Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 23, 1893, Page 3

NEW YORK'S STOCK EXCHANGE President Stargis Tolla the Members What in Expeoted of Them, SENSATION VENDERS TO BE PUNISHED Cirenlation of Rumors Caleulated to Un- favorably Affect the Markets Will Not Be Tolorated—A Sensiblo Talk on the Situtlon, NEw Yong, July 22.—In accordance with a #esolution passed by the governing commit- tee yesterday, President 1. K. Sturgis of the New York Stock exchange delivered the following address from the rostrum of the ango this morning he board of governors of the Stock ex- ehiange held o prolouged session yesterday evening, und 1 was instructed by them to give to pou the result of their deliberstions. The times through which we are passing are phenomenal in their nature and have never been equalled by any which have transpired during this generation. It behooves every every member of the exchange not only to be loyal to his own scuso of honor, but to stand firmly and devotedly to the institution in which he is a member, *In all large bodies of men found iudividu there will be s who, for private gain or public notoriety, will take a stand at vari ance with their ‘associates. Would that we had the power to purish as it d s su disloyalty. But itis our intention, insofar 8 OUr power gocs, to put & stamp of abso- disapproval upon il the irregularities L uicthods of domg business subve of welfare and injurious to pudlic credit, *Furthermore, the public icsabt to confu rumors which have their origin in Wall strect with the Stock exchange, and to give 10 the exchange the credit of any malicious or false statements which may come from the seething muss who throng in Wall street itsolf. Presinent Sturgis read re governing mittee, T solutions by the so condemned the cireulation of false statements and con- tained the promise of the committee to do allin its power to stop tho” practice. The committe made a ruling that offers to buy or sell sceurities under any form of contract other than that provided for by the ronstitu- tion should be deemed a violation of the rules und be punishable by suspension or ex- pulsion. This ruling was intended to put an end to the special requirements as to_ the delivery and ment for sceuritics from which embarassment might be caused. Prestdent Sturgis has catled another spe- clal meeting of the governing committec of the Stock exchange for Mon at the re quest of the law committee. © purpose is 10 bring to account, under the constitution of the exchange, members who spread dam aging reports. 1t is intimated that the com mittee muy go further and order legal pro- ceedingf, President Sturgis said: We are ROing to do all in our power o suppress at. tacks on credit. MiLwAUKEE, July 22 —The tional bank failed to open its doors this morning. Runs at once began on all the lending banks in the city and at 10:80 the South Side Savings bank closed its doors. The report of the Milwaukee National July 2 showod: Resources, 31,005,4580; linbilities, deposits, 2,908 due other banks, #186,910; other liabilities, $45,045. The capital stock is 2200,000; surplus, #050,000; undividea profits, 200,480, The South Side Savings bank in its report made the first Wednesday of this month showod: Resources. &1,158,065: linbilitics due depositors, £1.021,465; due others, §25, 000, The capital stock is $100,000; undivided profits, §12,000. The situation seems better this afternoon. Tho run on the Merchants Exchange, which wns the heaviest, is subsiding in consequence of the posting of - the uaranty notice by leading citizens. Another ank wiicre the run was heavy was the S ond Ward National, in which mostly. small German were depositors. But it hus the backing of the big brewers and no louger is aporehended. President Noyes of the Milwaukes Na- tional has given a statement for publication in which he says the is porfl sol- vent, with assets of &00,000 above liabili- ties, but in the present strained condition of affairs it was thought best to close the doors, “The report sent out from this city to the effect that the German-American bank had succumbed to a run is without foundation. The German-American is exceptionally sound and has experienced no run whatever. Milwaukee Na- FAILURES OF NATIONAL BANKS, dred Have Closed Thelr Doors Stuce the First of dununry. WASHING July 2 ice the st of January nearly 200 national banks have closed their doors, against less than fifty during the same period last year. Of the failores this year five have been United States depositories, as follow The First National bank of Littlo Rock, Ark.; the Gate City Natfonal bauk of Atlanta, Ga.; the People’s National bank of Denver, Colo. ; the Germun National bank of Denvy aud the Kentucky National bank of Louisville, "The latter bink, which closed its doors to- had by tho last report received some 000 of United States funds. The gov- ernment_will, of course, lose nothing by these failures. “This afternoon Comptroller Eckles ordered bank examiners to take chargo of the failed banks as follows: Scott, at Louisviile, Ky, ; Plummer, at Knoxville, Tenn. ; Sawyer, at Russell, Kan.; Stone, at Vernon, Tex. Lyuch, at Milwaukee, STOUKS AGAIN I Two I RESSED, Wenkness In the New York Markef Causcd y Advices from London New Yonk, July 22—There was renewed depression in stocks this morning at the opening. In carly trading there were de- clines of !j tolly. Missouri Pacific sold down to 247 and Burliugton to 76, Heav ness characterized the first hour. On lower London advices there were fresh attacks by the bears and the exceution of stop lose orders, Paul — fell W o b2, n 2 to by, Western Union 11, Sugar 1% to 7155 Rock Istand 11 t0 neral Eloctric 114t 45, About 11 o'clock prices rallied fractionally, but the market went still loy after 11, the decline from last night's clos- ing ranging 1, to The market closed firmer, with net losses of 1§ to 2 Money was ea and sterling ex- change was dull and unchang Bar silyer was quoted at Gy, dollars at FPresto: Wasn Mexican ON, July ¥2 this morning autborized ecretary Carlisie the Asyociated press to state that he fully approved the policy pursued in his absence by Acting Mint Director Preston in purchasing silve und that the same policy will govern silve purchases in the immediate future. This statement will set at rest the rumor that the secretary would on bis return revers the policy of the treasury in purchasing sil- ver. Preston this morning declined to pur- chase 100,000 ounces at 70 cents, which were offered to him yesterday at 78, and for which & counter offer of 7115 was then refused. auidation, Teun., July 22.—The State National bank failed this morning. Notice on the door sayst This bauk has closed for liquidation. Depositors will be pawt in full.” ‘The cause of the suspen- ainll was the withdrawal of §0,00 yester- ay: Kxoxvin Generul Docline don, Loxpox, dJuly 22.—Stocks were weak. Realizations caused declines i nearly all s curities. tealizations were made in view of the regular fortaightly settlement, which begins Wedesday Logul Reserve. New Youk, July 2.—The bank statemont shows the reserve has increased $3,012,000 incrensnd §1,584,000: deposits have decrond 1,008,000, The' banks now hold &1 less than required by law RESUMING BUSINES Kansue City Tinkers Not in as fiad Shape A Keports Woald Indicate, Kaxeas Crry, Mo, July 22.—This week, which began so0 fnauspiciously for Kansas City financially, closes with confidence re stored and with faith in the prospects and prosperity of Kansas Ciiy as firm as ever. One of the banks, forced to suspend pay- | ment earlyin the week, resumed business today and the evidence that two others will resume within a fortnight is favorable. The Bank of Grand Avenue re-opened its doors for business at 10.45 o'clock this morn- ing. At the bank the utmost good humor. prevailed. Depositors were congratulating the officers of the bank on reopening 80 soon after their cessation of business on Monday Each depositor was given a new book and time deposit certificate for the old accounts, were issued. These cortificates are for three, six, nine aud twelve months with 4 per cent. interest, and each certiticate 18 for one fourtn of the total deposit 85 that the entire amount will be paid depositors in any event President James O, Darali of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings bank re- turned today from Chicago. where he met some of the castern stockholders and se of the hoaviest stock owners. *[am sor ho said, “that T cannot give the | organiziug and reopening of the bank, but I must see some of the people here who are - terested before the plan can be perfected Then I think, if the depositors are willing, we wiil be able to resume vefore the end of the next week, Th tern stockholders assured me that they would do all they could to help us, and some of the more wealthy are rendy to but more money into the bank if that wall do good.” President Reiger of the Missouri National bank said today that he hoped the bauk would reopen next week, but he could not fix the exact ¢ At the National Bank of Kansas City mat- ters are progressing quictly. A plan for re- opening the bank has been agreed to by the depositors and stockholders, but the comp- troller must give his assent before busiuess can be resume, )VERNOR STONE ON TIHE SITUATION. ives His Ideas as to Missouri's Gove Legislation KANSAS Crty, July 22 —Hundreds of demo- erats net ata pienic at a park near here this afternoon under the auspices of the Aurora el and listencd to a red-hot free silver, low-tariff speech by Governor W. J. Stone In opening his speech the governor lannched forth into a strong low-taridt plea. He told why cotton and farm pro- ducts were low, because England fixed tne price. Then he lauded Cleveland's * tariff message and told how the had aw t in 1500 to the fact tha 1 been wronged by monopolists and by class legisia- tion for years. He then referred to the great tariff reform victory of last fall. 1 vitter words he spoke of the sudden char in the policy and s of the country in four months, and declared hotly: *Tarift reform has been lost in the shuflie and the McKinley law is still on the statute books and scems likely to remain there for possibly years to come. ~ Were we lying, then, when we attributed all our ills to the protection system, or are we lying now, en we lay everything to the Sherman There were hard times before the Sherman law was forced through coneress by Tom Reed. The farmers of tho west times ten y 0. The overnor g sage of the She ad complained of hard > the history of the pas- nan law, despite protes Bland and other bimetallists, of whom he 15 one at the time. He then declared the present silver fight was the result of the de- liberate purpose of Wall strect and the gold bug bankers, whoare compelling the issue of gold bearing bonds, by which they would have no trouble in finding money to sceure; the absolute demonctization of silver, postpone indefinitely tariff legislation. He declared that with silver out of the way the stern conspirators would raise new issues and produce new flurries so as to keep tariff reform down. In closing he predicted hurder times than ever 1f silver should bo demonetized, and declared boldly that free and unlimited coinage of both’ silver and gold would, with tarift reform pledges car- ried out, aloue bring general prosperity. Kentucky fail Mills uvse Down. Lovisvitie, July 20.—The New Albany, Ind.. rail mill and Charles W. Depauw of New Albany assigned this afternoon. The rail mill assets are placed at $400,000, with liabilities &50,000. Mr. Depauw is the son of W. C. Depaur, who at the time of his death wiis the weath® iest man in this part of the country. Mr. C. W. Depanw's assets exceed his liabilities. “The Union Trust company of Indianapolis, receutly orgamzed, was made assignee of the New Albany rail mill and of Mr. Charles De- pauw individually. The amount involved 15 nearly £1,000,000.° Tt was brought about, so far as the mill was concerned, by the finan- Al crisis, Mr. Depauw's’ failure was orought about by becoming endorser of the Premier Steel works, of Indianapolis, for £00,000 and for the mll to the extent of 2250,000 or more. The failure will not affect any of the other financial institutions in New Albany or the glass works, as Mr. Depauw is manager and the princival owner of th latter. —_—— Balloon at 3 and 8, Courtland beach. — L TRAGEDY ON THE WATER, Henry Allors Drowns Mrs. McDonald and Himself at Senttlo. SeaTTLE, Wash,, July 22, —Yesterday after- noon a man and woman rowing in a boat on Lake Washington a mile from shore, were seen struggling by persons on a steam launch, The woman signaljed and the launch came alongside. The woman was weeping, but she declined to come aboard. When the launch landed the incident was rv’mrmd and a rowboat was sent out, but before it reached the spot the man was seen to throw the woman overboard and jump in after her. Both sank in 100 fathowms of water, They ave supposed to be Henry O. Allers, a civil engineer, and Mrs. McDonald, a divorced woman, with whom he was switten and against whom he had made threats. —_—— Balloon at 3 and 8, Courtland beach. —————ry TURNERS CROWD MILWAUKEE, The Great Parade Takes Flace wud is an nposing Spectnole, Miwavkee, July 22—The Turners are still pouring into the city. The fest this morning took the form of swimming coutests, This afternoon the parade took place, The streets along the line of march were gaily decorated aud the display was imposing. T'ho parace marched in five divisions, The third division was composed of active turners. The scholurs of the public schools formed in front of the shooting park in open columns and the parade passed between The exercises at the park opened with calisthenic exercises by the pupils. [n the evening there wilk be recitatious, specches and music at the exposition building. Balloon at 3 and 8, Courtland beach. —— Held Up a Conductor, On Thursday evening thres Swedes boarded the horse car which runs down Far- nam and Pacitic streets to Sixth street after the cable quits runniug. As the car reached the coruer of Bixth street the men a saulted and attempted to roo Conduc elson, who was badly beaten in the mele he oficers in that vicicity were immed! ately notified, aud one of the assailants was captured, but the tender-hearted policeman released him and the men made their es- cape. A man who lives in that neighborhood says he saw the whole thing snd s satistied that the officer had the right mau, but through the pleading of a gang which in- fests that part of the city he was induced to Lo release the wan. e loaus have decreased $4.808,000; specie has l Balloon at 8 and 8, Courtland beach. THE OMAHA DAILY MAY FINE BUFEALO BILL Oontract Labor Law 8aid to Have Been Vio- lated by His Company, OTHERS QUITE LIKELY TO BE TROUBLED Managers of the English Military Tourna- ment Belore Commissioner Hoyne to Explain the Situntion—As to the Spirit of the Measure, Cuicaco, July 23s—[Special Telegram to Tue Be W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and his partner, “Nate" Saulsbury, are likely to be prisoners of the United States within a short time, the offense being violation of the contract labor law. The managers of the English military tournament have already been hauled before Commissioner Hoyne to explain why they hired in England men to perform in Chicago. The charge against the Wild West will be that the managers engaged in England, France and Gerthany the ex-soldiers who now give exhibitions in their arena as English, French and German cavalry companies, he government of- ficials are securing evidence in the case vnd will procced against the Buffalo Bill people 88 s00n as possible, probably next week. May Be Heavily Flued, Buffalo Bill's cossack riders come within the purview of the law, it is said, and their cases may be brought into court.’ Uniied Statc District Attorney Milchrist said today that the penalty is a fine of £1,000 for each per- son brought to this country under contract, Conviction of the tournament people or of Mr. Cody would mean a heavy financial loss to them. It would scem that in some of th cases Immigration Agent Stitch's zeal out- runs his discretion. The contraet labor law wias passed to protect the workingmen in this country from an influx of foreign lab- orers brought hither by employers in con- flict with the labor organizations heve. The specific case that induced the legislation was the trouble in the anthracite con) fields some years ago. OThe coal barons ad cut the Hw the miners to a_point_be living. A strike followed. Agents for the mine owners were seut to the poorer ais tricts of central Lurove, where they hired thousands of men at wages that sed over there, but which pro wages of possibility of be generou miserable pittance over here. These unfortunates were brought over like so many cattie and were veritable slaves to the mine owners, Many of them died of want "The attention of congress was called to the facts and the contract labor law was the result. Spirit of the Law Not Violated, Actors and singers are exempt from the operations of the law. The application of W to the men employed by the English wilitary tournament or to M. Marot's work- men or to the riders of Buffalo Bill's show scems to bo unwarranted. There are no ex- pert horsemen and skiliful swordsmen in this country whose employment or means of livelihood is endangered by the presence of men who do such brilliant feats at the stock vavillion. The work ot nglish tournament evoked the unqualified praise of fcan military men who have wi the evolutions. Equally baseless would seem to be the contemplated proces ings against the Boffalo Bill show. M Cody and M Saulsbury are both intense! Amévican, and if they could have found in this country men competent to give the kind of performance they wished they would not have engaged foreigners. SUNDAY CLOSING N )T SURE. Directors Threatened with Trouble If the Gates Are Closed. CnicaGo, July 22, —“The gates of Jackson park will not be closed tomorrow unless President Higinbotham and the World's fair dircctors propose to place themselves in contempt of court. They had better have theiraticket sellers on hand, because. there is such a thiog as a writ of assistance, and 1f the injunction issued by Judge Stein re- ing the gates straining the divectors from c} is not obeyed, the writ of assis asked for and the sheriff will open all the gates of tnat public park.” S0 spoke William 1. Ma Charles W. Klingman, who obtained the now celebrated injunction from Judge Stein, The declaration was brought out by a state. ment that World's Fair Attorney Walker and Mr. Mason had reached an nnderstand- ing that the Klingman injunction would not ve foreed. “We had no understanding with Mr, Walker that the injunction would be allowed to remain quict,” said Mr. Mason, com- menting fugther. “The understanding was on, attorney for precisely contradictory to this, The confer- ence was had in my ofice. I asked Mr. Walker why he had not gone into court and applied for a modification of the njunction if he was de- sirous of resisting it. I pointed out that the injunction was a maudate of the court, t it was based on the law of the state, and such it was substantially out of my hands. 1f they attempt to obstruct the entrance to the park I will apply for a writ of assistance and call in the sheriff. They had better have their ticket sellers there, all of the gates may be needed So the Sunday question, it appears, is not vet settled and may cause the World's fair people untold trouble. STENOGRAP! SKS' DAY, Shorthand Writers Have an Inning at th World's Fair—Exposition Not Cicaco, July 22, —Stenographers’ day at the fair was well observed. At2p. m. the stenographers were escorted to Music hall where they listened to interesting speeches and indulged in socigl Intercourse for an hour. At 4 o'clock they met at the Woman's building where they were addressed by women representatives, and Miss May Orr, champion operator, cutertained them by exhibitions of her skill in operating the type- writer. Although up to this time nearly 6,000,000 persons have paid to sce the fair und huve come from all parts of the United States, the World's faiv oftivials are disappointed at the attendance. At the present rate the record for the first haif of the six months of the fair will reach 0,750,000 The most sanguineg experts on expositions say that under the most favorable conditions the total attendance will not reach 20,000,000, Before thoe exposition opened, Worll's fair offieils declared that the attendance would reach a total of 10,000,000 ‘he complaints against the questionable racter of the several Algerian, Egyptian other dancing shows in the Midway plaisance is taking definite shape. An offi- cial protest from the National Association of Dancing Masters has finally been the result “Today's dispatches from Boston show that C. Woodworth Masters of Boston, of the as- sociation, has prepared a letter to President Higginbotham aud the fair commissioners, showing the position taken by the masters aud usking that something be done o sup- press the disgusting exhibitions, July 20 will be Turnerbund day, and will bo fitly celebrated by the members of that that great association, ‘The North Ameri- can Turnerbund consists of #20 soceties, with & membership of 50,000, Three thous and Turners from all parts of the country bave already accepted invitatious to be present, and will takoe part in the festivities of the 'day. The iuternationsl meet will take place at Milwaukee on the 25th, and from that eity four speciul trains will be chartered to briug the delegation to Chi cugo. The Florida state commission authorizes the following statement: *“The ue of the governor of Florida in atiempting to abolish the Florida state comuission s vig orously protested aud resented by the oft cers of the commission, who wish it to be kuown that the commission neither received its appoiutment from the goveruor, nor is in any way responsible to him, They say that o ore gratuitous. unreasonable and en tirely unwarranted interference was never knowa, aud attribute it toa few parrow BEE: SUNDAY minded and malieig Jndividusls who haye beep unable g col . the commissfon for their own individual benefit. The Florida state mmission gapresents every county in the state that hadldnterprise enough to par- ticipate in the exposition, and such counties elected individual representatives which, llectively, consHtites the state board The organization selected the present offi cers. Governor Mitchell, who refused to recommend a state mppropriation and wh influence defeated its passage in the hou attempts to interfere with the work of tha commission, and the commission_refuses ab solutely to acknowldlee auy authority, save that of the people of Florida, which it rep resents, —— MAKES A NIGE MONOPOLY. y Kffect of the Garbage Contract as Presented to the Mayor. Owana, July 22.—To the Editorof Tue Bre: The attempt of tne council to rail- road the new garbage contraet through and fasten o ten veard® contract upon the tax- payers of Omaha is not a new thing at all, but is the result of a scheme that has been hatching for some time and 1f successful will give a monopoly of the busine hands of men who already have hold upon the people municipality. Several months ago the newspapers began to publish paragraphs to the cffect that the Missouri River commission was getting ready to commence action against the city of Omaha to prevent a further dumping of garbage into the river, on the ground that the channel of the stream was being changed | by the continual use of the river front for this purpose. Then we heard of protests from business men from all along the river front. Was there any significance in these mutterings? It looks like it, don't it, when the men back of the now garbage monopoly areS. L. Wiley, who headed the agitation against the dump from a sanitary stand- | point, and R. S, Berlin, who was afraid the | dumping of garbage would chango the course of the river. This is the case, As a matter of fact, Mr. A. Macdonald has nothing to do with the contract further than to pose as a figurchead for Wiley, Berlin and others who are getting ready to organize a company and come in and enjoy the benefits of the monop- oly that will be theirs when the garbage contract is finally made. Nothing has becn done as yet. The schemers have simply been deating in futures, but they will be in it in good shape if the contract is fually awarded them. ow what will be the results of tract? In the first place the small owners will get no better service than the, zet now and will have to pry more for i But how will it be with the hotels, the livery stables and the people who have lirge antities of garbage to handle? Of course, men who are back of the present monop. oly scheme will say that these peoplt w have no move to pay than they have now, us the same ordinances will govern and the same scale of prices obtain. As a matter of ct the large patrons of the garbage men at present do not- pay any scale. They have contracts with the hau which™ their refuse is taken away at a figure much beiow that allowed by the ordinance. Give the proposed company a monopoly on the business for ten years and see how quick the prices will be put up, to the limit allowed by the ordinances, ahd then the big patrons will have garbage bills that will surprise them, In the ter of night soil and_cesspool cleaning the differenco will be still more marked. The present ordinances allow a charge of 10 cents per cubic foot for the re- moval of night spil, There is live competi- tion now, and the owner of a large number of buildings and regular patrons of the ces ool cleaners get the work done by the weck, month or year at about haif that price. The average wagon used-for cleaning cesspools holds about cightg cuble feet and would cost 88, It is seldom now that a man gets more than # for a load., Wopld the new monopoly company make any,_sugh reduction? Don't you believe it. The present cohtract was made without any competition, !Let the council ask for bids on some specifiod ‘hanner of taking care of the garbage business and not let a con- tract upon an offer thay is made without any competition whateyer.and made to- suit the men back of the schewe. . Give them all a show and see 1f Mr. l\%cdonuld' bid 13 not a very high one, instead of a_ magnanimous offer to the city as some of the councimen pretend to believe. As the now coutract will not be put wto effect until noxt January Mayor Bemis should give the interested tax- payers a chance to examine into the merits of the present proposition before he makes it a ten-year franchise by aflixing his signa- ture to the paper that has been prepared for him at the instance of S. L. Wiley and other corporation and monopoly representa- s into the enough of a of this tax-burdened this con- proparty s by y the week or month tives. GaupaGe HavLen, et Balloon, 3 and 8 o'clock today. BLOODY ASSAULT. Alfred Carlson Struck Over the Twice with w Hammer. Alfred Carlson of Thirty-third and Miami streets appeared at the police station st night with a bloody head and exhibited two bad looking wounds thercon e was accompanied by his wife and said that the wounds were caused by Deter Rus- sell, who boards at Thirty-fourth and Frank- Head lin streets. Carlson claims that Russell left the old country und a wife and three babies before he landed on Nebraska soil. Of lato Russell is alleged to hove cast amorous glances at Mrs. Carlson and has_urged her to clope with him. With true wifely dignity Mrs. Carlson said she repulsed Kussell who is a stone cutter. Lately Russele has_importuned Mrs. Carl- son with more_frequency than ever aud yes- terday she told her husband. He hitehed up his horse and drove down to Russell’s boording house. He called Russell, but the latter told bim to come in. Carlson did so, and he alleges th s00n us he crossed the threshold he was struck two stunning clips along the side of the head with a stone hammer. e fell to the ground in a dazed condition, but managed 1o got in his buggy and make his way to the police station. He will swear out a warrant for the arrest of his assailant, Bt 8, Courtland beach. -—— Stolea Cash Ora Frank Wilson and a comrade who known to the police, entered “store at Bleventh and Dodge stree o'clock last night. Wilson attracted Mr. Thurston’s attention and his partner sneaked behind the counter, grabving th ash drawer and ruuning out of the store. Wilson tripped up the proprictor and both made th cape with the drawer and moncy. Officer Russell who patrols that beat, was given a description of the men and soon located Witson who had some of the money on him, After robbing the store and dividing the bogdle the fellows threw the drawer in the alley and begau to eircu- late around in the fanie neighborhood. Both men are alleged to’ ve'slick sneak thieves and Ofticer KRussell did good work in captur- ing one of them 3o quiekly. e e— Balloon, 3 and § o'slock today. Balloon at 3 and is well hurston’s hout 9 Sia 2 A Yondon aispateh says an agreement was made between France and Evglaudthree years ago by whicn the latter was o have the Shan states, betw Burmah and the northeast froutier of Siam}apd France all the left bank of the Mekgng!" If this is true, all lngland has to a6 Ap%he matter is the s tlement of the bohudary betweeu its torri- tory and France. J Costly I roit Tribune Do you mean to say that you carried off the plaintiff’s coat by way of Jestt” asked the magistrate, ‘Jest 80, your houor." ix months for your first joke and two years for the ono just perpetrated,” said the Judge solemuly. Chicago Inter Ovean: “I don't see you call the story perfectly unreasonable “Look at the ending of this chapter;sit says they married and lived happy ever afidr.” “Well, what's wrong about that?" “Gireat Jupiter, mau, the scene is laid in why Chicago.” Aol Balloon at 3 and 8, Courtland beach. 5 1803 IXTEEN PAGES SMILING BILLY 1IN ACTION The Hustle of the Lone Highwagman of the Siskyous, THIRTEEN STAGES HELD UP IN SIXTY DAYS Nothing cept the Searcity of More Stages to Col A Glant In Courage, ant During his lifetime and when he fig- ured in the United States courts little Frank Williams was known as the lone highwayman of the Pacific. In less than sixty days he was suspected of having setopped and robbed thirteen stagos, making a trip from Oregon clear down to San Franciscoand taking every thing that came along in either direc- tion. On December 23, 1880, when Smiling Williams was arrested, says the San Francisco Examiner, he stood 5 feet 44 inches high, weighed 130 pounds, wa: years old _and wore a No. 6 shoe. The photograph taken at that time shows him to have a heavy shock of chestnut hair, a large. powerful nose, wide check bones, promineat temples, full ears and a smiling mouth. He was always laungh- ing, the officers say. Ho couldn’t keep his lips together and his smile was always pleasant. He fivst came into public prominence, though his identity was not then known, by the ingenions way in which he stopped _the stage on the Forest Hill route. Hestuck up a stick on the sido of the road, put a coat and hat on it, put & gun between the coat sleeves, and, using that to frighten the driver and the shotgun messenger, went through the stage. There were six passengors, 100, and among them were undoubtedly men of - courage, but when Willinms,” in his smiling, casy way, came along and asked them for their valuables, and pointed signifi- cantly to the dummy across the road they gavo him all he asked for. After he had gone and the shotgun messenger found out that Williams’ associate was a bundle of old clothes, he felt like resign- ing in sheer disgust. ; Williams' specialty in stage robbing was his strict attention to business. After he robbed one stag as @ passenge he got on it . drove along for & consid- erable distance, dismounted, told the driver to tell the driver of the down stage that he was_waiting for him, and kept his word. When the next stage came along Williams stepped out, and, although every one was_expecting him, no defense was made. He went through thav stage, and the very next day stopped another stage on the same route in about the sume place. That was a trifle more than the officers could stand. 1t was adding insult to injury and they made such a vigorous scard for Williams that he put five miles be- tween himself and the scene of his last operations before he stopped another stage. He never wore a mask, nor did he make any particular effort at con- cealment. idently he did not expeet arrest, but intended to make a few good hauls and leave the state. His descrip- tion was telegraphed and mailed all over the country, and his features were pretty weil known when he came down to San Francisco to spend a well-carned holiday. The story of his capture created quite alaugh at'the time. Smart as he was he allowed himself to be tricked in a very simple way. Cantain Lees saw him and suspected” that he was the man wanted for the robberies. He had Baiiiff Ryan of the police court make Williams® acquaintance, and in order to keep him around the place while he was making sure of his identity Ryan suggested to Williams that there was a very spiey trial going on in one of the court rooms and suggested that they go in and listen to the evidence. The idea seemed to strike Williams pleasantly and he took aseat with Ryan ina coroner of the room. Presently Lees came in with the description, walked over to Williams and arvested him. The prisoner only smiled and said, **Well, you've caught me."” Despite the daring he had shown in his robberies the police thought that they had rather a simple man to deal with, but they soon divcovered that Smiling Willinms knew a thing or two himself. When he was put upon his trial in the United States court the in- dictment taken up was one for robbing the Forest Hill stage. The evidence was complete. The passengers could identify Williams as the man who held up the stage, the dri was certaing the cloth- ing that the robber had worn and the handkerchief that he had used on that one oceasion as a mask and his weapons were all identified. It was shown that he had been at the scene of the robbery; it was shown that the cartridges used in the sawed-ofl shotgun which he earrvied had been specially manufactured for him, the buckshot being chambered in a peeus liar way, but Smiling Williams only smiled some mor and when bis attorney put in_ his de- fense it included an alibi. The alibi med to be first class, and part of it consisted of the vegister of the Golden Fagle hotel at Sacramento, which bore Williams' signature on the night of the day that the robbery was supposed , i Will- iams had registered at the Golden Eagle hotel at that time he could not have hoeen forty miles away robbing the stage, The statements of the defense included a theory that Williams had met in Port- land, Ove.,a man named Miller, who hadthe clothing similar to that foundin Williams' possession: there was a hand- kerchief which was identified, and Will- iams explained that that handker- chief belonged to Miller, and had got into his effects by mistake, The wicked Miller and the hotel keeper's alibi wer the things which the defense relied upon, but the proscention, although not very strong in the matter of indictments, had sense enough to look into the facts, They found that Williams' signature was genuine enough, and they found that he d really been at the hotel, but they also found that the date on the re istor was not the date of his arrival. It was the custom to change the date of arrivals on the registor when the day clerk came on. After Williams had ommitted the robbery he made a cut, jumped a train, drove a considerablo distance, and by jumping a freight train got into Saeramento about 4 o'clock in the morning. He went immediately to the Golden Eagle hotel and registeres Other people came after him and re tered before the date was changed when the day clerk came on., The appearance o these other peovle was a weak point in Williams' alibi. They testified that they had arrived at the hotel after 4 o'clock in the morning and fixed the time of Williams' coming, This gaye the stives an opportunity to discover the route which Williams had taken from the sceneof the robbery to Sacramento, and everything fitted in exactly. The fact that the stage was robbed between Auburn and Forest Hill on th 12th of December, and that on the I12th of Decem- ber Willisms' name appeared upon the hotel register no longer cut any tigur Witness after witness identified Wil- liams as the man who, &t various times, had robbed stages, and particularly as the man who, on the oceasion of the 12th of December, in Placer county, had, at the point of the pistol, compolled the driver, Frank Karl, to throw out the mail pouch and Wells-Fargo's treasare box. So the jury oconvicted Mr. Wil- liams, and for the first time in his judi- cial career Judge Hoffman pronounced a life sentence. It is & remarkable thing that the only othor person sentenced in the district court for life, since tho time of the occupancy of the bench by Judee Hoffman, was William Smith, who, on February 19, 1886, was sent to Folsom for life by Judge Sawyer. William Smith is the man known as Buckshot Smith, who was with Williams at the time of the escape. It was Buckshot Smith who grasped Guard Briare by the waist and went over the precipice with him. He was given a life sentence for mail robbery, after having served five years for robbing the stage. His crime was committed in 1882, and Wells- Fargo's prople made & special effort to keep him out of the way permancntly us ho was rogarded as a particalarly dangerous man, During the trial and subsequently Wells-Fargo's peoplo and the police made groat efforts to find out who Smil- ing Williams really was, They ascor- tained that he had friends who had pro- vided him with money for his defense. On one oceasion Carroll Cook received a check of $300 from a place in Texas as a fee for defending Williams, Subsequently other sums were sent to him, but ho never could discover who it was that seut the mon Williams was in tho habit of telling stories about his ad- ventures while incompany with o young woman w ture ho frequently dis- played. The picture was that of a girl in a riding habitstanding boside a large black horse. The singular resemblance between the features in the picture and Williams, and the marked resemblanco in size of the . two, caused Cook to sus- pect that the girl was no other than Williams in woman's costume, but Wil- liams always denied this and said it was a picture of his sweetheart. When asked about himself Williams always beeamo reticont. Mo appearcd to be acquainted with people in Texas, New Mexico and Missouri, and the police thought, that he was a Texan, or perhaps from New Mexico. When he was sent to jail he wrote a letter to his relatives in” Now Mexico to tell them that they need not expect any more communications from him, he was about to go to Africa. He intended to settle in the interior, which was fur ve- moved from postal communication, and grow up with thecountry. He explained 1o the attorney that he did not wish his folks to find out wh he was or any- thing about it. He went to Folsom with the mystery of his early life still un- solved, and he lies there on the hillside now with a plain board number for a tombstone, unknown, unidentitied. All the conviets speak of iiling Williams as a remarkable man, He wa always truthful, always brave, and a zood prison comrade. ITe was known to the oflicers as o dangerous prisoner, to the convicts as a true friend. e never bore malice; always told the police that he was not angry at them for catehing him: that they were simply doing their business as he had his; but he never for a moment ceased to think about escap- ing. ro — . —— REVIEWING A REVIE Onn, Neb,, July 20.—To the Editor of Tur Ber Elt. Naught endured but the world and Human nature.”—agzard, “Who is able to stand beforo jealousy?" —Solomon, Human nature seems to be the only changeless thing in this changeful world 61 ours. The opposite schools of the ancient philosophers belittled each other's system; theypriests of rival shrines scoffed each other’s oracle. 1Tothose who have studied hus man natureand read history it will not appeur strange that I J. Couch’ should question the claims of H. . Maiden ;that tho Mahatma of Cornlea should feel jealous of the Suge of Ord. Mr. Couch, who it seems paid a Mr. Maiden on the evening of June w column of it to 15, fills 1e_of July 2 in telling what e observed when there, and in airiug his sapience on o y of subjects. Heo docs mov give his reasons for paying the visit or what he expected to learn from it, but as to Mr Maiden’s claim to extraordinary powers of sight has this to say: This man’s oy have the look of ordinary optics. Oculists suy that at times there is a thickening of the lenses or a formation in the nature of cataract that gives the eye incr vision, and sometimes ends in loss of sight. The Sage of Ord wears glasses of French manu acture, madoe of a cle crystal that was not selected for overfineness of structural ar- rangement. At times I wear such a pair of glasses mysclf, and have discovered that when looking 1t tho wostern sky at nigh the orbs of the sky flash out in multiple de gree and impress upon the eye a phosphore cent quality that remains for a time the glasses are removed.” This is absolutely all he has to say in regard to Mr. Maiden's visual powers. He proposed no tests and gave his cluims in this regard no examina- tion. In passing _judgment upon the claims of Mr. Maiden there are three opinions presented from which to select our verdict, o brand hum an impostor; to con- sider him the victim of an hallucination or to accept his claim to the possession of ex- traordinary powers of sight as true, Thoso who know "Mr. Maiden and his reputation teriing honesty will decline to adopt the opinion; those who know his good sense in matters of business and the conduct of affairs will be loath to adopt the second. As to the third, what Mr. Couch says need in no wise shake the confidence of any. Ho says, “This man's eyes have the look of or- Iy opiies,” but fails to show himsclf an optician. In the next senteuce lie suys: “Oculists say that at times there is a thick- ening of the lenses or & formation in the nature of & caturact that gives the oyo in- creased vision,” Ho makcs merry of Mr. Maiden" statement: “Our sun is a succession of ox- plosions of gis repeated from 500 to 6K per minute,” ete., in this wise: “As to the truth of this explosion theory from his tele- scopic sight, I confess | can only take off my hat. No doubt there are bursts of sun cor- ona that reach upward vast distances, but the dynamite theory hardly corresponds with my own.” Mr. Maiden bases this theory of his upon the observations he has made, and it seems to receive striking con- firmation from the report of Prof. Schaeberle of the Lick obse tory, has lately returned from Chili, South Am ica, where he went to observe the eclipse of the sun which occurred there last April Here is a statement of his theory, taken from the New York Weekly Tribune of June 25: “Prof. Schaeberle's theory, which he went South America to prove, was that the beautiful corons which appears every time there is o total eclipse of the sun was caused by the fact that tne sun was covered with immense volcanoes which continually belched forth great masses of molten mat rial, which the sun drew back to with a speed which could not be reall, Judging trom this, Mr, Couch will find thero are others than Mr. Maiden whose views fuil to “corraspoud with my own." His rival's lack of education Mr. brings before his readers 1 this wise is & well built man, near H2 years of ag Englishman, wno finishea his scholast - tion nearly forty years ago.” Mr. Maiden, like ull truly great en, is above mere petLy pride and has never concealed the fact of his meager schooling, but feels little need to apologize for what he shares with some of the greatest names iu history, and Is happy to think that while he left school forty years ago he did not therefore cease learuing. He is still a student, and in tho world that great schcol of exverience, is daily learning lessous deeper ana higher than any schol tic institution can teach. His iguorance of astronomical sffairs is touched upon as follows: “June 15, 1803, in the gen- tle moonlight, with the moon presenting the old picture of ‘the ‘new moon in the oid woon's arme,' shiving trom the constellation Gewini, wilh some bright sturs i the north, 1 innocontly (nquired of the «age with the tolescopic oye their names, But my ex- pectations were lost in the dim twilighs, Still looking alotg the line of the rodinc constellations, from Gemini past Cancer and Leo and Vireo, with Libra beyond, and while the philosopher was tolling of how, At 0:80 p. m., on August 81, 1502, he saw with telescopic wonder the planct Saturn, and while dilating on the beauties that would be shown more on June 15, 1803, than August 81, 1802, 6f that queen of the sky, 1 expected that the fine points of excellence would be ‘mll\h‘rl out, and the exact place of Uranus. Jut Twas disappointed until, pointing to Alpha Tyrea, ho said: “Thoere is a planot, That Mr. Maiden is unacquainted with the names of the stars, or is unable to polat out the constellations, or that he may even mistake a fixed star for a planot, while it 8hows his lack of the rudiments of astronom- ical knowledge, is no proof of his lack of ex- traordinary powers of sight. Mr. Couch himself hardly shows to greater advantage when he speaks of muking “‘the virgin Vega blush with cavy.” Vega ls 1 name derived from the Arabic alnesr-al-wagi, meaning falling star. When ho says, *“I'ho Sage of rtainly suepassed tuy ability, for had urn av0:3) poom, August vo climoed some voleanio height and looked down into its nether depthis to see by its roflection that queen of night." If Saturn was not visiblo sk ards it could hardly be scen by looking down into’ the “nether depths™ of a “vol- canic height.” ~ Aud it is surely straining astronomie, {6 not poetic, license to call Saturn “queen of the sky' and “‘quoon of night.” Such remarks are apt to make old man Saturn “blush with envy." Mr. Couch sneers at Mr, Maiden's “rude he should remember that rly observers had apparatus equally and that tho foundations of astronomy were laid by observers who possessed no ap- paratus at all, Mr. Maiden's theor at variance with fact argument against his possessing extraordi- nary powers of . 10 seo is one thing; to correctly describe what is seen, anoth To observe and to deduce theories as the r sult of such observation are powers of dif- ferent orders. That Mre, Couch has in this instance at least shown himself eiher an optician or an astronomer will be the opinion of fow pos- sessing capabilities of passing judgment upon the subject. A8 to his opinions on general topics or lus skill in_expressing them, they arc on a par with his other acquirements. ana but boecomes more apparatus,” but the o 08 may or may not be : this of itself is no His aphoristic utterances on “genius' far from clear, ho intelligenee” are ver, when he attempts w obscure than a heathen oracle., We would so tho gentleman wheh next he es up tho role of Mahatma to study his s before coming in frout of the foot lights. “Ihis letter, which has been delayed by tha pressuro of farm work, will not 1 hope be toc late for your columns. ' 1 have not tho lois- ure to add more and could not in justice to Mr. Maiden have said loss. DaviD Dinne. e orting Tale, Detroit Freo Press: Charlio Ryan, who handles the passenger business of the ' Ches- apeake & Ohio railroad from Cincinnati, has also to handle some passenger business that requires Napoleonic genius —towit, the pass fiends. One of these, a sleek, insinuating fellow, wulked into Kyan's ofiice ono day in June, SADL he said, s this Mr, Ryan Mr. ityan didn't deny that it was. “Ah, well, Tealled to see if 1 couldn't get transportation for myself over your road to White Sulphur? Mr. Ryan smled divi “Certivinly, siv; cortainly all you want.'” CAD, many thanks; do I'get it from you?” +Oh, no, sir,” bowed the polite Charles, “You get 1t at the ticket ofiice down stairs. We don't sell tickets up hore,” and the man Wwas 50 overcome that e went down stairs and actually bought a ticket. ieng Now York Sun: The large, rough man from the mountains, with a pot of money on his person, was resting comfortably in an asy chair at the Auditorium in Chicago, ily watching the “help” tiaying up thé writing room. 50, he said to the meni; hotel the Auditorium, do you? “Yes, sir.” 4 vou call one of them show buildings. ir grounds thd Spectatorium (" “Yes, sir.”! “Well,” and he stretched himself out n Tlittle further, “s'pose you shove one of them expectoratoriums over this way, I want to- take a chaw of the woed.” R Y The Clussic Varlety. hington Star: “Now, which kind of do you desire to become proficient in?” said the professor to the new pupil. ical, by all means,” replied the . tyou call this young woman, “1am very glad to hear you express this preference.” *“Yes, When you play classical music rdly any b / knows whether you make a misiake or no i e wale He Died in Selt-Defonse. 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