Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 17, 1894, Page 3

RANSON'S SN SPECULATED His Attention Was Callel to the Fact by a Newspaper Correspondent, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO HIM \ Amonnt Tavolved in the Npeculation, How- \ver, Was Only a Few Dollars—Ransom Refers to Other Parties to Cor- roborate Mis Statement. WASHINGTON, June 16.—Senator Ran- Bom created a slight sensation when he ap- peared before the senate Sugar trust in- westigating committee today. He was asked, ms were the others who were before the committee, the following questions by Sens tor Lodge: “Has any member of your fa fly or any person in your employ, or any clerk employed under the laws of the United States in your service, been to your knowl- edge Interested in any of the ways indi- cated in any of the preceding questions in any transaction In Sugar stocks or certifi- cates during the period mentioned?” Replying to the question, Mr. Ransom asked leave to make a statement. On the night of last Thursday he had been visited at his home by Mr. Howland, correspondent of the New York Press, who asked him substantially the same questions as had been put to him by the committee. Mr. Ransom made explicit denial, whereupon Mr. How- land informed him that a brokerage firm in this city, Silsbee & Co., had an entry in their books which indicated that the sen- ator had speculated in Sugar stocks during the period of the tariff debate. “Mr. Howland,” contifiued Mr. Ransom, “agked me If I knew any other person by tho name of Ransom in the city. I told him I knew of but one person in the city by the name of Ransom other than myself George W., who was my clerk. He asked me where he was, and I said he was in the parlor and I would step in and bring him in. 1 was perhaps more cautious than was required, and I sald to Mr. Howland that I would thank him to come to the door so that he could see no communication should take place between me and my son. I went to the parlor door, where George was, and beckoned him to come fn. 1 did not speak to him or see him between the parlor and my room, and when he got in my room I asked the gentlemen to state their business 1o him and told my son whatever the mat- ter was to tell the truth about it. He then stated to those in my presence that he had bought some Sugar stock on the 17th or 18th of April. He put up a margin of $10, which he pald the broker on Sugar stock. He sald on the same day he put up a margin of $25 on cotton. He said ho lost the bet on cotton and made $10 on Bugar, and that after that he repeated the same bet on Sugar, but not on cotton, and I think he lost the second. He then stated he and Captain Barnes, a messenger here at the commerce committes room, after that on two occasions bought $10 worth of Sugar stock. They went in together, and I asked the correspondent to examine my son as fully as he pleased and examine Captain Barnes, too. Mr. Ransom proceeded to re- Jate that about two weeks ago the Captain Barnes previously alluded to, had come to him to tell him that a friend had informed him that he (the senator) had been speculat- ing in Sugar. The senator denied the story and sent Barnes to investigate it. The latter returned with the assurance that there was no basls for the assertion. The senator had told the correspondent, Howland, about this incldent, withholding the name of Barnes’ informant, which had been communicated to him in confidence, Senator Ransom advised the committee to examine Mr. Barnes and see if his story did not correspond with what had Jjust been stated to the committee. - Senator Gray asked: ‘‘Had you any knowl- edge whatever until this interview with Mr. Howland on the evening you speak of, of bets of your son with this broker in Eusgnr and_cotton?" , Senafor Ransom replied: “I never dreamed of such a thing. I never thought of it. I would not have believed it. The truth of it was [ went to my son with a great deal of confidence and told him that this correspond- #nt wanted to see him. The paper shows fhat when he bought this Sugar stock I was dut of tha city; the 18th of April was when we were at Governor Vance's funeral at Asheville. I may state to the committee that I have no interest wnatever and never had stock or trade or anything else in any way since 1 have been In the senate.” Senator Quay was questioned and sald he had been dealing in stocks more or less all his life and for the past twenty months had been buying and selling Sugar stocks. The day before the vote was taken he sold all he had at a loss 8o it could not be charged that it fnfluenced his vote. He said he had not been furnished any Information as to what the finance committee would do with the sugar chedule and that formed no part of his basis of purchase or sale. He saw no reason why a United States senator should not avall himself of a plain business propo- sition and he intended to transact any such business in the future as he had in the past. A number of other senators were exam- ined during the day, but none of them gave any testimony beyond the denial of the categorical questions concerning the purchase and ownership of Sugar stocks or knowledge of any purchase by any one connected with them, either officially or domestically. The Mst Includes Senators -Gordon, Jones of Nevada, Kyle, McLaurin; Manderson, Mills, Mitchell of Wisconsin, - Morrill, Murphy, Palmer, Pascoe, Perkins, Platt, Proctor, Pugh, Roach, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Ste art, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Morgan, Fower, Vilas, Voorhees and White. FEW BILLS HAVE BECOME LAWS. Eighty-Five Public and Eighteen Frivate Bills Have Passed the Lower House. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The limited number of bills introduced and laws enacted by the present congress is almost without precedent. Up to today but eighty-five pub- lic measures have been enacted into law and the private bills are limited to the unprece- dented number of elghteen. The whole num- ber of bills introduced into the house up to date is 7,453, which Is far below the average. Of these, 1,086 haye been reported, which is also far below the usual number at this date. The falling off in the bills, reports, ete., has been so great that it has been one of the main causes for the recent wholesale reduction of force in the government print- ing office. It is sald that the former. public printer. Mr. Palmer,. established his force with the pectation that the amount of work to be fone by this congress would keep pace with *hat of former congresses, and that this in Jart accounts for the large surplus of help Public Printer Benedict found when he re- sently assumed charge. The large falling-off in general legistation is attributed 80 the centering of Interests in the tariff anfl to the depleted condition of the treasury. Senators and members have known that it was useless to press bills for public buildings and other appropriations in view of the stringency of the treasury, and they have refrained from introducing or urging private measures. At present there are 425 private bills on the house calendar awaiting a hearing, which 18 in marked contrast with the eighteen pri- vate measures which have become laws. As a rule the private pension acts are 8o num- erous that the total of private bills is very large. 5 The house calenda up to date is clear of all_appropriation bills except the deficiency and the Indian, the latter being about to pass. ‘There are, however, 130 important government bills awating action, and eighty- five bills of a general character not carrying an appropriation. Of the more important measures langulshing on the calendar are those admitting New Mexico and Oklahoma to the union; to send a congressional com- mission to examine the Nicaragus canal route; to fully adfudicate swamp land grants; to_ prohibit pensions to non-residents; to es- tablish consular inspection of immiggants; to investigate the effect of machinery on labor; o Investigate the wages of women and chil- dren; to construet canals from Lake Superior to the Mississippl river and from Lake Erle to the Ohlo river; to prohibit dealings in options; to promote the efficiency of the fuptey system and to aid the Southern Cot- ton exposition. Quite a_ number of these bills will get a hearing, but the number to be interrupted by adjournment will be ex- ceptionally large. THOMAS BAVNE SUICIDES, Sensation Created by an E: Washingto WASHINGTON, June 16—In a fit of despondency resulting from a long and in- curable iliness, and depressed by a sudden and violent attack of dangerous symptoms, Thomas Bayne, the well known ex-repre- sentative of the Allegheny district in con- gress, at 10.15 o'clock this morning fore- stalled the end by sending a bullet through his head and killing himself instantly. At the time Mr. Bayne was alone In his handsome and luxurious home, 1629 Massa- chusetts avenue, in the most ultra-fashion- able part of the city, with the exception of the servants, his wife being temporarily absent in Philadelphia. He had been il for a long time, and it was indeed his bad ongressman in health that caused him to relinquish his labors in congress which had crowned him with distinction, and where he had earned a reputation as a clever, vigorous debater and an expert cn the complexities of the metal schedules of tariff bills, About elghteen months ago he was induced to take a voyage around the world and when he returned last July it appeared that he had improved very much. This gain was but tempor- ry, however, and he suffered greatly from ts of depression consequent upon the muta- tions of his disease, which was consumption. Recently he falled so much that it became necessary to have a trained nurse constantly with him. About 8 o'clock this morning he called the nurse and said he was suffering, having just had a hemorrhage which had covered his breast with blood. The nurse Qid_everything in her power to make him comfortable, but at 10:1 o'clock when she was absent from the sick room for a mo- ment a shot rang out. She rushed back to find him lying unconscious with a revolver beside him and a ghastly hole in his right temple. Medical help was speedily sum- moned and Dr. Sowers responded, but when he reached the bedside Mr. ne had breathed his last. Coroner Woodward, who had been called, decided that the facts were s0 evident an Inquest was unnecessary. He therefore gave the necessary certificate of death self-inflicted. The news of the sad event spread rapidly and the Pennsylvania delegation in congress being notified Hon. W. A. Stone, Mr. Bayne's successor In congress, came to the house and took charge of affairs, summoning an under- taker and addressing a telegram to Mrs. Bayne in Philadelphla. The response was that she would reach Washington at 1:45 a. m. Meanwhile the funeral arrangements will await her decision, though it s expected that the remains will be interred in Al- legheny. PITTSBURG, June 16.—The news of the suicide of Colonel Thofnas Bayne created a painful sensation in this city, where he was widely known and very popular. He was married to a_daughter of Mr. Smith of the well known firm of Hostetter & Smith. She was very wealthy, having acquired a large fortune through her father. Colgnel Bayne had also accumulated a_snug foftune him- self. He was the founder of the Pittsburg Press of this city, and was interested in many other enterprises. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT REPORT. Valuable Statlstics from Countries Published. WASHINGTON, June 16.—Among the more important articles contained in a re- port about to be Issued by the division of statistics, United States Department of Agriculture, in addition to the usual report on the 10th of the month on the condition of the crop, there is a detailed statement of the tariff rates on the principal cereals and on flour in Buropean countries, showing the discrimination, where such exists, agalnst American flour. There is also a report upon the Russian crop of 1893, including a report upon the crops of the Russian Caucasus, a region which has in recent vears been greatly developed as an availabla source of wheat supply for the European niarkets. From the advance sheets of the report upon the agricultural conditions and resoirces of Mexico, in course of prepgration in the divi- sion, two articles are repfoduced, one cover- ing the climate of Mexico and the other being an exhaustive report vpon the status and business of the Mexican ratlways. Some Foreign PROPOSED SILVER CONFERENCE. Mexican Government Stlll Working to Get Silver Using Nations Together. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The result of the steps taken by the Mexican governnment to ascertain the sentiment of the silver- using nations of ‘the world toward a con- ference on that subject at the City of Mexi- co are being watched with much interest by the advocates of a further use of the white metal in this city. Should a sufficient number of these nations indicate their will- ingness to send delegates to a conference, one will be held, and the belief is expressed by those in a position to know that such will be the case. Peru and the Argentine Repub- lic_have already signified a willingness to participate in a conference, but the United States has not yet indicated its attitude on the subject. China and Japan are also expected to return favorable answers, though as yet sufficient time has not elapsed in which to recelve a reply. It is expected that If a_conference is held it will take place during the latter part of the present year. WESTEK! PENSIONS. Veterans of the Late War Remembered by .. the General Government. WASHINGTON, June 16.—(Special to The Bee)—Pensions granted,. issue of June 4, were: Nebraska: Renewal—John Hill, Omaha, Douglas. Iowa: Original—Thomas G. Henderson, Osceola, Clarke; Stephen S. Thing, Brad- ford, Chickasaw; Romulus Langhery, Dow City, Crawford. Renewal—James L. Dan- fels,” Des Moines, Polk; Ell Beerbower, Chesterfield, Polk. Increase—Jones L. Read, Eagle Grove, Wright. Relssue—Charles M. Stinson, Washington, Washington. Reis- sue and increase—Joseph W. Wilmoth, Ot- tumwa, Wapello. ~Original ‘widows, ete.— Harriet A. Strayer, Davenport, Scott; Eliz- abeth P. Lawrence, Tama, Tama. Colorado: Original—Jose Dolores Olivas, Trinidad, Animas; John E. Mahoney, Aspen, . Monta Additional—Jacob Bertsch, An- aconda, Deer Lodge. Mexican war sur- vivors, 'increase dale Meagher. ALLEN HAS A PENSION BILL. eorge Robinson, Martins- W Pay in Paper 812 Per Month to very Honorably Discharged Soldler. WASHINGTON, June 16.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—Senator Allen today in- troduced a bill granting a service pension of $12 per month to every honorably discharged soldier and sailor of the United States dur- ing the civil war. The bill provides for the widows and children of soldiers and sailors, and also makes provision for the manufac- ture of paper money, to be called pension money of the United States, for the purpose of paying these pensions. The bill was re- ferred to the committee on pensions. ul Correspondents to He Arralgned Tuesday. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The correspond- ents, Edwards and Shriver, who have been Indicted by the grand jury for refusing to answer the questions of the senate Sugar trust investigation committee, have beon noti- fled to appear for arraignment next Tuesday. They had expected to be arralgned today and appeared at the district attorney's of- fice, but were excused. It Is understood that the grand jury is expected to complete its {nvestigation of the charge against Chapman, the New York broker who has been pre- sented with the same charge, so. that he may be arraigned at the same time. Postmasters Must He More Particular. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The postmaster general has recelved complaints that in de- livering mail matter from the general de- livery, postoffice officlals are in the habit of looking for letters only when papers are not especially asked for. An order has con- sequently been Issued to postmasters to the effect that all classes of mail matter must be delivered with the same care to persons properly entitled to it e paval militia; to establish & unlform bmk-’; Elegant music today, Cowtland beachs WOOL SCHEDULE PASSED | Republican fenators 8ccure fome Modifica- tions in Manufactured Woolens, QUAY FINISHES HIS LONG SPEECH Senator Teller Opens the Day's Proceedings in the Senate with a Discussion of the Bill to Open the Ute Res- ervation In Color WASHINGTON, June 16.—At the opening of the senate today Mr. Teller asked unani- mous consent to consider the house bill dis- approving the recent negotiations of J. Montgomery Smith and other United States commissioners with the Southern Ute Indians | and confirming the treaty provisions of June, | 1850, for the allotment of lands in severalty ete. Mr. Teller explained the provisions of the bill which permitted the Southern Utes to select lands any place within their reser- | vation within a given time or to go west forty miles. Its object was to cgen up the ! east end of the reservation after such of the | Ute Indians as desired had selected their | lands. The bill encountered some opposition | from Mr. Vilas. A commission appointed | six years ago had negotiated with these In- dians for the surrender of their reservation, which lay like a barrier between Colorado and New Mexico, and which should be opened in the interest of Colorado. The treaty they had made had been satisfactory to the Utes, but had been opposed by some people who had gained the impression that it would place the Utes in possession of more valuable lands than they now hold. He did not like to give his consent to a bill that would overrule a treaty and take from the Utes two-thirds of their lands, giving in_return a tract much less in extent. Mr. Teller finally decided in view of the opposition to allow the bill to go over until Monday. A bill was passed authorizing Commander Dennis W. Mullan, U. S. A., to accept a medal presented to him by the Chilian gov- ernment. Another bill passed fixes the price | of desert land at $1.25 and authorizes the refund of payments in excess of that price. The tariff bill was laid before the senate and the vote was immediately taken on the pending amendment of Mr. Peffer, to trans- fer all manufactures composed wholly or in part of wool to the free list. It was de- feated—3 to 46. The three populists, Allen, Kyle and Pef- fer voted In favor of it. Mr. Hansbrough announced that he would have voted “nay” had he not been paired. The senate then plunged into the actual consideration of the wool schedule. DISCOURAGING SHODDY INDUSTRY. The first paragraph (278) placed a duty of 15 per cent on wool and hair in the form of stubbing, waste, mungo, shoddy, corded waste, carbonized noils and wool in the form of roving, roping or tops in the fol- lowing paragraphs dutiable at 15 per cent. Mr. Vest explained that the finance com- mittee had been moved to place a duty on shoddy and waste in order to exclude them from the country, to the end that the manu- facture of shoddy so prevalent in this country might, to a certaln extent, ceas One of the purposes of placing wool on the free list was to discourage the manufacture of shoddy. Under the McKinley act the manufacture of shoddy, Mr. Vest said, had doubled. Last year it reached $90,000,000. Mr. Aldrich contended there was nothing illegitimate in the manufacture of shoddy. The reduction in duty on shoddy (from 3 cents per pound to 15 per cent ad valorem) proposed in_ this bill, Mr. Aldrich said, would stimulate rather than discourage the production 8f shoddy goods. Mr. Quay took the floor and proceeded to deliver the tenth installment of his speech bbégun on April 15. This installment of Mr. uay’'s speech proved to be the last, and after speaking two hours he announced he had concluded. A votg was then taken on the finance com- mittee amendment to strike out paragraph 2§7, and it was carried. The Jones amend- ment to the next paragraphs made flocks myngo, shoddy and wool in the form of rov- ing, roping or tops, dutiable at 15 per cent ingtedd of 25 per cent, as in the house bill. Mr. Aldrich appealed to Mr. Jones to withdraw this amendment on the ground that it Would ddstroy the spinning industry in the United States, but the amendment was ggreed to. Mr. Jones withdrew the finance committee amendment making all woolen gnd worsted yafns valued at less than 40 qents per pgu d Qutiable at 30 per cent, and above 40 cénfs at 40 per cent ad valorom. The latter was an increase over the house rate of 5 per cent. It was also agreed to. Paragraph 281, with the proposed Jones amendments, place a duty on knit fabrics and all fabrics made on knitting machines, not including wearing apparel, and on shawls made wholly or in part of wool or worsted, valued at less than 40 cents per pound, 35 per cent; valued at more than 40 cents, 40 per cent. The Jones amendment was agreed to. In the next paragraph, No. 282, he with- drew Ithe committee compromise amend- ments, leaving it as it came from the house, making the rates on blankets, wool hats, flannels, etc., valued at not more than 30 cents, 35 per cent; valued at more than 30 cents'per pound, 30 per cent ad valorem. REPUBLICANS GAIN A POINT. Mr. Jones next offered the amendment agreed upon since the consideration of the woolen schedule began today, making the duty on women's and children’s dress goods and other dress goods, including such as have India rubber as component parts, valued at not over 50 cents, 40 per cent and at more than 50 cents, 50 per cent. Mr. Coke of Texas demanded the yeas and nays on this amendment. The republicans, with the exception of Mr. Teller, voted solidly for the amendment, as did all the democrats, except Messrs. Berry and Coke. The populists, Peffer and Kyle, voted against it. Carried, 48 to 5. On ready made clothing the rate was fixed at 45 per cent ad valorem (the present duty being 80 per cent). The rate on cloaks, dolmans, ulsters and other outside garments for ladles end children, composed wholly or in part of wool, was fixed at 50 per cent. On webbing, suspenders, bralds, lace, em- broideries, etc., 50 per cent. The rates on Saxony, Wilton and Tourney velvet carpets and tapestry Brussels and treble ingrain and all chain Venetian carpets were fixed at 35 per cent. The rates on wool, Dutch and two-ply Ingrain carpets, druggets and bockings and carpets not speclally provided for were fixed at 30 per cent. The Jones amendments to make the woolen schedule go into effect January 1, 1895, instead of December 2, 1894, as provided in the house bill, were agreed to, and the house provisions subjecting the rates in the woolen schedule to 1 per cent reduction annually until 1900 was stricken cut. COMMENCED ON SILK. Schedule L, silks and silk goods, was then taken up, with the understanding that para- graph 298, relating to silk partially manu- factured from cacoons, waste silk, thrown ik not advanced more than singles, and silk thread and yarns, and paragraph 299, relating to velvets, plush, etc., be passed over until Monday. The rates on webbings, gors ings, beltings, fringes, etc., made whoily or in part of siik, were fixed at 50 per cent. On laces and embrolderies, handkerchiefs, veils, ready made clothing and other articles of wearing apparel, composed in whole or in part of silk, 50 per cent, and other manu- factures of silk, not specially provided for, 45 per cent. This completed the silk schedule, and then, t 4:50 p. m., the senate went into executive session, and 6 o'clock adjourned until Mon- day. CLOSURE IN TH SENATE. Change In the Rules Likely When the Tarift is Disposed Of. WASHINGTON, June 16.—It is possible that some proposition looking toward a change of the rules in the senate may be proposed after the tariff bill Is passed. There has been a loud demand in certain quarters for a closure rule during the con- sideration of the tarift bill, but such a de- mand could not be enforced when a measure of such magnitude w; Iready under discus- sion. Mr. Cockrell of Missourl, in discussing the subject of closure, said: “It would be im- possible to attempt to change the rules when & bill is under consideration, and es- peclally It there was) its passage by nu-fln{x debate. The prop- osition to change the rules could be debated long as the questionitself. This Is rec ognized by any persenimwho has ever looked into the matter. I should be In favor of a proposition changingithe rules o that the majority could control the passage of revenue and appropriation B Any party that is intrusted with powen ought to have control of such bills and ought to be allowed by the rules of the senata Loienforce a vote after reasonable discussion. — To that extent I would favor a chaMgedn the present rules of the senate. It -would not do to try and change the rules nsw, but when there is no great question beforesthe senate and when all senators can look at the proposition unin- fluenced by any other question and unbiased by partisanship the, majter can be considered in a business way and decided.” NEWS FOR THE ARMY. Colonel Barber Wil Succeed Major Schwan on General Brooke's Staff. WASHINGTON, June 16.—(Special Tele gram to The Bee.)—By direction of the sec- retary of war the following changes in the stations and duties of officers of the army are made: Lieutenant Colonel Merritt Bar- ber, assistant adjutant general, s relieved from duty In this office to take effect July 5, 1894, and will then proceed to Omaha, and report in person to the commanding general, Department of the Platte, for duty as assist- ant adjutant general. Major Schwan, on being thus relieved, wift proceed to St. Paul, Minn., and report in person to the command- ing general, Department of Dakota, for duty as acting inspector general cf that depart- ment, to relieve Lieutenant Colonel Jacob F. Kent, Eighteenth infantry, who, in being thus relieved, will proceed to join such sta- tion as may be assigned him by the com- manding general, Depdrtment of Texas. Lieutenant Colonel Willlam J. Volmar, as- sistant adjutant general, is relieved from duty in this office, to take effect July 15, 1894, and_will then proceed to Governor's Island, N. Y., and report in person to the command- ing general, Department of the East, for duty as assistant to the inspector general of that department, to relieve Captain Henry J. Nowlan, Seventh cavalry, who, on being thus relieved, will proceed to join his troop. Major James C. Merrill, surgeon, is re- lieved from duty in the office of the surgeon general, to take effect July 1, 1894, and will report in person to the commanding officer Fort Sherman, Idaho, for duty at that sta- tion, and by letter to the commanding gen- eral, Department of the Columbia. Leave of absence for three months is granted Major James C. Merrill, surgeon, to take effect July 1, 1894, The commandant of the United States military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will grant Hospital Steward Henry 0. Cabell, now on duty at the prison, a furlough for two months commencing July 10, 1894, Private Almer J. Brown, company H, Sev- enteenth infantry, now at Fort D. A. Rus- sell, Wyo., will be discharged from the ser- vices of the United States under the pro- visions of paragraphs 3 and 4, general orders 17, March 2, 1883, from this office, on -Fex ceipt of this order by the commanding officer of his station. Leave of absence for three months, to take effect on or about June 30, 1594, Is granted Major Charles G. Viele, First cav- alry. The extension of leave of absence granted Captain Thomas Sharp, Seventeenth Infantry, in speciat orders May 21, 1594, Department of the Platte, is further extended one month. The leave of absence on surgeon's cer- tificate of disability granted Captain Joshua Fowler, Second cavalry, in special orders May 17, 1804, Department of Colorado, is extended one month on surgeon's certificate of disabllity, and he is authorized to leave the Department of Colorado. EW YORK KEEPS THE WAREHOUSE. Order ' Ralied and Sus ained Against 1ts 'Removal. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The Indian ap- propriation bill was, passed by the house today substantially as reported from the com- mittee. The house got into a parliamentary wrangle over the approval ‘of ‘the record the first thing, the question hipging on whether or not Mr. Richardson "had unanimous consent yesterday for his explination, and whether. or not he had risen to a question of personal privilege. The matter ended by the house deciding to allow the journal to stand un- changed. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up and the reading concluded. A point of order made by Mr. Strauss of New York against the proviso for the removal of the Indian warchouse from New York to Chicago was ustained. An amendment offered by Mr. olman was agreed to providing that the Pueblo and Jacarilla agencies in New Mexico should be abolished and consolidated with the Southern Ute agency in Colorado. The hour of 3 o'clock having arrived the bill was reported to the house, and the previous question ordered. The bill was passed, 166 to 33, and at 4:40 p. m. the house adjourned. Department of the Platte. A garrison court martial has been ordered to convene at Fort Niobrara Tuesday, June 19. Lieutenant A. G. C. Quay, Fifth cavalry, at present alde-de-camp to General Brooke, will be appointed acting ordnance officer for the Department of the Platte, to take the place of Captain Ayres, who goes to the arsenal at Governor's Island July 1. OAKES TESTIMONY ALL IN. Polnt of Prosaic Closing to a Long and Wearlsome Investigation. MILWAUKEE, Jupe 16.—"Is that all, gen- tlemen,” asked Master in Chancery Carey at 10:25 this morning. “I am through,” said Colonel Pettit. “I have nothing mor said General Mec- Naught. “Then the door is closed.” In that dry and prosaic fashion the long and wearisome Oakes investigation into the Northern Pacific came to an end so far as the taking of testimony. The arguments, which will probably occupy two or three days, are yet to be heard. It is the general opinlon of those who have followed the tes- timony closily that the investigation has strengthened the position of Mr. Oakes very materfally. et R o Bloodhounds Track a Fiend. MEXICO, Mo., June 16.—Miss Fannie Throckmorton, the 18-year old daughter of Richard Throckmorton, wealthy farmer of this vielnity, was criminally assaulted by an uhknown man, The farmers are up in arms, searching for the criminal. Telegrams have been sent to Jefferson City for bloodhounds. gl R Tl,'LEGIl.I""l(‘ BRIEFS, Colonel Hatch expects to get the option bill before congress Monday. W. W. Bowers way nominated for congress by the republicans_of the Seventh California district. Sl “Bitter Creek,” cones of the Dalton gang, got five years for horse steallng at Perry, Okl., yesterday. 1 The Memphis Appeal-Avalanche was sold at public auction’ on ‘execution yesterday. 1t brought $65,000.' 1 Judge Payne ended all hope of a continu- ance in the Prendergast cage on the open- ing of court yesterday: Officers of the {hesapeake & Ohlo road deny the story that (Colonel Breckinridge was to be fired from his position as attor- ney fr the road. | Although the Cree’ Indlans near Great Falls, Mont, have, been prohibited from glving public exhibitfons, they are giving the sun dance on the quiet, George Fehrendbach, a typewriting teacher, 1s under arrest at Minneapolis as a tugltive from San Francisco, where an eight- year sentence for swindling awaits him. Judge Bartholomew at Indianapolis refused to order the forfelt put up by the second mortgagé bondholders of the I D. & E. W road when they bought the road returned to them. At Paris, Tex., yesterday Emmerson Allen, Cephas Wright ~ and Thompson Wade, Indians, and Thomas Moorland, Eugene Fulks and Tom Moon, white, were sentenced to be hanged for murder. John and Fill- more Ball and Bob Bantwell will be sen- tenced July 9. anti- Elegant musie today, Courtland beach, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JUNE 17 1804 ——— e s DLAGUE CATCHES THEW A’ Begis Its Ravages on the Low.r Orler of Animals, FINALLY ATTACKS THE HUMAN FAMILY Cause of the Plague Appears to Ite Pols- ored Fumes Which Rise from the Earth—May Spread Over the Whole Earth. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The records of the Department of State throw light on the singular plague which is now ravaging China and make it “evident that this most fatal disease is really very similar to the Ulack death or plague which devastated London as told by Defoe. It has its origin in Yunnan, a Chinese province, where it is epidemic. The Catho lic missionaries there held that it was teally a pestilential emanation slowly rising in equitable stratum from the ground and as it increases in depth all animals are, as it were, drowned in its polsonous flood—tha smaller creatures being first engulfed und man, the tallest of all, suffering last. lts approach often may be foretold from the ex- traordinary movements of the rats, who leave their holes and crevices and fssue onto the floors without a trace of their accu tomed timidity, springing continually up- wards from their hind legs as if they were trying to jump out of something. The rats fall dead, and then comes the turn of the poultry; after the poultry have succumbed pigs, goats, ponles and oxen successively die off. Small red postules rise, generally in the armpits, ‘but occasionally in other glandular regions. If several postules appear the case 18 not considered so hopeless as when tivy are few. The sufferer Is soon seized with extreme weakness, followed In a few hours by agonizing aches in every part of the body, delirum shortly ensues and In nine cases cut of ten the result is fatal. It often happens the patient suddenly, to all appearances, re- covers and leaves his bed, but in such cascs the termination is always a collapse and death. As soon as a corpse appears the Cli- nese desert the afflicted, leaving him in a room with a jug of water, and peering in the windows at intervals and prodding the vic- tim with a long pole to ascertain if life is extinct. To make matters worse, in th country the corpses are not buried, but Inid out in the sun to decay, polsoning the air for miles around. The disease was never known before 1630, when it appeared during the great Mo medan rebellion. It is known in Yangtse-Yu under the name of bubonis fever, in Laos, in Siam, in Burmah and in Queycho, China, where it prevailed for years. Never before, however, has it made its way to Canton and to Hong Kong, whence it may spread over the earth. One reason for attributing its origin to miasmatic influences is the fact that it & ways appears upon the planting of rice in May and June. It penetrates by caravans and travelers to the uplands and becomes more severe by fall. Sometimes it passes over certain communities in its line of prog- ress, but only to return later on, or the next year. Whenever it appears the people desert their homes and crops and flee to the hills. In some provinces the population is decimated and whole families disappear. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN KANSAS, Representatives from that State Think the Amendment Will Carry. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The declaration of the Kansas populist convention for the woman suffrage amendment was not a sur- prise to the congressional delegation from that state. Representative Broderick say he would not be surprised to see the cause succeed at the polls. Not a few republi- cans are in favor of it, he thinks, while the expression of the populist delegates may be fairly taken as showing its strength in that party. In the event of the election of a woman to congress an interesting question will be presented concerning her eligibilty. The house is the judge of the qualifications of its members, but It is thought that a state constitution would create a presumption in favor of a woman member-elect that would largely influence the house. Representative Baker belleves that a woman suffrage amendment would carry in Kansas. Chicago Loses the Supply Warehouse. WASHINGTON, June 16.—Chicago lost the Indian supply warehouse today. O'Neil of Massachusetts, in the chair, on motion of Strauss of New York ruling that the pro- posed removal of the warehouse from New York to Chicago was new legislation and on its face did not reduce appropriation. Census Employes Let Out. ‘WASHINGTON, June 16.—The dismissal ot twenty employes of the census bureau took effect today. NEW CHINESE-MEXICAN,TREATY. Southern Republic Throws Open Its Doors to the Almond Eyes. SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.—Lai Yung Yow, late Chinese consul general at this city,” is in receipt from Tsung Li Yamen, the foreign officer of China, of a notice ot his appointment as ambassador, with full powers to ratify the treaty between China and the Mexican states. Upon the arrival of a representative of the Chinese minister, Yung Yue, who is to accompany the party, the ambassador and his suite will proceed to the City of Mexico. It Is mow certain that the ratification of the treaty by both- nations is only a matter of form, and within a short time it will be in full force and effect. It in understood that Lai Yung Yow, who will negotiate the treaty, will, upon its ifica. tlon, receive the appointment of ministex to Mexico. The treaty provides that the Chinese resi. dents of Mexico shall have the right of b coming naturalized citizens, with all the rights which belong to the native born citl zens. There will be no laws of registration or exclusion of Chinese laborers, but, on the contrary, the doors thereto will be thrown wide open.. In all matters of commerce the Chinese will be permitted to enjoy the same privileges as are granted to other foreign nations; in fact, in all things they are to be treated ‘alike. For these favors the Chinese government will extend the same privileges and courtesies to citizens who may go to China and engage in commerce in that coun. try. The treaty is liberal in every respect, and no favored nation could ask for more. It is reported that adoption of the treaty will result in a large exodus from San Frans cisco Chinatown to Mexico, and that Chine of this city are preparing to take advantags of their oportunities in Mexico. There is talk of a steamship line from Mexico. ——— Balloon aft. and eve. Courtland today. —————— HOMEOPATH CONVENTION. Oficers of the National Soclety Elected for the Ensulng Year. DENVER, June 16.—The hLomeopathists had a warm discussion today over the re- port of the committee on medical legisla- tion, which yecommended that applicants for practice In the different states should not be subjected to an examination by a board of examiners. The chairman of the committee was in favor of examination. The election of officers resulted as follows President, C. E. Fisher, Chicago; first vice president, Dr. B. G. Curtis Washington; second vice president, Dr. F R. Storke, Denver; treasurer, Dr. E. M. Kellogg, New York; assistant treasurer, Dr. Thomas Franklin Smith, New York; register, Dr. C. 8. Hoagg, Norwich, Conn.; general sec- retary, Dr. B. H. Porter, New York; pro- visional secretary, Dr. Frank Kraft, Cleve- land, O. Board of censors: Dr. R. Rush of Salem, O., five years; Dr. T. C. Duncan of Chicago, four years; Dr. Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago, three years; Dr. A. C. Cowpe: thwalte of Chicago, two y Dr. C. B, Kinyon of Rock Island, 11, year, New Missourl Wheat Recelved. ST. LOUIS, June 16.—This year's crop of wheat is an early one, as is indicated by PIRD! TNl 3 S— FIRE! s READ Tha Insurance Companies’ Order. Manager ive Stock, Omaha, June 16, 1804, COLUMBIA CLOTHING CO.: Close out entire balance WE fice, as we want this entire matter closed up just as soon us possiblo, THE UND The biggest 1shter that little wet, smoked and 815.00, 818,00 and & ' avnd SMOKED cloth o, beginning Monday, g next weck at any saork Yours, IRWRITERS INSURANCE CO.'S, June 19th, has ever yet taken place for Al slotliing, only & 1ssed will commence, 2,00 suits, high grade cassimeres, black ana fancy worsteds, in cutaways and sucks, all latest styles, long regent cuts, more easily damaged by smoke than the cheaper grades (we carried a big stock of these fine goods), and on which the Insurance companie hay to make up a greater per centage of loss makes the reductions on this expensive clothing much larger than on the lower grade This week this fine stock of $15, 813 and $22 suits is knifed so low that by read- ing the description and prices for them below you will readily be surprised. W hat we do, others cannot. No Omaha firms carrying clothing made in sweat house tenements in the slums of New York City and who try to mislead the public by stating that the you believe it.) Smell their clothing ‘e imported can touch the Fire Prices (although they would feign have d see if it is imported. The Insurance Money is What Knocks, S0 no envious clothing houses can come so low as to reach the prices on SUCH BEAUTIFUL SUITS As are offered from now on at the Columbia Clothing Co., for $4.50, $5, $6 and $7.50. LATEST FIRE PRICES. 150 elegant gray cassimere suits 24.50 each. 200 cutaway (4-button) frock: dry, pressed and all right, go at 275 suits in cutaways and your choice at $6.00 and $10.00. 500 suits, odds and ends terns, take your choice for 7. Wilson Bros.’ negligee shirts at 7. s in tans, 5.00. in straight and round cut sacks, regent cut, grays ana oxfords, were only wet, now icks, even Prince Alberts amongst them, now take for short and stout, long and slim, all styles and pat- 0 to 10.00 each. S¢, worth $1.50. BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S SUITS. 400 boys' and children's suits at f former prices, from c up. 200 dozen hemstitched handkerchiefs (large size) for gantlemen, some that are hand embroidered amongst them, sl formerly brought 33c toH0c. ghtly soiled by water, now go at 124c each, Columbia Clothing Ca; Corner 13th and Farnam Streets. rec pts of the grain in St. Louis and Balti- more at as early a date as the middle of June. Today a car of new Missourl wheat arrived here from Charleston, in the south- east section of this state. Its quality was good and the condition excellent, although the berry was smaller than usual, but ex- perts declared it a good No. 2 wheat. The carload was auctioned off on call at 66 cents. This was 8 cents above the price obtained for regular No. 2 red. R UTAH DEMOCRATS MEET. Governor West Tells Them the Democratic Party is Not Dead. SALT LAKE, June 16.—The territorial democratic convention was held today, with 165 delegates present. The convention was called to order by Hon. C. C. Richards, who reviewed the history of the democratic party in Utah,’ ncluding its contest for supremacy with the Tuscarora soclety at the national convention at Chicago. The purposes of the convention®were set forth as the election of a'new territorial committee and the transac- tion of such other business as might be necessary. A committee on resolutions was appointed and a recess taken for thirty minutes. Pending the assemblage of the convention Governor West delivered a speech. He said the idea that democracy was getting into ill-repute with the people was a delusion and a snare. He predicted that during the present month the tariff bill would be passed, and thus a great pledge of the demo- caric party with the people would be kept. He said if silver was ever rehabilitated it would have to be done by the democratic party, who first made it constitutional money. The report of the resolutions committee was read. The report was very long and dealt directly with the political issues of the day from a thoroughly demacratic stand- point. The resolutions were adopted amid much enthusiasm. A vote of thanks was tendered to C. C. Richards, secretary of state and chairman of the territorial committee, for his labor in the cause of the party. — WATCHING THE CORNERS. ATCHISON Collecting Evidence of Rate Cutting Agalnst Assoclation Lines. CHICAGO, June 16.—Chairman Caldwell of the Western Passenger association Is using every effort to keep the differences of the association from breaking out into open war over the summer excursion busi- ness. The Atchison has been for some time collecting evidence of the low and unauthor- ized rates which have been made by the association lines and is likely any day to announce a lule of summer rates: that will cause the association to gasp for breath The Atchison declared today that it had discovered that the association lines had not only reduced the rates in several in- stances below the rates named in the sum- mer excursion agreement, but had at the same time paid large commissions for the business and given large numbers of tickets to the managing committees of various con- ventions and had in_other ways cut the agreed rates deeply. The Atchison proposes to continue its investigations for some time longer and will then adopt measures to pro- tect its share of the business, N Continuous performance at Courtland, Ll BURIED UNDER CAVING DIRT. Two Work en at Kearney Narrowly Escap, with Thelr Lives. KEARNEY, Neb., June 16.—(Speclal Tele gram to The Bee.)—Just before quitting tiu last night a wall of dirt twelve feet high caved In upon the masons laying brick in the waste welr of the canal. S. E. Coleman and C. C. Davis were entirely puried and were unconscious when dug out. Davis had his collar bone broken and will be lald up for some time. Coleman saw the mass of dirt start and braced himself to receive it, but is nearly prostrated from the shock. Lol Continuous performance at Courtland, —— Workmen Meet Next Year at Atlanta. SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.—At the ses- sion of the supreme lodge of Workmen this morning Atlanta, , was chosen as the place for the next convention. The session was largely devoted to secret work and to auditing accounts. A proposed new ritual for the order was defeated. A ritual for the use of the grand lodge, Degree of Honor, was adopted. This afternoon the delegates de voted themselves to an excursion around the BUY »f AGRE PROPERTY We desire to call your attention to the cholce investments we, offer In well lo- (‘ul‘(nl 20, 40 and 80-acre tracts immediately adjoining this city. No city In the west offers as desirable opportunities for gilt- edge real estate investments as Omaha. With the unparalleled growth from 30,000 population in 1880 to 140,000 in 159, with a ratio of increase of over 360 per cent, much Ereater than any other city in the west, we can still offer the cream of acre prop- erty within four to five miles of the center of this city at from a third to one-hals of the prices held on acres the same rela- tive distance from the center of Kansas City, Denver, St. Paul or Minenapolis. With hardly an exception the wealthy men of Omaha have made thelr money by ecuring tracts of acre property surround- ing this city, and holding it until the city has grown sufficiently large to enable them to plat it into lots and dispose of the props erty at from from five to ten times original cost. The history of all large western cltips abounds with similar instances of enor- mous profits made on investments in well located ucre property, and the opportunt- tles presented today are just as good as ever, There is hardly an acre adjoining Omaha that will not be enhanced enormously in value by the next active movement in real estate. No western city stands better to- day in the estimation of the outside world than Omaha, and the prediction 18 now frecly made that Omaha Is on the verge of another great movement in real estate! and business generally, and the man who| secures a well located 20, 40 or 80-acre tract. close to this city, at present prices, willl have laid the foundation for a fortune, { We have had placed in our hands for sale recently several tracts of acre prope) erty that are o located as regards recely-y ing the benefit of both Omaha and South) Omaha's future growth, that they offer, splendid opportunities for a first-class in-' vestment, Among other bargalns that we can quote’ we offe BIXTY ACR beautiful Just southwest of the city, $276.00 per acre. i TWENTY ACRES, close to New Elm-| wood park, for which the city pald $900,00° per acre; 1 can offer this land for $350.00 per acre. THIRTY-FIVE ACRES, splendidly adap- ted for trackage or manufacturing purs poses or for platting into lots. This land ad Center street, which I8 to be paved e county. Can offer for $325.00 per acre. EIGHTY ACRES, near Seymour park; splendld Investment; can offer for $226.00) per ae ' -FIVE ACRES, just west of South Omaha, only “twenty-five minutes' drive from this city and fifteen minutes' drive from the Unlon Stock yards; $300.00 per acre. ONE HUNDRED ACRES, near Seymour park; choice tract and splendidly locateds $180.00 per acre. It you want to make quick money call and see us, HICKS' REAL ESTATE AGENCY 305 New York Life Building, — bay. Installation of officers will occur Mone day. R SCHOOL CHILDREN POISONED, Rumor that Twenty-Six Scholars and » Tenc! Were Affected by Volson, PORTLAND, Ind., June 16.—Information reaches her of an attempted wholesale poisining near Farmland, and that Lena Healy, a school teacher, and twenty-six puplls were affected. Some one A8 supe posed to have put poison In the well e Try » sall at Courtland,