty Bros. ranch, a near neighbor, 1o consummate a horse trade. Ho ana John Doty rode out Into a pasture to see the horse when a stallion belonging to Mr. Boner thas was running with a bunch of mares attacked him, just above th Ho grabbed Mr. Boner with his teeth eft kneo, crushing the pone and the knee cap, lifting him {rom his uru‘ and shaking him as & dog would a rat. horses away the wounded limb has no h Doty immediately dismounted apd drox& ing | Boner will be brought u when the leg will perhaps opes of town smpy The physician who d v/