Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1893, Page 2

GIGANTIC RAILROAD SCHEME How the Government Can Secure Control of Many Lines, PROMINENT POPULISTS PLANS . OF Companies Forced Into the Hands of Re- s by the Prevailing Commereial Distress to Be Appropriated for the Pab Cuicaco, Aug. 6,—Since the close of the silver convention Mr. Georgo I, Washburn of Boston, chairman of the eastern division of tho national committee of the people's party, and Colonel A. S. Fisk of Denver, Colo., president of the Pan-American Bi- metallic association, together with other prominent populists of the west, have been in daily consultation with the leading gov- ornment ofticials, bankers, capitalists and railrond men of the west devising a gigantic railroad scheme of government ownership which they think will afford financial relief to the country and make at once an issue of two of the principal planksof their platform. Mr. J. H. Davis of Texas, who was the populist candidate for attorney general a year ago and who, during his campaign pro- posed a similar plan, is the legal counsel of the populists. 1t is'alleged that the money stringency has_ affected stransportation 80 greatly that the receipts on many west- ern roads have fallen off fully one-third and that receiverships for some of them have al- ready been asked for, which would also mean the ruin of commercial and industrial inter- ests in every western and southern state. S Much Changed. Mr. Washburn, who is a_prominent busi- ness man in_Boston and New York, states that most of the stock of these roads is held in New England, being Boston cnterprises, and that the loss of dividends and threat- ened ruin is rapidly changing sentiment in that section in favor of government owner- ship of railroads us well as for bimetallism. The plan proposed is, thut the national government shall 1ssue bonds for all legal and justindebtedness, being governed by tho same tenure and contract which now exists. The amount is estunated 10 be about two- thirds of the vaiue of the railroads, and an issuance of legal tender treasuiy notes, or silver certiticates for the remaining one-third. Objection was raised to the populist’s plan to payone-third in treasury notes, which would greatly inc the prico of procuct in the country, but it was claimed that ev though the full amount of one third should be issued, 65,000,000 people could better absorb £2,000,000,000 of treasury notes now than 25, 000,000 people did in 1867, and that this issuanco of treasury notes would afford im- mediate financial relief and inaugurate a period of prosperity unparalleled in the his- tory of the world. ~ But the populists do not the government shall buy all is at once, but so gradually that 10 shock would be felt in the money market. Beginning with tho western roads, they would be taken in the order of their applic tlon, some being ready now. Could Reduco Expenses. The populists say that while their party is opposed to any new issuanco of national bonds, no objection could be offered to the even exchange of bonds which already exist, and that the bonds could be gradually paid, and ina fow years the government would own the railr It is claimed that tho plan would n onizo existing railroad intorests : nment owned all the railroads west of the Mississippiriver instead of b competitive to the eastern voads, they would be distributive and could be used b; government to move the crops to the markets at costand in this way de- velop the ources of this great westorn country and_ thoreby stimu- lato trade; also ~ thut uninhabited sections could be colonized, the low fares be- ing an inducement to immigration, and in this way relieve tho cities from their present congested state and provide an_additional market for the manufactured products for the people who remain, and that inasmuch as a commission only wouid be needed in each state. the saving in high salaries would be enormous. All Interests flensed, 1t is claimed that the bondholders like the 1dea, because they would bonds in n excha road bouds of unc take kindly to the scheme, because it solves the problein of how to get more bonds. The employ e the pian be- cause they would ve tenure and stabitity of employment and through election and civil be able to protect themselv injustice by officers as well s against removal. Tt is further alleged that merchants and ehippers fuvor the plan beeause there would be no discrimiuation in transportation rates in favor of trusts and syndicates and it would reduce the aggregate of fixed 1y one-thi Tho farwers favor it becauso they would get freight rates which would not b all the “trafic would bear” and. thereby absorb all of their prolits. Mr. Washburn will leave for Washington tomorrow to have the matter presented to congress, and o secure the support of west- ern und southern congressmen. timo; superior VIEWS OF OHICAGO g Yow Prominent Citizen W, the Country's Finan Cnicaco, Aug. 6.—In regard to the ques- tion of what meusures vongress should adopt at the extra session called tomorrow 1o reliove the present financial stringency, n morning paper publishes interviews with a number of leading mon of this city. Tho question asked gach of them was—“If you were a momber of congress during the coming extrn session and wore orered the chairmanship of the committee on coinage, weights und measures, what would you do?* Franklin MacVeagh, one of the largest wholesalo grocers in the country: If I were placed 1 such a position 1 would not know how to act. 1 would not know what policy to adopt or course to pursue which 1 would be contldent was for the best interests of the country. ‘This inancial question is a fear- fully 1avolved one, and I am not clear enough pou it to express an opinion which is of any value. My sympathies are in one direction while my business judgments scem to be tending 1 the other.” I have tried to be a bimetallist because 1 have felt that the de- struction of silver mining would work a great injury to the west, but in spite of my Jeaning “toward silver’ I am afraid this countr caunot maintain its parity with gold without the aid of other nations. Opinton of an Editor, Josep b Medill, editor and proprietor of the Tribuue-First, if my advice were taken, it would be for congress to confine itself oxclu- sively to the currency question, and having dealt with that, o adjourn sine die untll the regular session i December. 1 would also advise that congress should not touch the 1arifl question except to appoint a committee to confor with the ways aud means and ap- propriation committees. It should do noth- fug in regard Lo the repealing of the tax on bank notes aud let other Juatters alone and exert itself towards prfviding ways and means for putting out the fire that i suming the prosperity of the count, congress should go home and let the thrift of the country repair the damages of Yhy ldst ninety days. Sust Protect Silver. Vice president of the World's fair, F. W. Peck—1f 1 wero n niember of congress and were offered the chairmauship on coinage, the first thing I would do would be to pre: pare s bill for the repeal of the purchusing clause of the Sherman actand then 1 would offer a bill for the free colnage of silver at such a chauge of ratio as would make the bullion value in & dollar worth ncarer 100 cents in gold thau it is at present. But the Sherman act would have o be got out of the way first, and then 1 would trust cougress to protect silver, and silver must be protected. l am a bietallist and always have been. | do not'kuow and have never believea that the business of this country can be dune L with gold alone and the nexl most stablo wetalis silver. Gage on the Situation. 1 J. Gage, ident of the First Na- mx:nl-.h:ak-f“vuu".u: iuterests of the coun By dewand atonee is she repeal of the pur- i 14 Manage o8, ehasing clauso of the Sherman act. 1 think the extra session 8¢ congress should give a pledgo to maintain the parity of gold with all our stock of money, gold, . silver, greenbacks, silver cortificates and il obiigations of the government. In my opinion thare should bo 1o 1asue by the government of silver certifi- cates, United States or national of less denomination than $5 or $10. retary of the treasury should be di soll gold bonds when necessary to protect the plediges of the government on the equality of gold, silver and other obligations. “OLd Huteh™ Talks, inson, better known as “Old L] to issue mordé money sugh money in the country to do the busincss with and there has not been for twenty-five years. There rin to be gold enough. W. Allorton, a pork packer and late candidate for m mmon sense thing for this cong: puld be, first, adopt some measuro 10 restore business con- fide That could be best done by an im- mediate repeal of the Sherman act, not bo- auso the altogather bad in itself, but because nine-tenths of the business men of the country make 1t responsiole for their misfortunes, The noxt thing to be done would be for the secrotary of the treasury 10 i88u0 £50,000,000 or $100,000,000 in bonds of small denominations, so_that the poor peo- ple could buy them. = Withsuch a bond issue, bearing 215 per cent, the money that 18 now hiding in the safety deposit vaults, old stockinga and bureau drawers, would come to light and improve such an opportunity for investment, PATTERSC s PRATTLE. How the Colorado tor Would Nolve tho Financiat Proble DeNvER, Aug. 6.—Hon. T. M. Patterson of the Rocky Mountain News has returned from the Chicago silver convention, and when asked by an Ascocinted Press man what he thought of the New York bank statement issued yesterday and the increaso of their Clearing Houee certificates to nearly £35,000.000, he cepied: A startling condi- tion truly do the New York banks present 1o the country, and the value of and the im- possibility of wetting along without silver legal tender money is also made very cloar ¢ the castern dispatches. big New Yotk banks may be able to pull through, but if they were in the west and Comptroller Eckles should treat them as ho did the western banks a majority of them would have been compelled “to closo their doors a week ago. “For more than A month now cash trans- botween these banks have ceased that in the west must be daily settled in cash, are settled in the New York clearing house by loan certificates—a new species of currency, altogether unknown to the law. More than £34,000.000 of this wina money has been issued. and it1s upon this that the Now York banks are running. All on a Par. “Every one of these banks have payment. The Denver, Milwaukee, Indian- apolis and Louisville banks that closed their doors are not a whit worse than tho bloviat- ing, bullying, inflated Now York banks, If the western banks had elected to pay only checks for small amounts and refused 1o pay these for large sums—as the New York banks have done and are now doing—ail the western banks would be rinning today. Only uy the Chicago Trust Savings vank sent its che £25,000 on the Western York for collection. check was drawn agains t money on de- posit in the Now York bunk, but _its presi- dent, Brayton Ives, refused cash on the check and” tendered these clearing house certificates instead. The First National, the Fourth National, the Chase National and the City National bauks, all of New York, wired the First National bauk 6f Chicago’a fow days ago, that it Lo must receive clearing hous. tificates from them for its monoey deposit in Now York. Under pretense of & famine in small currency and to prevent depositors taking it out to sell at . promivm, the dis- patchcs announced that ‘the banks are re- fusing to cash checks unless thoy are well satisfied thore is neces for the useof curency.' i Thinks it Very Strange. “What is all this about suspension? Why arcnot these banks closed? What under- standing s thero between them and the bank authorities in Washington that por- mits them to suspend payme at will and yet keep open doors{ It is a curious phenomenon—national banks investigating when a depositor’s check s presented for payment, whether the clieck holder intends o speculite on his own money or not and if ey concludo he does, refusing to honor the ispended Since the last showing of these banks their reserve has decreased nearly $9,500,000, their specie has decrease £06.702,000 and their legal tender currency, £.332,000. Thoir reserve is over #14,000,000 below the legal requirements. This showing from a_group of banks with a capital of but §63,000,000 the banking uthorities should not overlook. By these extraordinary makeshifts the binks mav pull through, but if they don't what then! The government will be held, and should be held to strict accountability by the thousands of individuals and associa- tions that will bo the sufferes If it were not for the much abused and astern-despised silver dollar—the toe dollar the New York banks would break into smithereens anyway, and there would be financial chaos much worse than there now is in Gotham. Demand for Silver Dollars. *“The demand for silver dollars both in the east and south discloses the remarkable fact that every silver dollar in the country is now doing auty in moving the country'’s businoss. ré 80,000,000 of them, and they are eithor in specie or their represents ilver certificates. Applications for dollars from the south and oast are denied by the Treasury dopartment bocause thero ate nono that van bo issued, Eith the dollars themselves or cortificates ropre senting them to the last dollar are now in civeulation, “In Now York the silver dollars are at a premium over gold of from 1 to 115 per cent. “The sub-treasury refused to pay ‘out silver dollars in $1,000 lots which wero called for in exchange for greenbacks, and they can be obtained now only for the mnew treasury notes issucd in payment of silver bullion on special demand or for silver certificates. “The probabilitics aro that the government would not pay out silver dollars in oxchange for gold if demanded. on It Teache: lesson these extraordinary facts ome in apt time for thoe weifare of the Congress convenes tomorrow for the 53 purpose, o far as President Clove- land could fix it, of repealing the Sherman law. T'his is the lust step necessary 1 secure the single gold standard in the United States. But the necessity tor silver lllllllv{ in addi- tion to gold-silver mouey, coined free with gold and the bankruptey everywhere in Furope and America for the want of a suf- ficlant metallios basis now staring congress in the face, must restore the most fanatical single gold standard congressman to his senses and convince him thut tho gold basis will end in common and gencral ruin, The first thing congress should do is 1o set the mints at work coining the 140,000,000 ounces of silver bullion now in the treasury into silver dollars and distribute them throughout the country and break up the close partnership now existing between the treasury department and the clearing house banks of New York.' GOLD AND SILVER FREE COINAGE. Senator Berry of Arkansas Thinks This Solves the I'roblem. Litrie Rock, Aug. 6.—A Gazette reporter today interviewed Senator Berry and other members of the Arkansas delegation now at Washington on the silver question. Said Senator Berry: 1 believe we should carry out the promises mada by the party in convention at Chicago. We promised to re- peal the Sherman act and to provide also for the free coinuge of both gold and silver in such a way as would cause them to circulate upon terms of equality. I think that the sawe act which repeals the Sherman act should provide for the free coinge of both gold and silver. 1 am willing 1o risk the ratio at the present rate of 16 1, “To repeal the Sherman law and put none in its place would put us on a gold basis, which [ think would be ruinous to the farmers of the soulb and would certainly be ! in violation of pledges to the country. I also believe congress should immediately take up the tariff guestion and repeal the MeKinley bill av the eurliest vossible day and subsiitute & bl for tariff for revenue bank notes | only. 1bellave that the failure to redoem the promises mado at Chicago would be an act of bad faitn which would tend to lose the confidence of the people.” Representativos Dinsmore and Neil ex- pressed thomselves the same way. INe ANA BAD Some of the Most Prominent Citizens of the City Involver. Ixniavaronts, fud., Aug. 6.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bre.]—It has commenced to dawh on the cltizens of Indianapolis that their - idol monetary institution, the Indian- apolis National bank, now in the hands of a raceiver, did not collapse on account of the stringency of tho Itogether. The fact that its president, Theodere H. Haughey, was one of the most conservative bankers in t he state. that he had a social and religious s tanding in the community enjoyed by fow, t hat ne never “plunged” or speculated, that his stockholders were such men as Lew Wallace and that among his depositors was ex-President Harrison, made his institution a financial Gibraltar, When it closed its doors and Bank Ex- amimer Young went into the vaults and R cceiver Hawkins was appointed at the sug- gestion of Congressman Bynam, the sympa- thetic chords of the community played a tendor air for the venerable president and the newspapers, believing that the bank would weather the storm, spoke kindly of theold man and hopofully of the outcome. ‘There is still a respectful feeling for Presi- dent Haughey, who, by the way, has been out of his house only once since the sus- pension. There is probably not a citizen in Indianapolis who would not assist him per- sonally; but facts are cropping out in spi of an attempt to suppress them, which will show, unless & hindrance enjoins them, that the old man has been victimized. That is a merciless sort of & W of putting it. but it is not half as bad as some citizens here put it. FAILL Looted the Bank. They say the bank has been virtually looted, and that there are some transactions in the affair which will call for expianation from Haughey's own family aud from his confidential advisor and brother in the sanctuary, ¥ A. Coftin. Since the Fletcher & Sharp failure here in 1882, who collapsed for a couple of millions, there has been a feeling that nothing more scrious could ever occur to shake the faith of the o al in its financinl affairs. But here is uhis old concern of thirty years growth, whose president is a member of the Metho® dist church, whose friends are the social leaders and whose depositors include men of nacional repute, closing its doors, with un- convertible paper, the face of which ought to represent nearly $1,000,000. The suspension was announced July 26. Mr. Haughey, with feeble step, feeble and faltering voice, declared that up to the Sun- day night previous he never dreamed that the bank was in any way embarrassed. Then he was taken home and took to his bed, and there he has remained, ruminating on the fickleness of monetary affairs, Spe- ciul Bank Examiner Young has not yet un- raveled the tangle, but as far as ho has gone he has found some curious transactions, Francis A. Coftin, who came here from Richmond, Tnd, about ten years agoand who figured in a bank failure in that town of which his father is president, is the Fidus of President Haughey and his in the church. Coffin is president of anapolis Cabinet company, a concern taken precedence in a financial His brother Percival is secretary and \reusurer. Many Unsecured Loans. The examiner finds that the Coftin brothers secured loans of 30,000 each from the bank on individual unsecured notes. Then the cibinet cownpany itself secureda simitar loan in the same way. The cabinet compa 80 extensive that it had mnine b ches and each of them, or the manager thereof, secured loans from the bank to the amount of £270,000 more on unsecured mnotes, al- thouwh since the suspension_of the bank it appears that the comy: has executed to Theodore Haughey, as trustee, a mortgage for §250,000. There are people here who pro- fess that they do not understand why the mortgage was not executed at the time the money was negotiated. while others declare ‘they do not underatand how a bank, acting under the national banking' law, could loan virtually = $360.000 ~ to & concern when the law says the bank shall not lend more than $30,000 or 10 per cent of its capital stock to any one person or con- cern. They forget that the Maverick bank of Boston and the National Marine of New York did similar business, although the Muverick managers are today behind the burs of a state prison for their transactions. “Then there aro the Indianapolis Glue con pany and the Indianapolis Curled Hair works, operated principatly by the Haughey family, which used the funds of the bank for the advancement of their business, and it does 1ot appear that the two concésiis wero re- quired to give any security for their loans, which is required of outsiders. Other Questionable Methods. Some of the oter loans similarly nogoti ated are by men who are either unknown or who are merely employes of the companies, one an_engincer and another a traveling esman. All of_these notes were unse- rod, but tomorrow mortgages will bo ex- ccuted which, it is supposed, will help the bank out to some extent. Onoof these mort- wuges will be by the Glue Works for_$40,000, one by the Curled Hair Works for 27,000 and another for $40,000, making security of $ 000 for loans to the amount of $300,000, and the security is furnished after the’ special or has tho bank under his thumb . The Glue Works is _capitalized for 0,000, but conservative estimates make its value loss. While expressions of sympathy were fre- quent and warm on the eve of the suspen- sion of the bank a clearing house committee consisting of other bankers took 1t upow themselves to influenco the press of the city by representing that any undue agitation of affuirs might injure the credit of the town. They backed this up by offering Mr. Haughey whatover amount was necessary to tide him over, #50,000 in all. ‘Worked by His Friends, The ex-president was touched by this ten- der, and replied that $0,000 would bridge him over, The committee told him ho had better tako £50,000, and their eloquence was 80 persuasive that he consented. No sooner was the money ic the vaultsof the Indianap- olis National than some one who knew the situation went straight and notified several large depositors that the old bank had funds, and those friends drew out the money and placed it in other banks of the city. An incident occured in the closing up of tho bank between Special Examiner Young and President Cofin of tho Cabinet works, Coftin had proclaiméd that the cabinet con- cern haa enough loose change in its vaults 1o reimburse the bank and put it on its feet. The bank examiner called on Mr. Cofiin and told him that if such was the case, considering the close rela- tions existing betwcen his concern and the bank, ho fimd better make his boasts good by paying to the bank the loose change referred . Mr, Coftin resented this, and said he did not propose to be insulted by a Uniied States oficial. The bank examiner then recalled Mr, Cofin's conuection with the Richmond bank failure, in which Coftin's ‘‘poor father” had been unfortunate. The recall of that affair, it is said, caused Cofin to wince. Embarcaysments of u Milllonaire. Levaxox, Pa., Aug. 0.—Robert P. Cole- man of Lebanon Valley, and a millionaire several times over, has confessed judgments in favor of his brother-in-law and one of his sttorneys, Archibald Rogers of New York, aggregating $306,000, which, together with other lieus previously entered, swells the aggregate Lo §2,604,000. Grant Wideman, one of Mr. Coleman's attorne; aid to the representative of certain «'red{ ors last night that he could not tell what woula be the out- come of Mr. Coleman’ s embarrassment, but that it might lead 10 a general ussignment, Work of a Fakir, Greexcastie, Ind., Aug. 6.—The dis- patch sent out from this caty last might: that the Ceutral National bank had closed its dors and suspended payment was maliciously false and the oficials are now engaged in hunting down the author. The bank has never closed its doors during business hours since its organization and 1ts deposits Sat- urday were larger than usual. It is one of the most substsntial banks in Indians, sod backed by fifty of the wealthiest and most reliatle mien in Putnam county and has # of assels w every dollar of Labilities. CHATS 1N (;THE CORRIDORS @ossip Gathered : %pull on a Quiet, Bunny Sabbath, ADVENTURE OF | COMMERCIAL PILGRIN Mistook a Policomap for a Highwayman - Perplexing Plight of a Hotel Clerk— Memories of s South Dykota Coun ell Mee! ng S hort Talks. “Reading in Tre Bre of that attempted hold-up the other night,” sald “B'rer Ham" at the Murray hotel last ovening, ‘‘ro- minded me of an incident that occurred not long ago in which a fricnd of mine, a well known traveling man, was one of the prin- cipal actors. The said traveling man reads the papers and had seen a good deal about footpads and highwaymen being i town. He was greatly infatuated with a certain young lady. Always called on her when he came to Omaha, In anticipation of being *held up * somo night on his way to his hotel after comploting an evening call, he provided himself for such an emorgency by getting a largo six-shooter. “*Ho carried it for some time without hav- ing anything happen to him, but one night, on a recont visit to Omaha, he concluded pleasaut_evening call and started for his hotel. Now, the young lady lives in_ tho suburbs, and it is awfully lonésome out there late at night. The gentleman in question only got about two blocks from the home of the young lady when suddenly he became aware of the presence of some one in his vicinity, and, looking up, he saw a dark figure atanding buck of ‘a troo Just ahoad of hin “The commercial pilgrim fsa man of ac- tion, and he did not hesitate, Urawing his trusty gun he walked up to to the tree afore- said and remarked in firm tones: “““Throw up your hands! I've got the drop on you, you contemptible footpad.’ “Trow up your own, ye blackguard ! said the supposed highwayman, stopping from behind the treo. *You're me prisoner, see! Give up th’ gur an’ coom along, while T ring for de wagon.' *“The supposed highwayman proved to bo a big policeman ana 1t took the traveling man a full half hour to square himself with the guardian of the peace, whose pride was terribly lacerated at the' thoughtof being mistaken for a footpad.” Remintscence of South Dakotn, Two or throo traveling men got hold of an Omaha councilman at the Paxton yesterday and proceeded to have some fun with him after the manner of the Phibstines. In the course of proceedings they got to telling about some of the funny things that happen when a city council gets excited, and one traveler told the following yarn ‘Several years ago I was city clerk in one of the principal cities of South Dakota, and it fell to my lot to sec and hear all sorts of things while in the performance of my duties. “We had a democratic mayor—one of the rock-ribbed sort—wha was a rattling good fellow, an excellent, parlianentarian, a first- class presiding officér ind all that, ‘but he would accumulate his jaglet some s times a weeck, tho only oxceptions being when the jaglet becaine a fully-developed jag. { “One night there,wag a matter of consid- able portance to. be consiaered at a special meeting of the council which the mayor had called. ‘The members arrived and took their seats #hd an audience com- posed largely of ladies- wus there to take in the proceedings. But half an hour after the time set for the uiceing the ‘lord mayd had not arrived and, @verybody was growing impatient, when, finally he stalked in_ the city marshal having ghne and ‘flushed’ him somewhere. . “He ok his sent, valled the council to order and conducted proceedings for a time just as though' he cwas sober. The unin- itiated outside; the. . railing. thought he was, Tn however, when the seplor 1 rom the ward was_making 'a " length the facts in the case cime out so everybody could see them. ‘Hizoner, who was par- tially in the arms of Morpheus and King Alcohol, came back to earth just as the speaker was n the act of making a good point. He slammed bis big hand down on the table, and remarked slowly, in.the deep, bass tones for which le was noted: “The gentleman from tihe Third ward isa liar! Then he leaned back in his chair and drifted into a peaceful slumber, but couldn’t snore becauso his breath was so strong that it held the snore helpless. ‘“T'here was only one thing to do in a case of that kind, The council went into execu- tive session for five minutes, the marshal cleared the council chamber of visitors, and when the outsiders returned the 1 asleep in the janitor's voom and a counci man occupied the chair, Proceedings were not further delayed.” Tensod About His Tile. Tn the employ of one of Omaha’s most prominent hotels is o young man who does not pretend to be a swell. but who prides himself on not being behind the times in the matter of dress. Tha other day he bought a hat, of which his fellow clerks and his friends generally did not approve, and the next day he receivea through the mail the fqllowing epistle: CRICAGO, Aug. 2, 1893 Dear Sir: Having béen informed that you are noted for your taste in head apparel, and are necustoméd to set the fashion in your city, we take the liberty to respectfully call your attention to our large and select summer “and fall assortment, We carry o Inrge stock of ev and elegant in this line. You than to give us an order, and sollcit your patronage. served, Is our motto, Hoping that you will glve the matter your earliest attentlon, we remain, dear sir, your most obedient servants, Nonny, MAsi'ex & Co. And the next day one of Unclo Sam's gray coats brought him this: I'm fly and all that, In my nobby new hat, Allready to kick up i powwow, Papu bought o a hat, And the girls all liked that; Al Tlack now i3 o bowwow. That was on Saturday. Yesterday when he arose he found hung’over the transom of his door @ placard labelled, “Where, oh where did you get that hat!” and at dioner the bill of fare handed him was hdorned with a pencil sketch of a hat something like the offending article which caused the trouble. It is now Monday, and the owner of the new piece.of headgear is wonderlng what will come in today’s mail, and_whether the boys will ever let up %l_l‘_lllm. The traveling hing stylis! ot do bette hunbly Virst scomo, first men are blamed forif. e e e EXCITED THE SOLDIERS. L iy Determined Efforts ‘of au Incendinry at Fort Reblnson. Forr RomNsoN, Augt. 0.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee. |-“Friday night some one set fire to Quartermaster Sergeant Hactor's house three times atid 'the samo number of times Saturday night dnd twice today. A board of oficers willl meet tomorrow 10 in- vestigate. Suspicionipeiuts strongly to one vperson in the garrign which will probably be verified when thg, board meets. All the occupants along thi, noncommissioned ofi- cers' line patrol thefi"back yards all night. Tecumneli, Personals. Tecumsen, Aug. Byvffapecial to Tue FEr ] —Mr. and Mrs, Ed Dinpy of Lancaster, £a., are visiting relatives imahe city. Mrs. W. H. D. Ludlow and children are in La Porte, la. Dr. Corfinan ana wife of Tifin, O., are vhmm‘iu the community, Carl Wright of Colorado Spriugs, Colo., is in the city. ¥ R. 1. Brown has moved his family to Lin- coln. Mr. Brown is o guard aithe state peniwm.n;?'. Mrs. C. K. Chamberlain and daughter Mil- dred of this city are recreating at Kiune- bunkport, Me. Rufus McBrien is rusticatlug in Colorado this month. Mrs. . Speich and ohildren of Washing- ton, D. C.. are visiting the former's father, K. Tlerney, of this city. Miss Minnie McGee of Beatrice is visiting relatives in the eity. H. C. Abernethy of California is visiving his brother, John Aberuethy, this week. Rev. J. F. Kemper and son Arthur, Prof. M. B. C. True and wife, D. R Ostrander and wife, Mrs. William Snyder and Mrs. George Buffun are off on a visit to the World's fair. Mrs. C. M. Miller and daughter Flora are visiting in Albia, la Mrs. Gertie Gray is spending a woek in Albia, Ta, Misses Katie Cameron and Gertie Gard ner of Lincoln spent last week in Tecumseh Mrs. J. A, Dillon is entertaining her cousins, Mrs. Frrucis Bates of Middleton, O., and Mrs, Fannio Weathereld of Boatr P Falr Crops in Raxporrei, Neb, Aug. 6.—[Special w Tur Bee. ] —Owiog to the dry fall the late sown winter wheat and ryo, much of which did not come up tiil this spring, are not averag- ing as wellas spring wheat, though some fields sown early have mado a good yield The small grain is npw largely harvestod plump kernels and in porfect condition. The fiue rain of July 8 and that of over a weok ago havo brought on grass, flax, millet and corn in fine style, Pastures are green and cattle are fat. Theo hail storm reported a week or two ago dovastated o small arca in the northwestern part of Cedar county but terminated a litule east of Menominee. Fatal Ace nt wt Bennott, Bexxerr, Neb., Aug. 0.—[Speeial Telogram o Tue B ames Mason, & workman on the Benuett Union, and two companions wore swinging ia a bhammock ono end of which was attached to the job press. Their weight pulled the press over. It fell Mason, crushing his head and causing in- stant death. Tho deceased was o membor of Bennett lodge No. 82, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a very nice young mau. Nettlod, eNTON, Neb., Aug [Special to Tue Bre]—The county roturning board can- vassed the returns of the county scat elec- tion held July 31 yesterday and Culbertson cedes “Trenton” a victory of se votes over and above tho necess fifths. ‘I'renton was thronged during the afternoon with sturdy farmors from all parts of the country, rojoicing over their great victory at the polls, Collidod with Cows. Beiueve, Neb, Aug. 0.—[Speclal Telo- am to Tie Bem)—Threo valuable cows owned by Mr. John H. Atkinson wero kill by the Burlington & Missouri fast mail trawm at noon today. ‘Tho collision occurred just north of the depot and came very near wrecking tho train, which was heavily loaded and running at a high rate of spoed. in the Hepublie Guine Rock, Neb., Aug. 6.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Ber, W. Armstrong, o tinnor in tho employ of the Marsh Hardware company of this place while swimming at the dam across the Republican river was drowned todu, AR I PISTOLS AT T TX: Drowne PACES, Mexican Journnlists Fire Threo Shots in Bloodless Dusi. City or Mexico, Aug. 6.—Rafaol Reyes Spondola, editor of the EI Universal, consid- ering himself injured by certain paragraphs. ppeared in_the Gil Blas, demanded fon from Francisco Hoctes de Oca. Pistols at twenty s were tho terms do- cided upon. Principals and scconds met on the and proceeded to the Bomas of Santa 1%, whero the fight took place. Th shots were fired without resalt, after which the seconds brought the affair t a conclu- sion. Stabbed to tho Heart, ExtoNTOw N. J., Aug. 6.—Jolhn Chew, an employe at Pierre Lorillard’s stables at the Monmouth Park tracks, w brutally mur- dered there at an early hour this morning. Tho murder is alleged 10 have been commit- ted by S. P. Donovan, also io-the employ of . Torillard, but who is better known as nip Donovan,” The wmurder was com- mitted with a knife which was thrust into Chew’s heart. Dono and Chew had quarreled and Donovan had threatened to kill him. Donovan is under arrest but de- nies the cutti Fought n the Street, SAN.JUsN Bapaists, Mex., Aug. 6.—Two prominent young men of this city, Aurelio Amoro and Jesus Sugo, who had a_quarrei over u trivial business matter, fought u duel with bistols on_the principal street. Both were killed and Encamacion, father of Jesus, was seriously wounded whilé ~trying to stop tho afl) Killed Mis Mister's Betrayor. C ATI, Aug. 6.—Last night about 10 o'clock at Ford's Crossing, u little village in Gallatin wounty, Kentucky, Harvey Me who, o week ago, made the public prediction that before another weel, either he or Shelby Duval would be dead, shot and killed Duval on the street. Meyers had accused Duval of huying betrayed hissister. ors, AMUNEMENTS. A large audicnce appreciated an excellent program Wonderland and Bijou theater Jast evening. The presence of so many people notwith- standing the warm weathoer was substantial evidence of the popularity of Brownie Wal- lace, the and Alfred Blaufuss, the musk ctor of Wonde land, Tho program contained sixteen numbers and formed a pyramid of merit. All the numbers were well reccived. Tho best feat- wure of the evening was the marvelous a - batic performance of the La Rose brothers. Jules Lumbard was in good voice and when the last notes of *I Fear No I'oe” left his lips, hio was accorded an enthusiastic encore. Miss Bertha Steinhauser was corded an ovation, both in applause and floral tributes, The Harle sisters. Grace and Mattie, dis played remarkable ability for children in singing and dancing. James Marcus was evidently not at his best last evening as a ‘‘funny man’ and vocalist. If so, he should make & f: tour and rent a memory, He forgot his lines several times. The balance of the program pated in by the Silver Tone Crosby, the d nam street and was Bijou theater orchestras, 1, Mr. and Mrs. tner, Will oy andt wife, K. and Gieorge Porter and James and all of whom acquitted them- Julius e D. Lew noy'is in the city. M. A. Shipman of Elsie 15 at the Millard. M. C. Keith and son of North Platte are in Omaha. R. R. Douglas of Nebraska City is at the Dellone. J. Gi. Tate of Hastings is registered ab the Millard. J. W. Page and wife of Beatvice ave at the Merchants, J. W. Horne of Grand Island is stopping at the Paxton, Frank . Coe and wife of Nebraska City are at the Murray. A. 5. Ransom of Cheyeune, Wyo,, was in Omaha over Sunday. Jacob Kolf, the popular St. Touis tobace man, is in the city, a guest at the Mercer. Mrs. E. J. Roe and two children have gone to Manitowoe, Wis., to spend the balance of the summer. W. W. Smder, Williawm Tompkins and C. H. Uorey are three Lincolniaus who Sun- dayed in Omaha. . 1. Spaulding, B. F. Golding and N . Chilberg of Kearnoy had Sunday dinuer at the Merchants. A. A. Johnson of Laramie and George F. Daans of Carbon are two Wyoming citizens who are registered at the Paxton, H. G. McVicker, night editor of the Lin- ln Journal, was iu the city yesterday. He is off on his semi-occasional vacation. Dick Tilden of Beatrice, . W. Dunkin of Ravenna, and J. C. Kistman of Fairbury are among the Nebraskans who spent the Sub- bath in the Giate City. s At the Mercer: D. M. Steele, St. Joe, Mo. ; J.'W. Russell, Daveoport; C. M. Dung, Chi cago; H. W. Smith and wife, Ogden, U, T"; Con Kivk, Pittsburg, Pa.; John Hamillon and J. M. Bteele, City'; D. 1. Giles and wio. Captuln John F. Guilfoyle and Lieutenant H. P. Howard, U. 8. A.; Lieu- tenant George C. Bomhardt, U. 8. A, tensnt William D. Davis, U, 8. A H. J. White, New Zealaud ; C. A. Hearin, Chicago ; Mrs, W. MoCullough, Holyoke, Colo.; J. C. Edmundson, Fremont; Captain W. V. Rich- aras, Salt Lake; Samuel Kaight, Canton, Mo. ; i K. Q'Nelll, city. (OLTS CAUGHT IN A« CRASH Uncle's Collection Has a Serious Time in a Railroad Wrook. FIELDER JIMMY RYAN SERIOUSLY INJURED Cateher Kittridge Also Shaken Up~Thoso of the g Not Hurt Show the Colunels How it Happoicd i Nlin fonings. Cn1caao, Aug. 6.—~The Chicago club was ina wreck near Toledo last night, Jimmy Ryan was badly cut about the head and faco and had a chunk of flesh eight inches long by nearly two inches wide gougea of his logs from ono Ho is now lying gt St. hospital, and will hardly recover in time to play again this soason, Kittridgo also re- ceived a fow slight cuts and bruises, but will bo around again in a day or two. “The Colts were all nervous and unstoady in their field work, but by good, hard bitting at Just the right time, defeated tho Colonels asily. Attendance, 5,860. Score: heago.. .. 051312000 Loulsvilie.. 7’1 12 2 01 0 0 0— Hits: Chicago, 115 Loulsville, 10, Frror Chicago, Loulsviile, nod | run Batteries: nd Schrive 0 Grim, Dividod the 8 CINCINNATI, Aug, 0.—Each wam won one of the two games this aftornoon. The tirst contest was full of errors. The second was bet ayed than the first. Attendance, 12,000, Score, first game: Clneinnati L0006 St Louls....... 0 1 Hits: Cincinnati, runs: Cincinnutl, Luke's uck nday Product, 00120-8 410105 012 t. Louls, 14, Earned Louls, 5. Errors: Battorles: Sullivan « a1 201000-8 St Louis 01100 0-2 it St Louls, 5. F 0l runs: Cing Errors: Cincinn Battoerios nand Murphy; B steln and Peitz, Standing of the Teams. T.0,| W, il cinotnnat.. 1|8t Lo Altimore. Boston Philadeiphi Cloveland Pittsburg. Some Astonishing with Recont English ericketors time rocently and the latest returns primful of incidents. The weather ported to have been almost entirely in favor of run making and batting averages have as- sumed startling proportions, The Yorkshire and Somerset match ended at Shefeld July 7 in a remarkable win for the Yorkshire eleven. The Somerset men went in twice to make 257, while their rivals 100 runs in one inning. OF this total ntury for the seas H. Trott, the great Australian. hero of the match betwevn his teamn and Leic uro at Ayelstone, July e scored 100 runs in one innings with the bat, and bowled so effectively that in the Fng- lishmen's two innings he took eleven wickets for cignty-seven runs, The bowling of his side partuer, G. Giffen, Iso remarkable. He took eight wickets ata cost of eighty- two runs. The Australians won by fifty-one runs, with an innings to spare. Oneof the most brilliunt exhibitions of batting ever seen this season was given by the Aust by on Jduly 4, agai 1 eleven, The loc while the foreigners ched the total of 444 for nine wickets, Of this H. Gr highest score of the tour. puspicuous wich th runs. The great feature of the match at Lord's onJuly 7, in which Sussex beat Middlesex by 34610 243 on the firstinnings, was the bat- ting of G. Braun for the winners, He scored 159 vuns. The great annual struggle botween the representatives of Oxford and Cambridge, at Lord’s, ended disastrously for the dark blucs. The Oxford wmen went to pi i the second innings, while the light blues im proved, The scoros were: Cambridge, ; Oxford, 105 and 64, Scveral spe s narrowly escaped lockjaw trying to nee the name of one of the Cam- men, K. S. Ranjitsinjhi. The 4ncon- scious cause of the trouble an Indin and a great favorite among his intimates. ral of his ancestors are seribed as racy to a degree, at Bridlington, one of the opposite side quired if he could sp Lnglish prospect of mrade lied th speiak Justa_few words such as ©Y ) “How's that! Ranj wde onc of his bigwest scoves, and y noy' and then somebody : sre, iU's time this beggar was out.” When he was hit on the face with the ball, the ficlders hoped that “he would have some of the steam knocked out of him now.” When the Iudian wus heard speaking English to his friends at the sub: quent Juncheon the Bridlington players we not a little astonished Oxford cricketers were amazed at the manner in which C. W. Wright of Cam- bridgo hammered J. B. Wood's usually dan- gerous “lobs.” Wright scored five fours off one over and twenty-eight runs off eight con- hills Postals are Champions. The third game of ball between the Postal aud W. U. operators was played this morn- ulting in an e victory for the . they winning two of the three ganies played this season. The Postals immedi ately challenged the noted to ph ball club of St. Louis for a game to e played at Kunsas City, losers to pay sl expenses Seore. Postals...... 0 g i 0 Baso hits: 1 out: Iy Burke 6; by Nichols Hatteries: Burke, Burton, Nichol Juckson. Tine of giume, 15 was the is in- Seeing a re stals, 145 103 by Quin st P inlan Mitts. Umpire, Navahoo's Engngon b0y, Aug. 0. —The Britannia, Navahoe, Calluna and Satinita will, compete for the earl of Desart's cup in the Victoria club regatta at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday. In order to prevent a drifting match, such as occurred in 1851, the Royal Victoria Yacht club has ordained that any mateh for the gold cup in which tho average spoed s below five knots shail be again : "T'hie Valkyrio will sail for America on the 20th wst. Prior to her departure she will sail a mateh with the Nuvahoe—probubly early next weelk. Cash Frize Evenis at Milw MiLwaukie, Aug. 6.—Fhe wing Cash Prize league events wero: one mile, open: . C. Whoel 2148 1.5, One nitie handicap: 0. E. Kluge, 65 yards. Time, 2:87. One half mile handicap yards. Time, 1:18, Vive mile handicap: J. 8 yards. Time, 14:47 3-5. Uno wile, novicos of_first and second days, W. M. Breckenridge. No tiwe. e ot Springs Gossip, Hor Sruixos, S. D, Aug. 6 Tug Bk |—V. I Prectice, presid Cascade company, and largely inte resl estate in various portions of eastern Dakota and the Black Hills, with head- Quarters iu Chicago, made a voluntary as- Dehment toduy. he Cescads company will 1ot be affected by the failure in auy manner whatever. Ex-Governor Boyd and wife huve been here almost & week enjoying the etiractions and floundering in the plunge. Mr. Haller snd wifo of the Lusiger- Metcalf company are here haviog a good time. Mrs. Maller is takiog an uoususlly active part in social clrcles, and her geulal, happy disposition is making hor hoste of friends 24 ‘Fhe Chautauqua has about clospd. Tbe program has been replele wilh good things ukoo. rs in the Simons, 7 Starbuck, 860 veclal to ent of the When playing | iled over | Timé, | ted in * | national comr | ! | fair we | Sundays. | ited stay i pass a d Dr. Graham of the Midland gave his chalk talk this evening. The attendance has not been good and the assembly will be sevoral hundred dollars in the hole. — - THROWN FROM A MOTOR. Two Omaha Policomen Tnjurad Co tand Mench Last Evening, An aceidont by which eight or ten people were thrown from a Courtland boach motor and more or less mjured, happened at 10 o'clock last night. 1t oceurrod at the junce tion of the Kast Omaha motor tracks The most serious injury was sustained by Oficer Louis Godola, Police Sergeant Whalon was also one of the number that sustained ful wounds in tho back portion of the Both men received immediate medical o from Dr. Carpenter, who wes a passeneer on the same motor train. Oficer Godola's injuries consist of a frac- ture of the loft log in_two places, near tho anklo, and several gashes in the back part of tho head from which blood flowed pro- usely The injured ofticer and KBd. Hoolan had #one 10 tho beach to enjoy & boat ride on the lake, whero the met Sergeant Whalen, When they boarded a motor_for their re- turn, both cars wore it Godola stepped onto the front platform of tho motor. By tho timo the train reachod tho junction it had attained a spead of betwoen twenty and twenty-five miles an hour. The motor struck the sharp curve at this point, throwing Godola out to tho south side of the track. Almost simultancously the sccond ear struck the curve, where Scrgeant Whalen and Heelan stood upon tho front platform. Whalen was thrown in_the same direction, out not so fal Glodola, T'he train topped as soon as nossiblo and tho fujured weroconvoyed to Shorman Avenue, At this point the patrol wagon took the wounded men to their respectivo homos. Nenr of the train had protested at the be nst allowing so n poopla aboard his traim, but the crowd was 8o great 1 momber of it so cager to get home, the cars were packod boyond safety. e s SR DESERTED THE BABY. Foundiing Left on a Doorstep on Twenty- Fitth Street Last Night, When 8. Oberfeluer and family roturned to their home on Twenty-fifth and Jones strects last night they found a 6-weeks-old boy baby on their doorstep. They took the little stanger in and notitled the police. De- tectives Hayes and Hudson were detailed, and after a careful soarch could find no clue leading to the identification of the hoartiess parents of the abandoned babe. Thoy took it to the Creehie, where it will b cared for until it can be properly disposed of. The baby was wrapped ina dark shawl and was dressed in good clothes. 1t had un- doubtedly been left on the docrstep just after dark. The family beliove that the lit- tle fellow was drogged, as ho was quite stupid for a while after being discovered. It sod Tooking. healthy youngster. Tt is thought that it is the child of poor parents, who sought this mothod of securing a good home for their offspring. S ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Fooipads Now Working In Trios with Lurgo Sized Revolyers. Another man was held up and robbed last night. Charles Smith was returning home in the south part of the city about 12 o'clock. He crossed the Eleventh strect viaduct and Just as he reached the south end three men stopped him and demanded his money. Onoof the highwaymen covered Smith with a big gun while the other relieved him of 2 and some valuables. Tho thieves even noticed that their victim had on some gold irt studs and they tore them out. > m.th was warned to go ahead and uot look back or they would shoot him. It is belicved thit the robbers are the same gang which robbed a couple of wien on Clark’ street Fri- day night. ORicers are working on the case. plee G SMALL CROWD AT THE FAIR. While the Buildings Were Open Many Ex- ibits Wore Closed. Ciieaao, Aug. 6.—The gates of the World's thrown open today, but the turn- stilds faited to click as werrily ason former People wiio did attend tho fair wore cither strangers in the city for a lim- or city people who strolted out to in the cooling shades of tho woodod is The buildings were open but the maj beneath strotehes of ¢ “The places on Midw and here the larger portion of the cro cong od. The excursion to the wh fields of the northwest fo ugnst 21 is being looked forward 1 with cousiderable interest. Asriculturists of this and foreign countries, ssioners and many officers of nvas. v plaisance were the fair will o Nt vom the river Jor- from tho olive trecs growing on noly ground and a ciown of thorns haye heen received nt New York for the Palestine exhibit av the exposition In the South Dakotabuilding is a qroat book, & register, Ko large that in making tho cover the whole of an ox's hide was used, | is intended to dire tention 0 U that South Dakota is a cattle-raising s Montana people want the silver statue of Justico exhibited in their state building. The complaint is that it has no sdequat setting in the Mines building, but is there crowded by a book case and i copper kettlo, dan, pic “My wito suffered With tnflammation and Soreness of tho bowels, which & physician sald was eaused by a tumor. Slio hiad an attack of the grip and in two weeks wus reduced to & mero akelotoa, Tho family physieian did all ho could und pronounced her incurable. 8ho decidod to try Tlool's Barsaparilla. 1ty g0 eflet was quickly notieable, All trac 9, a: arsdiig Hood's*=»Cures of the tumor have disappenred, sho 1s fr from 0 w1 thoro 1y 10 BOFCIIEsH OF B ing. Sho liis not been 1n 80 good healll fop yedrs# TIMOTIY POWFLL, Burko, N. Y. Hood's Pills Cure bick Headache. 2be AMUSIMENTS, BOVD'S sdius | it SDAY and WEAIA AUG. 8 and 9 Chis. Frohman's Brilliant Company, i { | IN THE QUEEN OF CONEDIES. JENNIE YEAMANS, “JANE" JANE Will, BE PRESENTED HMERS IN /1L SAME YURK MANNEI A¥ FOL 400 NIGHTY (N NB) The a4 ity of sents will opeu Monday Biorulig w Whe (0HOW LD 1y bUe s Piess Bowr, 100 ua 1, bl