Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1894, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:SATURDAY, DRECEMBER 29, 1894 (ITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Bherman Avenuo Paving Contract the Text for Many Plain Words, CIiY Ei GINEER'S INDIGNANT COMMENT Condemns Severely the I3 Works as Heing o a Combine to Pre vent Honest Competition ¢ huie= man Winspear's Reply. The fact that a restraining order pre- vented the city council from placing its ap- proval of the contract of Hugh Murphy for repaving Sherman avenue last night did not debar it from enjoying a red hot session over the matter and Indulging in a symposium of red fire and heated oratory that lasted until nearly midnight. Early in the session the fireworks were ignited with the following resolution by Par- Ker: Resolved, That the chatrme of Public Works be called 1 why the Board of Public Works disobeyed the resolution and ordinance he city council directing sald board to prepare and submit a cont paving of Sher- man avenue h street in paving district No. 58 with Hugh Murphy and to submit the same at the next mecting of the city council. Elsasser wanted to hear Mr. Winspear' explanations at the time, but Wheeler ob- Jected and compelicd a roll call on the sus- pension of the rules, The two-thirds vote necessary to order the rules suspended wi obtained by a scratch and Mr. Winspear w recognized. He said, In the first place, that it was something altogether unprecedented that the sergeant-at-arms of the council had been sent out early Sunday morning to serve notic: on the members of the board that the final ordinance had been passed. He had told Mr. Murphy on Monday morning to see the city attorney and got his contract ready and the board would pass on it. Tussday was Christmas and he expected to act on the contract at the regular meeting yesterday afternoon. At that time the notice of restraining order was served, and, of course, the order of the court was obeyed. He added that instead of being treated like men who knew something of their business, the mem- bers of the board had been continual.y Impor- tuned and interviewed In regard to this mat- ter until it had become a burden. ENGINEER SCORES THE BOARD. City Engineer Rosewater was called upon to tell what he knew about the matter, and made one of the most vigorous speeches that he ever made before the council. H declared his opinion of the action of the board in no uncertain terms and plainly stated that there was a consplracy on foot to prevent honest competition and to discriminate in favor of bidders who chanced to be on particularly friendiy terms with the members of the board. Mr. Rosewater sald that while he was glad to have an opportunity to express his views on the subject ho was reluctant to do 80 because he would be obliged to call in question tome of the statements that Mr. Winspear had made. For a long time he had endeavored to effect a reduction in the price of asphalt paving. So far he had not been successful on account of some extraor- dinary circumstances that seemed to shut off all progress in this direction. First among these was the powerful influences exerted by the Barber Asphalt company to protect the monopoly that it had enjoyed. He had scen coples of contracts that had been made be- tween this monopoly and other companies, both in Omaha and in other cities, which effectually prevented anything like honest competition, The Barber. company had a monopoly of the Trinidad product, and made contracts with thé" other companies that wished to use it by which these companies could only buy. a certain quantity, and then they had to buy it from the Barber company. The result was a gigantic trust. Outside of these firms with ‘which the Barber company had contracts none could bid on paving be- cause they could not obtain the required kind of asphalt. When there was any great amount of paving to be done the companies who were In the trust got together and di- vided the territory to be paved between them. Then the prices lo be offered were fixed by the central company, and they were always Within a few cents of each other, although there was from 75 to 150 per cent profit on the contracts, By (hese means the trust hiad kept up the price of asphalt paving, al- though, asphalt only formed 15 per cent of the material, and ‘the price of stone, con- crete, sand and other materfals used had de- creased to a considerable extent. The price of $2.98 per yard for paving still prevailed when he came into office three years ago, and he bad become convinced that the only way to obtain competition was to let in other asphalts. Mines had been developed in Cali- fornia and Venezuela, and their product had been successfully used in Washingten, Der ver, Philadelphia and numerous other cities. The result in every case had been to open up competition and secure a great reduction in the price of paving. The same thing had been tried in Omaka, but had been continu- ally thwarted by the unseen Influences which the monopoly had been able to exert. It had inculcated the idea that no asphalt but the Trinidad product was worth anything, and under these misrepresentations ~the people had begn induced to designate that material in nearly every instance. Much of the pave- ment laid by the Barber company itselt was land asphalt, nofably that of Douglas street, which was one of the best pavements in the clty. Every contract that had been let for paving with the 'Trinidad asphaltum was illegal under the decislons of the courts, be- cause It catered to a trust and offered no opportunity for real competition, ITS SECRET CONSULTATIONS. Referring again to the Board of Public Works, Mr. Rosewater sald that it had at- tempted to go through a course of proced. ure unparalleled in the history of tho board. Until this instance the business of the boerd had begn done openly. In this case It had performed Its business behind closed doors. It had spent four days in studylng how to keep the contract from the lowest bidder and give it to the highest bidder, It had held secret consultations With the highest bidders, instead of calling in the lowest bidder and investigating the merlts of the bid. Now tho chairman was talking of readvertising to get lower bids, Had he not been letting contracts all the year at prices from 15 to 20 per cent higher than this, and why this sudden spasm of reform? He could make out and award a contract to John Grant at $2.63 in two hours but found himself unable 10 prepare a con- tract with Hugh Murphy at $2.07 in three days, At a meeting in the mayor's office bo had assured the mayor that he was act- ing in good faith and that the contract would be passed at the meeting Iriday. At that time the speaker told the mayor in the hearing of 'the city attorney and others that Mr. Winspear was not sinccre and that when Friday came it would be found that an injunction had been obtained. The event proved the truth of the statement, Continuing, Mr. Roscwater decarcd that | for the good of the clity ths fact must be es- | tablished that when a man came before the board with a bid he should recvive fair treat- ment. This could not be when the board dis- criminated betwe:n bidders. Even if lower blds should be received through a readver- tsement the city would be the loser by thou- #ands of dollars in the end, because it would perpstuate the combine and agaln exclude competition. The only way to obtaln honest and permanent competition was to open the gates and let in a'l kinds of asphalt, only providing that it should be first class and that the pavewents laid should be as good | @5 the best that had ever Leen lald In the elty, The quality of the pavement did not @l on the kind of asphalt that was on the manner in which It was put {n which the different materials | ed. It would be a great detrl ha If It was allowed to go out Rotor could get a job of paving @ particular friend of (he | Works, and on this aceount contract to go to the wnan | id surprisiogly lower than | glore been recsived by the | actors who were in the readvertisement. They @ of $2.07 was too high. ractors had been taking 25 per cent higher for ftrange that they had t they had been robbing ! present thme. If llu u-l to Mr. M it would & $100.000 Lo $150.000 10 of the Board n o explain | ashamed | the Board of Public Works the city on the next that was done. OBJECTED TO BEING FLAYED. In reply Mr. Winspear remarked. that it looked as though it was a put up job that he should come there to hear Mr. Rosewater flay the Doard of Public Works. As far as the charge that he had not been so reluctant to award contracts to other bidders was concerned he said that this was perfectly true. This was the first time in the history of the city that the board had besn asked to award a contract which allowed the con- tractor to designate his own material. Was it unreasonable to suppose that the board would naturally hesitate to award a contract on such terms? He emphatically denied the statement that the board had indulged in star chamber proceedings and also declared that he had no knowledge or intimation of the restraining order until 2 o'clock yester- day afternoon. At this point Wheeler took the floor to say that, in his opinfon, the council had heard ail that It cared to hear on this subject, Howell stralghtway accused him of trying to throttle free speech, and Intimated that he was to have the real facts come to light. He was surprised that any member of the council should take such a course. Wheeler replied that the gentleman was not more surprised than some of his friends had been at some of his actions since he had been a member of the council, and that as far as he was concerned, no bulldozer conld prevent him from exercising those rights which were given to him by the rules of the council. All that the special meeting had been called for was to hear a discussion be- tween the city engincer and the chairman of the time of the members was belng taken with but very lit- tle_profit. Saunders added a little heat to the pyro- technics when he remarked that, although the council had fhvited an explanation from the Board of Public Works, it was his opinion that an explanation was more properly in order from the council. The final ordinance had been introduced on Friday night, and was passed at a special meeting, held the next day, of which some of the members were not even notified. It any questionable methods had been pursued it had been on behalf of the city council. It was a most extraordinary proceeding to serve the chair- man of the board with notice of the passage of the ordinance on Sunday morning, and then impugn his motives because he had not called a speclal meeting of the board to approve the contract in mid winter, when the work conld not be dona until spring. City Attorney Connell advised the council that it would be wise to respect the order of the court until it was modified or set aside, and after some further debate, the whole matter was dropped, and the council pro- ceeded to businoss, On motion cf Parker, ten miles of repaving the president ap- pointed Councilmen Holmes, Back and Lemly | to serve on the special union depot commit- tee, in place of Parker, McAndrews and Ha call, whose terms expire. —————— WHERE THE RACE BEGAN. Bishop Newman on Euphrates Valley, and Babylon. The auditorium of the Young Men's Chris- tian association building was filled last night on the occasion of the lecture given by Bishop John P. Newman entitled, ““One Thou- sand Miles on Horseback Through the Valley of the Euphrates, the Garden of Eden, Baby- lon and Nineveh.” As the subject indicates the lecture described the valiey of the Bu- phrates and the various points of interest in it, particularly the three objects mentioned. A’ usual, Bishop Newman was very interest- ing, and completely held the attention of the audience. On the west of the valley, sald the bishop, are the children of Ismael, who have never been conquered and roam over the valleys and the hills in quest of pasturage and plun- der as free as the breath. It is said that they even compel the sultan to pay tribute for the caravans that pass through the des- ert, one of the strange facts of history. On the east lle Persia and Armenia, and other of tho oriental countries. Between these two outlines are two of the most famous rivers of the world flowing downward to the sea from a common source, the Euphrates, called the Water of Desire, 1,800 miles in length, from 100 to 300 yards in width, flowing at the rate of three knots an hour; the Tigris, only 900 miles long, but far decper and more rapid. Between them are some of the richest pastures on the face of the globe and the grandest and most beautiful scenery that can be seen anywhere. In the springtime one can see there square miles of flowers of every hue and form. In that valley ‘“the human race began its race.’” In the valley live four peoples. Two of them are Mohammedans, the Turks and Sar- acens. For the former Bishop Newman had only words of reprobation. - No matter what thelr condition 1s, whether outside ciyiliza- tion or in palaces he terms them savages. Their government is systematized robbery from the sultan down to the lowest pasba, impoverishing the nation in order that the officials may live in luxury. ‘“Some of the bloodiest annals of the times are written in the Turkish empire. Elght years ago they invaded Bulgarla, which ought to be the happiest country in the world, and left it devastated, killing the men and carrying the beautiful women into the harems. Yet by one word of Old England the Turkish em- pire would fall to pieces like potter's clay.” Tho bishop positively affirmed that the re- ports from Armenia are not exaggerated. The Turks have entered the country, slaugh- tered the men, assaulted the women, mur- dered the mothers and children and carried tho beautizul women off to the harems. “Yet Christian England, Christian Russia, Chris- tian Germany, Christian Italy, Christian Aus- tria have the power with a wave of the hand to put Turkey out of Burope and have the right to say to say to Armenia: ‘You shall be free like Bulgaria’ America ought to send thunder over to England.” This is the eastern question, sald the bishop, and he would solve it by putting Turkey out, mak- ing Constantincple as Venice used to be and by opening the Bosphorus to all vessels, Ar- menia i a beautiful county, with men famous for poetry, oratory, literature, and has t merchant princes of the worid, In a Mo- bammedan village all is fiith, degradation, criminality; in an Armenian’ village, per- haps not five miles away, all is thrift, clean- liness, the boys and girls go singing through tho streets and all the men and women ars gentlemen and ladies, Ior the Saracens, who recognize Abraham as thelr great ancestor, yet trace their line- ago back to Sarah, the beautiful, the bishop had only words of approbation. They are Mohammedans because Mohammed discsvered tho old truth that there is ouly one God. They are advanced in civilization and com- merce. Another people are the devil worshipers, who once a year worship the devil in the shape of a brass rooster by a bacchanal more disgraceful and shameful than those In the times of the Greeks and Romans, They are not allowed to mention his name, and think that some time he will become king of the world. Next to them are the Nestorlans, who were excommunicated because they followed Nestorius, who did not believe that Mary was the ‘mother of God, but of the man Jesus. The fourth branch are the Hebrews, 20,000 in number, the descendants of ancient captives. Once a year they gather around the tomb of Ezra on the bank of the Tigris and worship him. At the very confluence of the the Euphrates is the traditional garden of Edon. On the point of the peninsula fs an old tree hanging over the water. There is a tradition throughout the valley, among Mo hammedans, Jews and Christiaus, that this ls tho tree of life. and a Turkish soldier is guarding it continually,” Bishop Newman gave a graphic description of the city of Babylon, the prodget of the brain of Nebuchsdnezzar, the mas bullder of antiquity. Then followed descriptions o Nineveh and the supposed site of the tower of Babel, den Tigris and —_— Why docs the new president of France po- semble Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder? Because he Is noted for his strength. W as Forced 1o Como MOBILE, Ala., De N Plerce, who was seciet Planters and Merchants Insurance company and em- bezaled $0.000 five years ago, arrived in this city foday from Abilend, Tex. He made a strong fight agalust extradition, carrying the case to the United States si- reme court, which decided against him. lerce gave bond in the sum of .50 and was released, R [T COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 25.-News was recelved today of the death of Mrs. Queen Mellen Palmer, wife of General W. . Palmcr, president’ of the Rlo Grande I\.\’w:r: ‘vead” “The death oceusred in Eng- | SPRINGEREXPLAINS THE BILL Succinot Summary of the Amended Measure of Scoretary Carlisle, CHANGE IN PLAN OF SECURING NOTES Natlonal Banks Not Compolled to Adopt the New System but Can Con- tinue Under the Old if They Wish. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Representative ger gave to an Assoclated press re- porter the following summary intended as a | popular explanation of the currency bill as modified by the late Carlisle amendments. “In the first place,”” sald Mr. Springer, “the Carlisle bill proposes a radical change In®the manner of securing the bank note circulation. The rapld payment of the pub- lic debt, the limited number of bonds now outstanding and the further fact that many of them are held in trust capacities in this country and as permanent Investments by porsons residing abroad, have rendered the kind of security now required impracticable. The Carlisle bill proposes for security of the circulating notes of the national banks instead of United States bonds a guaranty fund consisting of legal tender notes or cur- rency certificates to the amount of 30 per cent of the circulation applied for; also a safoty fund to be raised by a tax of one- half of 1 per cent per annum upon the cir- culating notes untll it reaches 5 per centum of the whole circulation, and as a further se- curity a first lien on all the assets of the bank and upon the amount which may be realized by the double liability feature of the national banking law. “The guaranty fund of 30 per centum, the assets in the bank and the personal liability of the stockholders can only go to the pay- ment of the circulating notes of the bank Wwhich issues them, but the 5 per cent guar- anty fund, raised by a tax upon all the cir- culation of the country, is a common fund out of which the notes of any failed bank may be paid if the guaranty fund, the as- sets and personal labilities of the stock- holders are not sufficlent. Thus on a circu- lation of $200,000,000, the present national bank circulation the saftey fund would amount to $10,000,000 and this whole fund would be drawn upon to pay the notes of any bank that failed. ~ This “security {s considered ampla by the safest financiers and bankers of the country. “The currency bill as amended does not compel national banks to enter the new sys- tem. They may continue under the old law, but it is thought that banking officiais will' soon see the advantage of the new plan and adopt it.” PROGRESS OF THE INDIANS, Reports from the Varlous Schools Estab- lished for Thelr Education, WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The annual re- ports of the superintendents of Indian schools recelved at the Interior department indicate a growing interest taken in education by the Indians and testify to the good work accom- plished by these institutions. The superin- tendent at Fort Mojave, Ariz., says that school has brought about changes in the dress and customs of the older Indians, who live better and who now almost invaria- bly use the white man's dress. The Mojaves living off the reservation are very anxious to be allotted small tracts of land, from which they cannot be driven. There are about 1,000 of ‘these between Fort Mojave, Ariz., and Needles who are self-supporting and work faithfully when money is in sight. The future of the Indian race, ‘declares tho superintendent of Fort Yuma * ‘industrial school, depends on their knowledge of how to work. Teach him- the value ‘of ‘manual Tabor as performed by himeelf, and one problem in the way of clvlizing’ Indlans' I’ solyed. The Moquis In Arizona are reported a long way behind the Navajoes in their desire to earn money, but are Industrious and self- supporting. 'By perseverence and “kindness, says Superintendent Goodman, the race an- tipathles will slowly be conquered and the tribe educated to take its place with other American citizens, Small pox is reported in the country ad- Jolning the Greenville, Cal., school. Danger to the puplls is apprehended and provision ;lr;za&l for vaccinating the Indians tn the val- ey. Some of the older pupils at the training school at Perrys, Cal, who have already received sufficient literary and industrial edu- cation to earn their own living, remain at the school and enjoy government clothing and subsistence. Superintendent Bray of this school protests against the practice of allowing pupils-to spend a vacation of two months on their reservations, which, he says, Is likely to undo much of the good work of the previous ten months, Thero is a growing freedom among the Seminoles in Florida and they are gradually adopting a better civilization. Many of the Cherokees, says Superintend- ent and Acting Agent Potter, are so poor that they own neither plows nor stock to work thelr- farms and cultivate their entire crop with a hoe and spade. The government has never {ssued rdtions or annuities to them, and they are regarded as better off for hav- ing o rely on themselves. Tho greatest curse among them is a love for liquor, many moonshiners and back doors disposing of the Whisky manufactured in the mountains to the Indians, Superintendent Jacobson, In charge of the school at Wittenberg, Wis., recommends that small quantities of vegetable seeds be sent to parties in that neighborhood for use next spring as an experiment and an inducement to the Winnebagos to cultivate crops instead of roaming at large and killing wolves for bounty. Captain Pratt of the Carlisle school in Pennsylvania comments on the provision in the Indian appropriation bill forbidding the taking of an Indian child to a £chool outside the state or territory where the reservation 8 located without the consent of parents. ‘No student has ever entered Carlisle in that wa. he asterts, ‘‘except the Chirichaua Apaches, who were transferred as prisoners of war. It seems only just, however, that as the government for the most part is pay- ing the bills it is in order that moral pres. sure, as the circumstances warrant, be used to place in the paths of progress the rising generation of Indlans, eo0 that these now on the wane of life may be the last of the'r race 80 far as {gnorance, incapacity and depend- ence are concerned.” At the Hampton institute in Virginia there are 140 puplls reported, mostly from the Oneida, Sioux and the Seneca, New York, ribes. tes Hat Ouly Poacefal Intention WASHINGTON, D. €., Dec. 2, —General Schofleld has recelved a preliminary report from Colonel Lawton, who is making a speelal investigation of the Ute Indians, who Ieft thelr reservations in Colorado and crossed Into Utah. Cofonel Lawton says the Indians acted aceording o their habits and custom, and that they had crossed the line thinkink they had & perfect right to do g0 and with no hostile purpose whatever They had no idea or intention of troubling the ‘white people. and, according to (olone) Lawton, the oldest and best residents of the country thus innocently invaded never have had any apprehension of trouble, Col- onel Lawton adds that the number of In- dians and their stock has been greatly ex- aggerated, and that they are now returning 1o thelr reservation as rapidly as the se- verity of the weather per: Headine @ Customs WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Assistant Sec- retary Hamlin has lssued a circular to cus- toms collectors directing that unless it shall appear by the Invoice, bill of lading and manifest or cther satisfactory evidence that merchandige arriving in the United States and remalniig in general order with- out examination or appralsement was when the ships were loaded at the foreign port destined for immediate exportation from the United States, no exportation thereof shall be permitted except under entry for ware- house and exportation in bond and ap- pralsement made as provided In such cases This order is intended to meet cases where parties export goeds previously imported In order to avoid penalties for undervaluition adighan Vad Mo Groand for ¢ on plaint WASHINGTON, Dec. 2%5.—The State de- partment fs under no apprehension as to results of threatened congressional inquiry Into the case of Radigian, who has com- plained (hrough the press of his ireatment at the hands of United States Minister rell at Constantinople. 1t is pointed out ihat the man's own statements put him in & most eauivocal position.” He says that b took out a Russian passport at Batoum in order to trayel in Turkey. To do so he must have tfkéx oath that he was a Rus- sian citizen, yet §t was a necessary prelim- fnary to hik Hking out & United 'Statea PASSpOTt to swear that he was an American citizen. Under these circumstances it is said Minister Terrell's hesitancy to lssue a passport wals fhoroughly Jjustified, side from this consideration, however, the Turk- Ish government has refused persistently to admit the right of Turkish subjects, Who expatriate th¥mselves, to return to Turke: and as our gwn,supréeme court in the case of the Chinnese ‘exclusion law has affirmed the absolute) Aght of a nation to exclude any class of pepgons from its territory, the United States Would seem to have little ground on which to protest. STATISRIUS OF CORN IMPORTS, Roumania Leéads This Country In Importa- tions to the Continent. WASHINGTON, Deo. 28.—United States Consul Lathrop at Bristol, England, has fur- nished to Secretary Morton some interesting tables, showing first the corn importing countries of Burope, from which it appears that elght countries Imported @uring the fis- cal year last past, over 134,000,000 bushels of corn. Of this amount the United King- dom took over 70,000,000, and Germany nearly 33,000,000 bushels; France took 10,500,000, and Holland and Austria-Hungary each took 6,500,000; Belglum took nearly 5,000,000, and Denmark and Switzerland nearly 1,750,000 bushels each, Next, tables showing the imports of the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Holland, and from what coun- tries they supplied themselves, The bulk of the corn imported into the United King- dom comes from Roumania and the United States, but the United States, Canada and Turkey, In the order named, are drawn upon to make a net one-fourth of the supply for the United Kingdom. Nearly half of that imported into Germany comes from the United States, and this country, with Rou- mania, supplies nearly four-filths of Ger- many's total imports. Russia and Bulgaria also contribute a fair proportion to the Ger- man supply. America furnishes not more than a fifth of the French supply, almost the whole of the four-fifths being made up from Roumania, Russia and Turkey, in the order named. In supplying Holland, America s slightly in the lead, with Roumania a close second. Al these statements are based upon the figures for the last flscal year, which in nearly every case snows a marked advance over the year previous. One of the features shown by these tables of special in- terest to our own farmers is, that while Ar- gentine has been an important factor in the international wheat market, her exports of corn to European countries have fallen off greatly. They aggregated nearly 11,000,000 bushels in 1893, and less than 2,000,000 in 1894, It will occasion surprise to some to know that the little kingdom of Roumania fur- nished the principal corn importing countries of Burope more than the United States. Rou- mania_ supplied 48,000,000 bushels, and the United States 46,000,000 bushels of that cereal for European consumption in the year 1894. STAND BY THE TREATY, Austria Clalms This Prevents Discrimina- tion Agalnst Her Sfugar. WASHINGTON, Dee. 28.—Mr. Von Hengle- muller, the new Australian minister who has Just arrived from'Vienna, was seen today by a representative_of| the Associated press con- corning the repants that Austria would fol- low the cours’of Germany, first in protest- ing aainst tie American tariff on sugars, and then in _‘rpu’ug\mg against the products of this country.' The minister gave the first interview had yith-him in this country. “The Austrian govéiithieht s not, up to-the pres- ent time,” @said! Mr. Von Henglemuller, “taken any stepsion the American tariff. The relations with:the United States have al- ways been most icardlal, and I have no doubt they will remin so by a satisfactory ar- rangement of:thewsugar duties. The trealy between Austfia“und this country contains the .most fayofetl fation clause, assuring to each. country, Ahat ho higher “or discrimi- nating duties shall be imposed . than. aré placed -on:i thet preducts. of other, countries. At the thhe thisiteeaty was made Austria was paying #{bslnt§ on sugar. The bounty system had been in ‘operation for years, ever sinco the Industry.was in its infancy, and the treaty with the. most favored nation clause was made with fullrecognition of the bounty system in Anstria, “The Austrian bountles are gradually being lowered as the' sugar industry becomes more selt-supporting, and> before long the: entire bounty system will be done away with. But the course of ‘Austria in paying bountles ls cntlrely an internal matter, in no way con- cerning other, countries. So far as outside countrles are’ concerned, its regulations are governed by evisting treaties, and in the case of the United States the treaty was made with the bounties In existence.” Mr. Von Henglemuller was asked as to the effect of the American tariff in Austria. “Thero has not been time to feel the effects of the new tariff,” he replled, “but the Mc- Kinley law had a serlous effect on our in- dustries. The sugaf Industry of Austria is very great, and it will undoubtedly be af- fected by the increased American duty on sugar, But the fixing of tariff rates, high or low, is an internal question for the United States to determine, and the only concern of Austria Is to see that it is not singled out for higher duties than those allowed to riost favored nations.” FORESTRY CONGRESS CONVENES, Considerable Progross Made Past Year, WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The thirteenth annual session of the American Forestry as- soclation began here today at the Department of Agriculture. There was a small attend- ance at the opening session, and after a brief meeting the convention took a recess, and about a dozen of the members went to the white house and were introduced to the president by the secrotary of state. The report of Prof. Fernow, chairman of the ex- ccutive committee of the assoclation, was read. It I8 cald that there has been an increase of interest in foresiry matters dur- ing the past year, as instanced by meetings InAlbany, Brooklyn and the White moun- tains, at which steps were taken looking to the preservation of eastern forests, The most of the advance made during the year was in the passing of the McRae forestry bill. This bill, the report says, was not altogether satistactory, but was a considera- ble step forwa™®, and the assoclation would continue to push what has become known as the Paddock bill, which looks to the control of the forests by & speclal commission. The McRae bill has passed the house, but not the senate, and It was decided to make strenuous efforts to secure a favorable action in the senate, Treasurer Fis¥er submitted a report, show- ing a balance of $2/367 on hand as a current and permanentfunll. The election of ofi- cers was held IR& afternoon, and fhe ap- pointment of F! H Newell of this city as secretary was the.only change made. The aasoclation-held a Joint meeting with the Natlonal ‘Goographical sociely at ~the National muselnn onight. Secretary of Agriculture Morton,. as the president of the Forestry associufien’ made a short address. ailay GOVERNMEN® FILED A DEMURRER. W e Government OMciats Not Worried Over the Ine D WASHINGTON, *Dec. '28.—Assistant At- torney General {Vhilney has filed in the ais- trict supreme cupt a demurrer to the com- plaint of John»@G. Moors against Commis- eloner Miller of'th¢ internal revenue bureau, in which he aské‘for an injunction restrain- ing the latier from co.lecting the income tax authorized by the new tariff. The demurrer is very brief and genera) in its terms, set- ting forth that thd compldinant has not made such a case as entitles him in any court of equity to'the relief sought. At the request of Mr. Whitney the case Is set for hearing on January 8. The case Is attracting little attention among government officials, many of whom ‘express the opinion that the com- plainant has absolutely no case. They also be leve the pisint!ff will find it impossible to raise the copetitutional questions In the pres- ent procopding, because an injunction is not the proper remedy in such a case, and is, fact, expressly prohibited by the Revised Statutes. e WASHINGTON, secrotary of the navy has prepared a letter repri- manding Captain Glars of the Cincinnati for not belng ot his post when that vessel as passine Execution Rock last fall and stiuck bot'm. During the WILL BE HARD T0 BEAT THIS Rogulations for the Return of Ohinese Laborers Who Go Baok to the Crient, NUST RETURN EY PORT OF DEPARTURE Certificate Given Them Contains De- scription of the Party—This Is Kept in the Collector's Offce to Tden- tify the Returning Colestials, WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The regulations for the admission of Chinese laborers, as pro- vided for by the recent treaty between this country and China, have been completed by the secretary of the treasury. Under the regulations a Chinese laborer who has resided and registered In the United States and de parted therefrom and who may have a law- ful wife, child or parent in this country, or property therein of the value of $1,000, or debts of a like amount due him, will be per- mitted to return, provided that before de- parture he deposits with the commissioner of customs of the district in which he lives a certificate of reglstration from the interna- tional revenue collector and a full description of his family, property or debts, The papers must be accompanied by three photographs of the laborer and this etatement submitted by him, it found to be correct, will be certi- fled by the collector of customs. The papers, with the certificates, are to be transmitted to the collector of customs of the port from which the Chinese person is to depart, and who must return to the country by the way of the port of his departure. The certificd description of the Chinaman will be filed in the office of the collector at the port of exit as a means of identification. The return to the United States must be within one year of departure unless sickness or other disability prevents, in which event the facts are re- quired to be certified by the Chinese consul at the port from which the Chinese person may depart for the United States. A certifi- cate will be issued to the laborer on his parture, which will not contain a description of the person to whom issued, but which will refer to the identification paper by numbers. This will obviato the sale of exchange of certificates and render the identification of the returning Chinese more certain. The collector at tiie port of exit will be required to transmit to the Treasury department weekly reports of the Chinese leaving their ctive ports, giving the name, local resi- and occupation of such persons. The collectors will also be required to cancel all certificates of returning Chinese and to for- ward the same to the treasury where the records are to be kept on file, as especially provided for the purpose. The certificates to bo issued will be serially numbered and sued by the department to collectors on re quisition therefor, an account being kept in each Instance, and collectors will be required to excreise unusual care in all matters per- taining to the issuance, cancellation and re- turn to the department ‘of such certificates. NISTORICAL SOCIETY ADJOURNS, Interesting Papers Read Session. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The American Historical association concluded its meeting today. Papers were read by Prof. Harold D. Hazeltine of Brown university on “Ap- peals from Rhode Island Courts to the King in Council;"” Prof. Frank G. Bates of Cornell on “Rhode Island and the Import of 1781;" Prof. Arthur M. Mowry * of Harvard on “The Constitutional Controversy in Rhode Island in 1841;” Prof. Samuel B. Harding of Harvard on “Party Struggles Over Penn- sylvania Copstitution, 1775 to 1790;" 8. M. Sener 6f Lancaster, Pa., on “The -Language, Manners and History of ‘the Pennsylvanie' Germans;” Prof. James A. Wilgus of the Ohlo State untversity on *The Evolation' of Township Government in Ohio;” Prof. A, Coughlin of the Uniyersity of Michigan on “The Rétention of Western Posts by the British After 1783;” Willlmh E. Curtis of this city on “Existing Autographs of Chris- topher Columbus." _At the Folk Lore soclety meeting papers were read ‘by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey on “Kfapa Folk Lore;" Captain - John G. Bourke of the Third United States cavalry on *Mexlcan Cooking and Mexican Foods." Captain Bourke's paper was specially inter- esting and gave many details cotcerning Mexican customs and manners. The American Society of Church History also concluded its meeting today. A paper on “Phillip Schoft”” was read by Dr. George P. Fisher of Yale university and one on “Prof. Ramsey’s Christianity in the Roman Empire” by Dr. Faulkner, Atlanta Ordered to the West Indies. WASHINGTON, Dec, 28.—The Atlant dropped down from Norfolk Roads. Admiral Meade, North Atlantic station, that the ship 1s ready been_instructed to sen the West Indies. She will relieve the Co- lumbia, and the latter vessel will be or- dered’ hogie from Jamaica to be docked. B Stamp it on the sun--paint it on the moon —the superiority of Dr. Price’s Cream Bak- ing Powder. at the Closing has to Hampton commanding the has been notified for sea, and has her on a cruise in —— BANKS A COMPLETE WRECK. Little Loft hut the Safe to tho Slater, Concerns. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22—The Post Dispatch this afternoon says: The recent fall- ures of the Citizens Stock bank and Savings bank of Slater, Mo, in the opinion of a well known St. Louis banker, who spent two days at that place Investigating their con- dition, is due to mismanagement. The sam= methods which Allls, the Little Rock banker, used in wrecking the Arkansas in- stitution which he was connecied with, the expert says, were employed at Slater, The Citizens Stock bank was_organized in 1879 with a capital stock of $100,000. 1t had a surplus of $65,0:0. Its liabilities, as appears from an investigation, are $:0,000. The cash in the bank was $1,100. Tts good assets will, in the opinion of "experts, not exceed $0,000 The Bavings bank was started fn 1886 with a capital of $50,000, and its surplus given out as $15,000. “When its doors were closed in anticlpation of a tun, after the suspension cf the Stock bank, there was $i3 in its vaults, Its Uabilities are more than $3060,000, #o it is suid, and of this amount $135,000 18 reported on(inuous” paper, or paper on which the bank realized end made no g its reports or on its ks, The St. Louls expert, who, on behalf New York correspondént, visitad Slate of the opinfon that most of this money was lost In speculation. The singular admission is made that the board of directors has not examined either institution for over u year, Cashier Lyne of the Savings bank hus not reached h's 25th year, It 1s not charged that cither he or Cashier Field profited by the failure, as they are without money or prop- erty. Al far as can be learned Azerres, Brown owners of the Slatsr Milling com- pany, ‘a_livery stable, and also engaged in the feeding of cattle, were heavy borrow- from the Bavings bank. and it is said their paper, amounting to $50,000, 1 carried by the institution as cash. One of the Stock bank's biggest debtors is a cattle feeder of Slater named Bubanks, who floated a 350,000 business by its aid. Wash paper was handled, it 1s claimed, by both banks. When it was necessary to realize cash it was the custom to get the accommodation note of & resident of Blater, send it to Bt. Louls, Kan- sas City or Chicago, with the bank's en- dorsement, and get it discounted. This sys- tem was followed by both banks (o keep open their doors long after they were wrecked. No criminal procedures have besn begun, but the St Louls expert is of the oplnion that the officials of both banks will be arrested after a more thorough exan ination of the affairs. None of the officials have been guilty of speculation, the St Louls exper( says, but resorted fo “Allls’ methods in order {o avert a disaster e Arrested for Kobbing a Postome CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Irving Lean, a boy in knickerbockers, was arrested on alight- ing from a train in Chicago today of the harge of robblng the postoffice at his home, ‘ulton, Wis. When arralgned in court he acknowledged his guilt, and stated that his ambition Is to emulate Bill Dalton and lead a band of desperadoes. The boy was handed over to the federal authorities. He secured no money In the letters which he rifled. Mo, ount in et At Sixty-Two tle Plays Well. and healthfal athletic sports, especially the good old Bnglish game of crickot, as his farticipation {n several exciting games dur- ng the past summer amply attest. A no- ticeable feature about the gentleman's pla ing was the fact that his score was much better than the majority of the voung ath- letes engaged in the same games, and it was with a justifiable pride that he spoke of his surprising showing. Mr, Phillips is much more than an ordinary man, being a_college professor as well as Ister, and a gentleman of many timable qualities. min- most es- -—— WIZARD ON THE NAPOLEON. Jake Schaeffer Unbosoms Himselt in Reply to Frank lves, CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Jake Schaeffer smiled when he was shown Ives' Grand Rapids in terview of yesterday. “Why, 1 never sug- gested the fdea of changing or abolishing the fourteen-inch balk line game,” sald he, “any more than I suggested the ldea of nging the straight rail game to eight inch balk line, of the elght-inch balk line to fourteen-inch balk line; any more than I suggested the idea of bareing the anchor in tho latter game. It was the public and press that demanded all of these changes for the reason that the element of luck entered so largely into all of these games that they ceased to be contests of skill. Whenever any expert was lucky enough to secure the coveted position in any of these games the contest was practically over. It the four- teen-inch balk line gar now played ns reached the same s and_ outlived Its usefulness, and the public want to see some new game, 1 suppose we will be com- pelled to submit to the fnevitable. 1 don't want Ives or any one else to think that 1 am trying to change the game." When asked about Tves' challenge to p cushion caroms, Schaeffer sald;: when Ives was here the other aBreeit Lo make o (rlp to Calitornia and glve exhibitions under Dar management, and the Iatter has already made som gagements, I think we had better play these games before (alking about any fu ther matches. Ives knows well he can get o match with me at any time.” FOLLOWED PLU R GRANNAN'S LEAD San Francisco's Talent Profits Onco by Playlng the oy Wonder's ¢ holee. SAN FRANC Dec, 28, —Jockey “Soup" Perkins arrived yesterday and today rede three winning mounts, Interest in the match between Whitestone and Pescador for $2500 a slde was intanse. Whitestone was the favorite at 1 to 2, with Pescador at 7 to The pair raced together to the three-quarter pole, when Pescador, ridden by Chorn, fell, and Whitestone won. .Circe and Dick Behan were the other winning favorites. Summaries: First race, five and ing: Johnny Payn. won; Primanda, 05, Queen Hee, 101, Coady L7, Whit] half furlongs, sell- Cockr n (4 to 214 to 1), third oud, Mosby and Viva five furlongs, 2-year-olds ( to 5), won: imp. Vi (2 to 1), second; Hanford, 101, 0 1), third, Time! 1:16. Lough® fiment colt also r bout sl more anc Third Braw S Glen, 10 . farlongs, sellin 10 5), won; Red to 5), second: San I Rey: do2 Ml (10 to 1), Third. Time: 1 d Dust, Monrovia, Major Ban also ra “ourth race, one mile, match race, a side: Whitestone, 101, ing (1" to 2), won; Pescador, 101, 'Chorn (7 to ), second, Tima: 1 Iifth six furlongs, selling: han, 95, Perkins (3 to 5), won; Cochran (7 to 5), second; San Coady (50 to 1), third, ‘Pime: others ran The Soreckels handicap, the biggest race of the vear on the Pacific coast, will be run tomoriow, and a big crowd will probatly ack horses struggle for the $10,000 v The Kentucky stable will make a streng bid for it with Lissack, Jim Flood and Major McLaughlin, all three of which will start, The traci i$ in very bad co tion, and with the light weights carried the 2-year-olds it is consideréd a sure thing for one of Chinn's youngsters., The prob- able starters will be: Welght.| Horse, Welght 123 Major MeLaughtin 9 + 123\ Mr, Jingle + 118\ Charmion s 113|Grandea 1L 116 Creigy o 115| Do Dick B Qu Cadmus .1, Hawthorne Gilead ... Lovedale Wildwood Lissack .. o Jim Flood ... . Resnits nt N NEW. ORLEANS, day of the Crescent meeting. Weather fair. Results: Iirst race, six furlongs: Biberon (4 to 1) won, Merritt (2 to 1) second, Satinet (3 to 1) third. " Time: 17161z, Second race, selling, six and a half fur- longs: Miss Perking (@ to 1) wou, Young Arion' (2 to §) second, Denver (20 {0 1) third. Time: 1:3i4. Third ‘race, selling, six furlongs: Luke (7 to 2) won, Panaway (1 to 1) Bon Wilson 6 to' 1) third.” Time: 1:16, Dec. 28.—Eighteenth City Jockey club's cold and clear; track Uncle ccond, Tourth race, selling, one mile: Burrel’ Billet (4 to 5) ‘won, John Dunn (5 to 2) se ¢nd, “Uncle Frank (15 (o 1) third. “Time: 45! Fifth race, five furlongs: Johnny McHale @8 'to 5) won, Norman (1°t6 1) sccond, Buck- eye (9 to 2) third, Time: 1:0215, Corrigan Will Not Leave Bay District. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.—The dispateh from Loufsville which stated that 13d Cor- rigan had _engaged twenty-four stalls at Churchill Downs for his string of racers created considerable interest among hors men here, as It was feared Corrgan was about to desert San Francisco. Mr. Corrle gan, however, states that he has no inten- tion’ of leaving San Francisco, o8 he consid- ors It a_good place to winter, He will Kec his horses here until March, when they will be sent to Memphis for the spring . cam- palgn. He ‘has engaged the = stails At Churchill Downs for some horses at pres- ent at Hawthorne and for some vearings from his farm at Midway, Ky, Westorn Foot Ball Association, A meeting of the Western Interstate Foot Ball association will be held at the Midland hotel today, the association comprising the teams from the state universities of Ne. braska, Towa, Kansas and Missouri. On representative from each team will be pres- ent. The business will be the arranging of a_schedule of games for next year, the awarding of the pennant won this season and perhaps a modification of the Tules, W. H. Bremner of the lowa university team ar- rived last evening and is at the Dellone, Quiekly Recovered the Title. BALTIMORE, Dec. %.—Joseph Gans, the colored lightwelght champion of the south, who was beaten by Paul Johnson, the Kangaroo, has regained the title, The Kangaroo wis beaten by Johin Costs In_ ten rounds Wednesday night. Last uight Gans beat Costs, The fight lasted ten rounds and Costs was' terribly punished. Zoiglor SAN JOSE, Dec. 28-0Otto Zelgler, jr. become & member of the Falcon t has am and s been signed, and in about ten mbers of the team will arrive from the east and go in training here, In April Zeigler will start with the team east. Ir Was n Disappol t TON, Dec. 28.—Frank Brierley, champion bantamweight of Ireland, Elms, one of the cleverest New England, met at the Crib club rooms before 600 pecple for a twelve-round bout, which resulted in a draw. Brierley was a disappointment, ¥Fine Shootiug at Oska OSKALOOSA, Ia., Dec, 2 of the shooting tournament was a BUCCess. The Carver-Marshall match was the chief attraction. Carv won, killing 93 birds; Marshall, 92: Argerican rules, Hoover won over Gollghtly, inglish rules, single barrel the and Joe lightweights in o .~The third day Stalllon £hallas Dead, RACINE, Wis, Dec. 28.—Phallas, the stai- lion, owned by J. L Case, died last night Phallas had a record of 2:13%. He got cast in his stall, e Printing Houses Combining. AKRON, O, Dec. %It is stated here that there is a project on foot to combine all of the lax rinting houses of the coun- try. If the deal §s consummated many milllons of “dollars will be involy money coming not enly from this coun but from KEurope. The information co from one of the directors of the mamm Wernler printing concerns of this clty tated that the matter would be fully dis- ed at the anuual meeting of the Wernler pany to be held at Chicago during the early part of January. Children Cry fol Pitcher's Castoria. Rev. T. D. Phillips, M. A., an Episcopal rgyman of Hyde Park, Chicago, who has been visitiog his sister, Mrs. A. Mont- morency, made The Bee & pleasant call yes- terday.”'Mr. Phillips 1s a fine cimen of well preserved manhood, and, despite his age, @ years, is yei a fond lover of all pure Children Cry fo: Pitcher's Castorla. generally, | EAST ONAMA LIGHTED UP [ Plant of the Monitor Hard Plaster Company | Totally Destroyed by Fire, ‘ 1S UNDER TWENTY THOUSAND LOSS Several Adjoining the Work of from Omaha Tuilding Saved Tose Companles - Namber of Sheds Burned and Roofs Scorched, Last night the plant of the Monitor Hard Plaster company in East Omaha was come pletely destroyed by fire. Two outbuilde Ings belonging to the Martin & Morrissey Manufacturing company were also consumed. and several in the neighborhood were more or less scorched. The bulldings of the plaster company were valued at $12,000, the insurance on which was $6,600, while tho destruction of the stock and machinery | Will add several thousands more to the loss, | The loss on the other buildings and prope erty will be less than $2,000, | At about 11 o'clock k Gardner, the watchman of the Carter White Lead works, noticed a sheet of flame burstiog from the west side of the main building near the chimney. He notified the American Distriot Telegraph company, which turted in the alarm to the fire department. But when hose company No. 6 arrived on the scene halt an hour later the fire had completed its work. The buildings were burned to the ground and the (wo streams which were Immediately turned on were of use only in quenching the burning embers and in putting out small flames that were playing on the roofs of neighboring cottages. Hose company No. § arrived a few minutes later and also turned two streams on the fire, The fire started in the main building, near the furnace room. It burned very rapidly, and soon the entire bullding was in flames. No water, whatever, could bo thrown on the building. ~ Sparks flow upon the office, northe . and it was soon enveloped In flames, me of the bystanders rushed in and saved the books and some of the furniture. Mean= while a shed, stored with machinery, and a barn, belonging to the Martin & Morrissey Manufacturing company, to the southeast, had also caught on fire, and in a short time were burned to the ground. Two cars of coal, belonging to G. L. Gorman, and valued at $125, had also caught fire. The roofs of two cottages, one owned by A, K. Walla, and the other by Martin & Morrissey Manufacs turing company, and occupied by W. Me- Laughlin and Wil Morroceo, were ablaze, but by this time the fire department arrived and the blaze was extinguished. The fur- niture in the houses hiad been removed, and the loss was almost solely on the bulldings, chiefly from water. For some time it was feared that the Care ter White Lead works, whichare directly to the morth, might catch fire from flying arks, as the wind was blowing from the southwest. The wind was not strong enough, however, and the danger was soon past. The shops of the Martin & Morrissey Manufac- turing company are to the southeast, but the walls are covered with sheet fron, so that they were never in danger. It is_impossible to tell the cause of the fire. It started near the furnace room, @c- cording to the accounts of several spectators. There was was a fire in the furnace at the time, but it must have been very low, as no work was done in the building after 12 o'clock yesterday. The company occupied two buildings. The main building was 50x120 feet, and was of wood, except the furnace room at the north end. ' It was two stories in height at the north end and three stories at the South end.. In it was the machinery. for making. plaster and adamant. The stock compris a large quantity of sand, hair and other articles, Just what the value of this was and also of the finished product could not be learned, as the president, man- ager and chlef owner, A. K, Walla, is out of town, The mill was not dolng much work of late, only one man being employed, but Qurs ing the’ summer the employes numbered oight or ten. The ofice was a small, yones story bulilding, cottages Ivy Poisoning Eight Years of Suffering Porfect Cure by Hood’s Sarsaparilla "€, I, Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass,: “Dear $irs: — We lave tried Hood's Sarsapae tills and find it to bo all you claim for ft. My wifo was poisoned by ivy when o young woman, wd for eight years was troubled overy season ) 587 ~ arse. Hood's*=*Cures with the breaking ont and terrible ltchlnlnnfl burning. Ithought liers was as bad a case as anyone ever had. She was In this distressing condition every ycar until sho began to tako Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has effected a pers fect cure, without leaviug any scars, and she has had No Sign of the Polson Since. she 13 well and hearty. T have taken IHood's rsaparilia aftor the grip with good results, and e also given it to our four children, We are all pietures of perfect health and owe it to Hood's Sursaparilia.’ J. C, FREEMAX, Vatle Aoty declde to take Hood's Harnapa 1ilia do not he tnduced to buy any other Instead, Hood's Pills are hand made, and perfech 10 proportion and appearance. 2. per box. BAILEY THE DENTIST 4W Ploneer of Low Prices in LLTA . A Dentistry IN OMANIA. Full Set of Teeth, $5; Warranted to Fit tay, Gold and lver Pillings, L ‘Pel. 1085 ard Work I extracted and p (Mloy’ #illin el v Gold, #2; G B por tooth, Fincit work floor Paxton Blk., 10th and Faruan: Floo Eax i N AT RNDANT, on Conduet of REED'S RULES ;i » Hon. Thomas B. Beed, Ex-Speaker House of Representatives. cossity to officers of ¥4 Pages, Clothe Frice, 10 contar For le by all bookscllers, or m recelph GF price by RAND, M NAL Publy b 68 A ors' Meeting. L€ Lee-Clarke-Andreesen Hardware O b e Yhoh—Notice. 18 ferbey BIVH (0 thé stocknoldern of the Lees Clarke-Andreese Hardware \»Ulllrlll thal the annual lll(l‘llllh ull P‘lu ‘l“il;-k Nl:“::: g company wil b heid ut the o the seipany, 1510, 1621 ‘nd 1228 Harney Strect, in the city of Umaha, in the state OF Nrbrnlk., o 'Luudn)‘ ‘.hn;x,;l.ryl’:,mym. . at 8 o'clock p. m. for the clectih s uourd i dlfectors for the. oms transact such other business as may Children Cry io5 Pitcher's Castorla. peay to serve during the ensuing year, and ] pr