Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 17, 1895, Page 1

——— ESTABLISHED UNE 19, L1871, OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1895. = BUYING OUT OF THE ARMY Cuban Nativse Must Either Entor Spanish Bervice or Pay Heavily, PRICE PAD FOR MARTI'S DEATH Campos Delaying Actlon Until the Arrtval of More Troops — Twenty-Five Thousand More Coming from Spain. TAMPA Fla., June 16.—Passengers on the steamer tonight report that the Spanish gov- ernment recently rajsed $40,000 from Havana volunteers. Those who paid $400 are excused from duty. Those furnishing a substitute pay $150. Spain is said to have paid $18,000 for Marti's assassination. The Vuelta Abajo district probably will rise In a few days. Martinez de Campc awaits more troops from Spain at Nuevitas, Masso, Antonlo Maceo, Miro and other leaders with 2,000 men are near Gibara in posession of a small town. They had a flerce battle be- tween Gibara and Holquin. A convoy has been captured. Many prisoners were taken and a large sum of money was captured Insurgents say it amounted to $80,000, while the Spanish claim it was but $40;000. Guanabecoa, a half hour's ride by rail from Havana, Is greatly excited by the appearance of strange ships in the offing. General Ar- derius, second commander of the Spanish forces, has ordered a concentration of troops to prevent a landing of filibusters who are on board. Guavitas, near Santiago, was burned by the Insurgents under Major Duran on the 5th, Olivia, the guide that is claimed to have ssassinated Marti, is in the hospital at Principe Alfonso, dangerously wounded in the left breast with a rifle ball, said to have been iInflicted In battle, but it is thought tho Cubans tried to kill him. GAINESVILLE, Fla, June 16.—The fol- lowing letter, written by Major F. P. Hann of the Cuban army, has been received by a friend In this cit Major Hann was for- merly from Pepnsylvania and has been in the Cuban service three months. “ARENSAS RIVER, Cuba, June 10, 1595 The most important expedition that has reached Cuba from the United States was landed today at this point. It consists of 100 men, 1,000 rifles, 2,000,000 rounds of ammuni- tion and $260,000 in gold, under command of Colonel Sernandez. The vessel which con- veyed them left Key West June 6 and sailed for Bahla island, where it took on the men and cargo. She was chased twice by Spanish cruisers, but managed to outsteam them, and arrived here at daylight this morning. We are now making arrangements to join Gomez at Tunas, province of Camaguey, where he has his Yeadquarters for the present. We have a march of about forty miles before us, but hope to joln him on the 12th. We have positive news that Marti fs dead. He was be- rayed into Spanish hands by a trusted Cuban uide,” says Hann, “and shot down in cold lood before he could escape.’ HAVANA, June 16.—A small band of troops at lsabel Catolica went in pursuit of the insurgents and found their cavalry upon the river at Gua. The troops charged and dellvered a hot fire, which caus:d the insur- ents to retire. They lost their arms and orses, besides four of their number dead and six wounded. Of the troops one was killed and two were wounded. Volunteers have left for Boca Ciega and Pacuarno. It is rumored @ schooner has disembarked arms, which have been hidden in the swamps and cave: between Matanzas and Sagua La Chica. At Campechuela, near Manzanillo, ten insur- gents have surrendered. MADRID, June 16—The cabinet council has dectded to act with the greatest vigor in Cuba and to dispatch 25,000 troops there in addition to the 10,000 already under orders and to purchase within two months twenty gunboats. A telegram recelved says the Spanish febel attack upon Bpiritus, CORNELL tonight troops have the villag: from Cuba repulsed a of Paredes OARSME ARE O Field Which They Co sider Unfair, LONDON, June 16.—The Cornell oarsmen at Henley and their friends are very In- dignant over a criticism of their costume which appears in the Field, and which seems to reflect upon its modesty and pro- priety. The article begins by say- Ing they appear in sleeveless jerseys cut very low, adding that they will do well to abandon these garments immediately, as they cannot be worn at the regatta under the rules and are considered unsightly in this country. The article then goes on to say that the Cornell style of rowing is quite opposite to what Is considered correct by English au- thoritles and shows no improvement upon that of previous crews from America. Re- ferring to Wednesday's spin with the Henley Rowing club scratch crew, the Field rays that the Cornell men did not acquit themselyes well and went all to picces at one time and became very ragged. What the Cornell men object to is that the writer of the article was introduced to them by a representative of the United press and was shown every courtesy. He knew all the elrcumstances under which the spin with the Henley crew was arranged. As he was rowing with the scratch crew Coach Court- ney purposely, to even things up, put four substitutes In the Cornell boat, and they had no difficulty In getting away from their op- ponents. They did not go to pieces, The matter of jerseys also will be explained to the Field man. All have worn regular Hen- ley jerseys throughout their practice period, except two, who are having theirs refitted English opinion at Henley Increases against the chances of the Cornell men. ‘Their stroke is unfavorably commented upon on all sides. One of the officials of the regatia sald to a representative of the Assoela press: “As a man who has seen the crew here year after vear, I tell you they have mot a 100 to 1 chance.” NDED Criticisms I th Premier's Health is WINNIPEG, Man., June 1. Premler Greenway's bad Mkely that he will make more than a ten minutes' speech on the school question to morrow, but had he been in his usual condi- tion physically the house would have beard & two hours' speech on the question. The Jeader of the opposition will, It is cxpect move an amendment to the motion of the premier aud the debate may tike two or three days. The attoruey gencral will speak at length. Distlaguishe | nd. In view health, it is un- of Sehotur Dead. LONDON, June 16.—Valentine Ball, L.L.D., F.R.S., Is dead. Valentine Ball was born in Dublin July 14, 1543, He graduated from the Unlversity of Dublin as a master of arts in 1872, In the yeir 1881, on the completion and opening to tho public of the new Mu- | seum of Selence and Art in Dublin, he was appointed to the Companionship of the Bath, He wrote several works upon the geology of India and actounts of his explorations in Afghanistan, o, Guve Tu k ro Time, CONSTANTINOPLE, June 16.—Upon the appointment of Sald Pavha as grand vizler the powers have granted the porie's request for further time to consider the Armenlan scheme of reforms. It Is stated today th; Turkey has glven a reply, acceding to the inciple of European control, but asking t the perlod of control be lwited, and sug- gesting & three years' limit. Admiring the wnrbie HAMBURG, June 16.—Th» United States erulser Marblehead is the great attraction in the harbor here and Is visited and admired by thousands. o Pt ~ Canndian \Wife Murderer Captured. June 16— Willlam ot his wife and children, in order that he might marry a well known young woman of this city, has been captured near Vancouver, from where he was about to sail for Australia. Farr escaped from jail here while awaiting trial, W. C. T. U. Lenders Occapy the Pa'pits. LONDON, June 16.—A number of delegates to the third biennial council of the World's Women's Christian Temperance union occu- pled pulpits in London today. At the city temple (Dr. Parker's) there was a crowded congregation, delegates b:ing present from America, Canada, Newfoundland, France, Germany and Denmark. Besides Lady Som- erset Miss Willard and Belle Kearney, Mother Stewart of Ohio spoke, and Antoinette Sterling sang. In the evening addresses were delivered by women at many places of wor- shiip. Closlng Up the Chinese Loan. LONDON, June 16.—A dispatch to the Times from Paris says that the agents of the syndicate have started to St. Petersburg to sign the Chinese loan agreement. The Stand- ard in its financial article says it is assured that the Russo-Chinese loan is destined solely to fndemnify Japan for abandoning her claims to the Liao Tong peninsula. There- fore the Chinese must h; 000,000 for the general indemnity, will pledge over two-thirds of entire customs revenue, Strong Talk of Dissolation. LONDON, June 16—The Standard con- siders that recent reverse to the govern- ment dn the Invernesshire election will compel the present government to dissolve at the first opportunity. The Times says it is a grave question whether the maintenance in office of a weak and divided administration, distrusted by the country and destined to early extinction, does not constitute a serious danger in the existing state of Great Britain's foreign relations. which her No Desire to Abridge ¢ olonlal Rights. LONDON, June 16.—The Times, com- menting upon the Newfoundland budget, s that Premier Whiteway's remarks upon the attitude of the ment give little hope that the agitation is being forced with a somber desire to meet the facts. The government only {insieted upon an inquiry and never suggested that financial assistance must of necessity in- volve the surrender of colonial rights. No Written Agreement avith France. LONDON, June 16.—A Berlin dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says that it is an- nounced there from St. Petersburg that Prince Lobonoff-Restovsky, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, expressed his surprise that M. Hanotaux, the French min- ister of forelgn affairs, had referred to the Russo-French alliance, sceing t there was no written agreement in existence. Central American ¢ dents Confer, MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 16.—(Via Galveston.)—Vice President Franco Baca has just been Installed as president of Nicaragua in the temporary absence of President Zelaya, who has gone to Amapala to confer with the presidents of Honduras, Salvador and prob- ably Guatemala, as to the formation of a league of Central Amerfcan states. Pictures Brought a Good FPrice. LONDON, Juns 16.—At an auction sale at Christic’s on Saturday ninety-one pictur almost all by British artists, realized £87,144 Sterling. Gainsborough's portrait of Lady Mulgrave aroused a spirited contest and w sold for £11,560. This picture is destined for America. It fetched £1,000 a decade ago. Chinn Will Need More Money. BERLIN, June 16.—It is balieved here that the Russian government only desires by the Chinese loan to secure the advance made to China during the war. The Post says that the £16,000,000 loan is o small that greater operations are inevitable, wherein the Ger- man market will prove indispensable. Congo Forces A he Dervishes BRUSSELS, June 16—The Congo State forces have inflicted a sévere defeat upon the dervishes, capturing their stronghold at Egara, between the Nilo and the upper Fue- lie. The Belgian captain, Christians, was killed. The dervishes have fled from the equatorial province. rain Crop 16.—A Odessa n G June Russ LONDON. Chronfcle from Heavy, dlspatch to the mys It s stated there on high authority that the Russian cereal crop this year will almost equal in abundance the splendid crop of 1893. The con- dition of the rye crop is especlally good. Wurtemburg Opposes (b STUTTGART, Wurtemburg, June 16.—In the lower house of the Diet Dr. Von Riecke, minister of finance, said the govern- ment of Wurtemburg had pronounced in the Bundesrath against the international bi- metallic conference. Conference, Rassian Loan. rumored that the Russo-Chl- China Has Not Accepted the LONDON, June 16.—It Is China has not yet agreed to nese loan proposition, fearing that the terms of the guarantee will make it dificult to obtain the remainder of the money required for the indemnity. Traders Murdered by In SYDNEY, N. 8. W., June 16.—The natlves of the Solomon islands have murdered two traders. Head hunting is rampant on the island. The British admiral there has bezn ordered to repress the excesses. dery Extensive Sugar Denters Fall, LONDON, June 16.—The Times announces tomorrow that the Stuart-Brown company of Glasgow, England, engaged in the sugar trade, has failed for £35,000. Leader of Maximil ‘s Expedition Dead. BRUSSELS, June 16.—DBaron Vandermi: sen, who led the expedition to Mexico during the' reign of Maximilian, died today, Armeninn Kelief Fand. LONDON, June 16.—The Daily News has opened an Armenian relief fund, e TOOK KINDLY O THE CAPTAIN'S PLAN Cheyenue aud Arapahce Indians Married by Wholesale, WICHITA, Kan., June 16.—Captain We son of the h cavalry, at Indian agent for the Cheyenncs and Arapa- hoes at Darlington, Ok, is pursuing duties not strictly in with the ambition of a West Pointer. Last month he issued an order dwelling strongly on the importanco of the Indians adopting the civil marria rites. Now Captain Woodson Las his hands full, for the Indians are coming in from all quarters to be married by him. They are coming In, young and old, and the scenes presented are exceedin, novel Yesterday he married cne le that had been mar ars under the Indlan rit me of the christianized In dians are getting remarried according to the religious rites, aud these knot-tying mati- nees ure monopol! by Paul Good-Bear, a full blood Indian Presbyterlan preacher. There are ubout $00 couples to be married i this way. iettin present acting ——— cob's Theater Bur) NEW YORK, June 17.--Jacob’s theater on Third avenue was almost completely de- stroyed by fire from some unknown origin this morning at 12:14, Tmmediately adfoin- Ing the building cn the northwest was a five-story tenement house in the basement of whick Is Grundy's saloon. Several fam- Illes lived on the wpper ficors. All the peo- ple in the house were asleep at the time the fire started and pollcémen and citizens broke into the building and drove them almost by main force out of the building. So far as knewn nobody was injured The roughest estimate of the loss of the theater and contents is put at $200,000. Ths bulldings adjolning are estimated to be dam- aged and partially destroyed st a loss of $100,000. - At 2 o'clock the fire was reported | twelve feet at the present | state ot imperial govern- | CANAL IN GOOD CONDITION @Government Commission Inspeots the Work Already Completed. BANKS NOT AFFECTED BY RAINFALL Breakwater at Greytown Has Accomplished the Purpose for Which it Was Built —Ravages ot the Teredo the Only Defect, CHICAGO, June 16.—A dispatch to the Times-Herald from Washington, referring to the work of the commission appointed to in- spect the route and preliminary work on the Nicaragua canal, says the engineers reached Greytown, the eastern terminus of the canal, on May 13, and immediately began an exam- ination of the property and improvements of the canal company at that port. One of the most fmportant of these is a breakwater 1,200 feet long, which extends out into the sea. The construction of this was begun in De- cember, 1889, with the result, as predicted by engineers, of Increasing the depth of water in the bay so that the depth on the bar is time. twith- standing the repeated efforts of the engineers to prevent the ravages of the teredo on the timbers on this breakwater, the commissioners found that the wood was badly eaten. That portion of tae canal already built, ex- tending west of Greytown toward the San Juan river, was found in good condition. The embankments on each side have stood the effects of the weather well and show no ous effects of the rainfall, which in this nity has a monthly average of twenty- four and one-fourth inches. The hospitals and other buildings were found in a good preservation. The railroad which the company has built along the route of the canal for the transportation of material and men has been inspected and found in good condition. The crumbling of earth from the cliffs and the washings from surface drainage have not been as disastrous as expected, and it is said this objection, so often urged against the feasibility of the canal, has fallen flat. While the canal passes through a very wet region where the annual precipitation is nearly twenty-five feet, the effects of the movement of such an enormous quantity ol water have not been bad and give no indication that th sides of the canal will be washed down ii a few years—an objection that has been so often urged against the project. About two weeks ago the commission moved from Greytown to Lake Nicaragua, and, after gisiting Granada, the principal lake city, and Managua, the capital, passed from Nicaragua to the Pacific, along the route of the canal, a distance of about fourteen miles. This sec- tion of the route offers no obstacles to con- struction and will simply be a matter of ex- cavation. S 100 MILLIONS ALREADY PLEDGED h Ralsing Money for an Armed Strog- gle for Independence. CHICAGO, June 16.—A special to the Record from Indianapolis, Ind., says: The Irish-American club of this city, composed of 300 of the most influential Irishmen in the city, last night approved of the mov ment which is secretly under way through- out the United States looking to the eman- cipation of Ireland and a resort to arms. The club has raised several thousand dol- lars for the emancipation fund, and one of the members is authority for the statement that nearly $2,000,000 has already been raised in the United States. It is announced that some time this summer the sympa- thizers with the movement will hold a na- tioual convention, probably in Baltimore or Boston. The members of the local league say that the Irish league of New York is at the head of the movement. The following resolutions by the league here: Whe A convention of Irish has been proj the pur 5 izing a new movement for Irish defense by means outst le of parliamentary agltation, anc Whe Iriy were adopted eas, We consl. 4 agitation {s demoraliz Irish people and destructive of Ircland’s manhood, Resolved, That we approve of the pro- posed _convention and the inauguration of a new Irish movement on lines outside of parliamenatry agitation and pledge our moral and financial aid to whatever the ccuvention may adopt, and be it further Resolved, That we hereby request the co- operation of all n who desire the complete emanci motherland from British ru societies and organizations, w! fal, soclal, lit- erary, patriotic, mill ance, ath- letic” or otherwise. The committee that signel the resolutions 18 composed of Dr. Michael A. Young, M. J Nonix and M. J. Burns. rliamenta: DEDICATING THE HARLEM CANAL Great Marine Parade Will o a Feature of tho Celebration. NEW YORK, June 16.—Tomorrow, with the booming of cannon, bursting of rockets and the cheering of thousands, the Harlem ship canal, which Is to unite the waters of the Hudson with those of Long Island sound, will be formally opened to traffic. At the celebration Governor Morton and staff, Governor Werts of New Jersey and staff and the mayors of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Yonkers, Mount Vernon and other cit'es will take part, and with the mammoth marine parade the opening up of the new waterway will be fittingly observed. It was thought up to the last moment that President Cleve- land would also assist at the ceremonies, but word has been received from him that it would be impossible for him to be present The federal government will be repre- sented by a number of warships. The At- lanta will be stationed at the eastern end of the canal and the Cincinnati at the west- ern, or Hudson end. At the beginning and at the ending of the ceremonies the two warships will boom forth salutes. As the first salute is fired two barrels of fresh wa'er —one from Lake Champlain and the other from Lake Superior—will be emptied into the salt water of the canal to typify the union of the great lake system. - The route of the marine parade will be along the canal under the bridges that span the Harlem, and as it passes_under the Madison avenue bridge it will mé®t the land parade, which will by that time be crossing on its way to Oak Point. During the after- noon a banquet will oceur at Oak Point, but no definite program has been arranged for As soon as it is sufficiently dark there will be a display of fireworks between the Cas- anova Mansion and Osk Point. SHOT DOWN IN THE PUBLIC RIGHWAY Kentucky Man Kilts i Wife and Supposed Faramonr, LOUISVILLE, June 16.—Arthur Gourdin, a shoemaker living at Rowlington, a suburb of Pewee Valley, eighteen miles from this city on the Loulsville & Nashville railroad, shot and probably fatally wounded Thomas Murphy then stabbed his wife to death at 6 o'clock tonight. Gourdin suspected Murphy of belug intimate with his wife and has e dently been walting for a ortunity to present ltself so he could get even. This opportunity came this evening, when Murphy was passing by Geurdin's house on hor back. Gourdin was sitt'ng on his porch and when Murphy came by Gourdin drew a re- volver and ~ commenced firing, wounding Murphy in several places and killing hie horse. Mrs. Gourdin rushed out of the ho and her husband told her to go away, but she refused to do so, and he then hit her several times with the butt of his revolver, driving her back into the house, where he seized a knife lying on the table and stabbed her eleven times, killing her instantly. The dead woman leaves four children ranging in age from 1 to 13 years. Gourdin was arrested and placed in Jall at La Gra Murphy's condition is very critical and he will probably dle belore morniog, . Her SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. BRYAN WILLING TO MfX CARLISLE et Denles That He is Now of Ever Was Populist. 8T. LOUIS, June 16.~Ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan of Nebraska, who'passed through this afternoon on his way to/Booneville, Mo., had this to say of Carlifle’s refusal to de- bate with him “I am to discuss the silver question at the Lexington Chautauqua on July 5, but I knew nothing of the proposed debate until I saw Secretary Carligle’s interyiew in this morn- ing's paper. 1 would be willing to debate with him at the Chautauqua, but mot with any idea of acquiring dignity, but I do not think an American who has o little faith in his country as to employ & Rothschild-Morgan syndicate to protect the treasury of the United States has any dignity to lend to others, “But a debate might afford Mr. Carlisle an apportunity to explain some things concern- ing which he has been studiously silent. As to the charge that I am a populist, I would say that I am now a democrat and always have been a democrat. I am not now a popu- list and never was a populist 1 said in Nebraska in 1893 that 1 would not follow the demiocratic party to the gold standard if it ever adopted a gold standard platform. I re- peated this at Jackson, Miss., in reply to a question, but I have always said that I did not, and I now say that I do not, believe the democratic party will ever declare for a gold_standard. “The struggle in the demoeratic party s to dotermine whether the goldbugs can use the organization as a vehicle for the advance- ment of plutocracy or whether the party will stand upon democratic principles. The silver democrats expect to control the next national convention, and I have no doubt that Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle will either bolt or vote the republican ticket.” © ELAND NOT AFTER THIRD TERM Cotonel Scruggs Has an Interview with the FPresident, NEW YORK, June 16.—A speclal to the World from Atlanta, Ga., says: Ex-Minister W. L. Scruggs, who represented the United States government first at Colombia and then at Venezuela, and who is now the regularly accredited legal representative of Venezuela in this country, had a long talk recently with President Cleveland on the boundary controversy. It Is said he strongly urged the presidént to make a vigorous declaration on the line of the Monroe do trine. Colonel Scruggs is understood to have suggested also that there was a probability of the people calling upon Mr. Cleveland for a third term. “Byt I'm not seeking that,” said the pres- ident. “Oh! yes, Mr. President, I know that," was the substance of Colonel Scrugg's reply. “But you know you were not a candidate before, and the people called upon you, and they will probably do the same thing again.” “But T am not seeking it,” president had to s was all the Elkins Has Not Committed Himself, WHEELING, W. Va., June 16.—The Intel- ligencer will in the morning priut the follow- ing written by its editor, €. B, Hart: “While Senator Elkins was in Morgantown I asked him what he had to say about the sundry re- ports lining him up in next year's presiden- tial race. I found that he hag been much an- noyed by the persistent effert to make it ap- pear that he is engaging in a Harrison boom. ‘It s positively untrue,” said ‘e, ‘that I have declarcd for General Harpisom, or that I am trylng to bring about his nomination. 1 do not know that he is a man bove all others (o nominate. The conventign is a year off and many things may happen within a_year. All' this taik about men is premature. When the time comes the republican party will find the man and name him. You may say, with- out reserve that I am not committed to any- body in this matter.’ Sound Money Men Show Up Strong. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 16—The demo- crats of Kentucky had thelr precinct meet- ing yesterday and chose delegates to the com- ing county convention. Many delegates were uninstructed. The sound money men have shown great strength, The delegates chosen in this (Jefferson) county are nearly all for Clay for governor and for sound money. Many sound money delegates are for Hardin for governor. Both Clay and Hardin ex- pressed themselves as satisfied with the out- look. The conventions will have to do their work, however, before any reliable opinion can be formed as to what the state conven- tion will do. Hooker ifter senutor George's Shoes. JACKSON, Miss,, June 16.—Hon. C. E. Hooker of this city, who for many years ably represented the Seventh district in con- , has authorized the announcament that candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator George, Popul'sts Heading Off th JACKSON, Miss., June 16.—The populists have called a state convention to meet in this city on July 31, in advance of the demo- cratic state convention, which meets August 7. eLdi i TROUBLE AMONG THE LUMBERMEN 0ld Boomiug Company Determined to Pre- serve Lts Husines DETROIT, Mich., June 16.—A special to the Free Press from Muskegon, Mich., says: The first clash between independent log owners and the recently organized Muske gon Booming company occurred today. The latter company has hitherto done all the business of sorting and delivering of logs which came down the river, but the log owners this season organized the independ- ent concern, clalming the old company's charges were too high. The river enters Muskegon lake through two channels and the new company recently proceeded to dredge one of them preparatory to float- ing logs thereon. Judge Torrent obtained a preliminary injunction restraining the log owners from dredging the channel on the ground that it is an artificial channel dredged through his company’s lands. To- day twenty men began hurrying some 200 000 feet of logs for the E. H. Stafford com- pany through this channel. Torrent's fore- man was instructed to obstruct the channel with a boom stick, but the workmen rode the foreman across the channel on the boom stick. Torrent at one time made as if he was going to hit one ofithe workmen with a pike pole, but cooler counsel prevailed Both sides had attorneys en the ground. At last accounts the Stafford men were running logs through. — Exeiting develop- ments are expected. e DELEGATES ARE Memocraty LEAGUE ARRIVING Large Attendance at the ©leveland Conven - tion Assured, CLEVELAND, 0., June 18.—Delegates to the convention of the Natlonal Republican league are beginning to arrive in the city and by tomorrow it Is expected there will be quite an influx of strangers. Among those who arrived today was R. G. Evans, repub- lican national committeeman from Minnesota and delegate-at-large to the convention from at state. Mr. Evans says he thinks the convention will be the largest and most en thusiastic that has yet been held, and he scouts the idea that there will be a fight over free silver coinage. He has just returned from the east. Belig asked what he thought of the republican presidential question, he sald Minnesota had a candidate in the person o. Senator Cusiman K. Dayis, and. while he was rot a leader in the race, Minncapolis republicans hope matters would o shape themselves as to make his nomination possi- ble. In reply to the question whom he eansidered the strongest candidate in the race at pres- ent, he said: “McKinley is by all odds the strongest candidate. He has been In the race longest. His character and record are such that he whl stand the test, no matter how long he bas to remain in the contest before the convention is held.” He sald Reed, Harrison and Allison were all strong and able men and each was positive of & copsider- Able following. STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS Interstate Commerce Commission Files Its Seventh Annual Report, INCREASE IN MILEAGE HAS BEEN SMALL Additions to Equipment Have Toen Less Than for Many Years—FProgress in Fitting Cars with Automatio Couplers and Brakes, WASHINGTON, June 16.—The seventh sta- tistical report of the Interstate Commerce commission for the year ending June 30, 1894, has just been submitted. In the intro- duction specal attention is called to the pe- cullar conditions affecting the operation of rallways during the year. First the report covers the last four months of the Columblan exposition, during which time there was an increase in the passenger traffic. Second, it covers a period of willespread and unprece- dented business depression. Third, on June 30, 1894, 192 roads, operating .upward of 42,000 miles of line and representing about one-fourth of the total railway eapitalization, were in the hands of receivers. The effect of these conditions is apparent in nearly all of the figures presented. The total railway mileage in the United States on June 30, 1894, was 178,708, an In- crease during the year of 2247 miles, The increase during the previous year was 4,8 The percentage of increase during 1894 was less than for the preceding year, for which reports have been made to the commission, and it is not probable the year ending June 30, 1895, will show much improvement. The number of roads abandoncd was sixteen. The total mileage of all tracks was 233,533 miles The total number of rallway corporations on June 30, 1894, was 1,044, an increase during the year of twenty-two. The numbzr of roads not in operation was seventy-seven, The movement of consolidation during the year on the basis of mileage involved has been greater than in the four previous years, four- teen roads, representing 1,374 miles, have been merged, twenty-two roads representing 2,352 miles, have been reorganized and four- teen roads, representing 1,500 miles, have been consolidated. CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS. A classification of railways on the basis of the operated mileage shows that forty- four roads, each with a mileage of over 1,000 miles, operate 56.30 per cent of the total mileage in the country, and ninety rcads operate 72.90 per cent of the entire 1ileage. On June 30, 1894, the total number of locomotives was 35,492, an increase during the year of 704. he total number of cars reported was 1,278,078, The increase in the number of cars during the year was 4,132, as against an increase of 18,864 during the pr vious year. This falling off in the ratio of increase is due to the fact the railways have during the year destroyed a lurge numby of old, wornout cars. During the year 1, locomotives and 50,386 cars were fitted with train brakes and 1,197 locomotives and 34,186 cars were fitted with automatic couplers. Seventy-four and eighty-one one-hundredt per cent of the total equipment s still with- out train brakes and 72.77 per cent without automatic couplers. The total number of rallway employes June 80, 1894, was 794,608, a decrease as compared with' the number on June 30, 1863, of 93,994, or 10.76 per cent. This s a smaller number employed than in any year since 1890, This decrease is due, the report states, to the heavy falling off In trafic and the endeavor of the railways to economize. A new feature in this report is a table giving a comparative statement of the average daily compensation of the various classes of ra/lway employes for 1592, 1893 and 1894, RAILWAY CAPITAL REPORTED. The total amount of reported railway cap- ital of June 30, 1894, was $10,796,473.813, or $62,951 per mile of line. This is an increase in the amount of outstanding capital during the vear of $20,208,403. The amount of cap ock was $4,824,075,659, of which $4.103,- 584,166 was common stock and $730,491,493 was preferred stock. The funded debt was 466,583,019, The amount of current labili- es was $605,815,135. The amount of ra'lway securities held by the railways as an invi ment was $1,544,038,670, a decrease durir the year of $18,963,563. The amount of sto paying no dividend was $3,066,150,094, cr 67.43 per cent of the total amount. The total amount of dividends was $95,575,976, or average rate on the dividend paying stock of .41 per cent. The amount of bonds paying no interest was $650,573,789. The amount of miscell obligations paying no interest was $53,426,264, and: the amount of income bonds paying no interest was $210,757,654, The number of passengers carried was 619,- 685,189, an increase over the previous year of 26,127,587, and was occasioned by the World's fair travel. There was a large decrease in freight traffic, the number of tons carried being 636,186,563, as against 745,119,482 in 1893, a decrease of 106,922,920 tons. The gross earnings of the railways for the year were $1,073,361,707, a decrease, as compared with the previous year, of $147 Pas senger revenue decreased $16,142,238, and the revenue from freight trafiic decreased $129,- 948. The amount of operating expenses was $731,414,322, a decrease The largest per cent of decrease was in the operating expenses assigned to maintenance of way and structures ind to maintenance of equipment, which show respectively a de- crease of 15.12 and 17.72 per cent. The net carnings were $341,957,475, a decrease of $50,- 583,100 as compared with the previous year. Theé income derived from sources outside of operations was $142,816,805. The amount of fixed charges and other deductions frcm in- come was $420,008,310, leaving a net income of $5 70 " available for dividends, a decrease as compared with the previous year of nearly 50 per cent. The amount of divi- dends paid was $95,675,976, a decrease of only $5,353,909 from the amount paid the previous year. The fact that nearly the normal amount of dividends was pald, notwithstand- ing the great decrease in income available for them, and that the payment of the amount tated entai'ed a defieit for the year of $45,- 912,044 is noted. The revenue derived from the carrying of passengers was $285,349 and the revenue derived from freight tr was $699,450,913 EMPLOYES KILLED AND INJURED. During the year 1823 railway employes were killed and 23,422 were injured, as com- pared with 2,727 killed and 31,729 injurcd in 1893, This marked decrease in casualty is partly due, the report says, to the decrease in the number of men employed and the decrcass in the volume of business handled. The in- creased use of automatic appliances on rafl- way equipment also may have rendered rail- way employment less dangerous. The number of | igers Killed was 324, an increase of twenty-five, and the number of Injured was 3,034, a decrease of 195 To show the ratio of casua’ty it may be stated that one employe was killed out of every 428 in the service and one Injured out of every thirty-three em- ployed. In concluding the report, the statistician renews the recommendations made in pre- vious reports in regard to the desirability of requiring annual reports from express com- panies, corporations, and persons owning rolling stock us in iInterstate commerce, corporations, companies and persons owning depot property, stock yards and elevators used by interstate carriers and from carriers on waterways that compete wilh railways for traffic. Reference is also made to the ques- tlon of requiring the rallways to report freight earnings by commodittes, On ac count of the present depressed financlal con- dition of railways it has been decided to let this matter rest another year, although (fiere is no question as to the desirability of such reports. ” Sceretary La & Leaves 1he WASHINGTON, June 16.—Kennesaw M Landls, private secretary to the late Secre- tary Gresham, having resigned his position, has returned to Chicago. The employes of the department took leave of Mr. Landis almost 1n a body and wished him success io the future. Mr. Land ad the opportunity to remain In Washington in the government 4 smploy, but preferred to resume the practice Pepartment an | of law In Chicago, where he has previously met with success, TREASURY RECEIPTS APPOINTING Nelther Payments of Sugar Datles Nor Tax on *pirits Meet Expectations. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The treasury recelpts from customs and internal revenue 80 far during the month of June show no improvement over last month, while the dis- bursements are practically the same. The receipts from sugar importations are sur- prisingly low, and the expected large in crease from whisky withdrawals has not materfalized. For the first half of the pres- ent month the receipts from customs amount to $0,224 and from internal rev- enue $5,197,085, making the total from customs for the eleven and one-half months of the fiscal year $146,843.687, and from internal revenue sources $136,054,163. During the last five months the receipis from customs have been as follows: Jan uary, February, $13,334,691; March, April, $12453,086; May $12,474, June estimated at $13,000,000 During the same months the returns from internal revenue sources have been as fol lows: January, $9,034,964; February, $8 860 460, March, '$0,854,957; April, $10,645,880 May, $10,754,063; June estimated at $11,000, 000, making the total receipts for the year from customs $153,618,862, and from internal revenue $142.757.01 The present deficit of $48,400,950, however, is likely to be reduced by cutting off of expenditures about $5,000, for the fiscal year Notwithstanding this showing ar's operations, there is no from any source of an extra session of con- gress or another bond {ssue before the reg ular session in December. Today the gold re- serve amounts to about $99,500,000, with an avallable cash balance of nearly $184,000,000, which s regarded as ample to meet all ordi- nary demands. The spirlt of confidence and security which pervades the Treasury department at this time is largely due to the provision in the last bond contract obligating the syndicate to protect the gold in the treasury from withdrawals for ex- port. The ability of the syndicate to carry out this provision has been amply fllustrated during the past several months, when the rate of exchange has been at times far below the export rate. This agreement can- not be discharged till October 1 mext. At the present time the syndicate owes the government about $7,500000 on its contract and while the entire issue of bonds has been taken to London delivery will be made ouly as money is deposited. SUGAR GROWEKS receipts for the expectation AID FOR GERMAN Export Bounty Formerly Pald Is to ‘Fe Contioued. WASHINGTON, June 16.—Consul Muth, at Madgeburg, has sent to the State depart- ment a report on the preliminary sugar law of Germany. He says the German govern- ment has come to the relief of the beet sugar industry by submitting to the Reichs- tag a preliminary law which provides that until July 1, 1899, the rate of export bounty now in force shall continue. Under the sugar law of 1891, the rates would have been reduced after August 1, 1595, and after August 1, 1897, the export bounty was to have been discontinued. Germany, he says now pays a lower export bounty than any other competing country, and a reduction would have been suicidal. The country ix now in a deplorable state, and nothing wiii save It from serious loss unless growth and unnatural extensions are checked. The preliminary law continuing the present bounty will enable the government to thor- oughly consider the sugar question. A new law will then be submitted which will an swer the various demands of local interests throughout the empire. MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL Large Number of New Members Elected ut the Denver Meeting. DENVER, June 16.—The Medico-Psychological ascociation elected the following officers: President, Richard Deéwey, Illinols; vice president, T. O. Pow- ell, Georgia; secretary and treasurer, Henry M. Hurd, Maryland; auditor, W. A. Morton, Rhode Island; councillors, Walter Channing Massachusetts; George H. Roeh, Maryland; C. K. Woodson, Missouri; Henry P. Stearns, Connecticut. The following were elected members ive—Dr. Nolan Stewart, Jackson, Miss.; W. D. Rowe, Spencer, W. Va.; Merritt B. Camp bell, California; Willlam F. Drewery, Peters. burg, Va.; Walter E. Fernald, Waltham Mass.; Arthur W. Hurd, Buffalo, N. Y. Owen’ Copp, Taunton, M William A Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich.; J. M. Ratiiff, Day- ton, O.; John W. Givens, Blackfoot, Idaho; Robert Heath Dodge, St. Denis, Md.; A. H Harrington, Bridgewater, Mass. Assoclate Percy Bryant, Buffalo, N. Y.; Gustave Ar thur Chilgren, St. Peter, Minn.; Edwin Au- gustus Down, Hartford, Conn.; Charles M Holmes, Northampton, Mass.; Charles F Applegate, Clarinda, la.; Frank T. Stevens Mount Pleasant, Ia.; Frederick 0. Jackman Mount Pleasant, Ia.; Milton D. Norris, Ca tonsville, Md.; J. Percy Wade, Catonsville Md.; Jacob W. Wells, Independence, la.; John C. Doolittle, Independence, la.; John W. Warden, Nevada, Mo. George H. Rohe of Baltimore read a paper on “Pelyic Diseases and Iusanity” and Dr. Adolph Meyer of Kankakee, Ill, one re- garding “‘Paralysis and Paresis.”” LANDED SOCIET Y. Ameri Act- INFORMERS JAlL Lawyer and Dotective Work n fcheme un Keepers of Houses of 111 Repute. TOLEDO, June 16—M. C. McInerny, a prominent young attorney, and C. P. Hays, an alleged detective, are behind the bars here charged with blackmail. These two men have been working up cases under the Winn law against keepers of houses of disrepute and already filed fome twenty of the cases in the common pleas court. The law in ques tion provides that liquor shall not be sold in such places, and where a conviction is ob tained in a civil action the offenders are subjected to a Jjudgment of $350, half of which goes to the informers. McInerny and Hays seem to have gone into the prosecution of these cases as a business venture, but some of the women keepers of tnose Fouses now charge the pair with working up cases against them and then offering to settle for a sum of money in cash, and one of the women has a receipt for money which she claims was paid for the settlement of such a claim. This is the first time that cases have been pushed under the law in thi state, and the predicament of the men at the bottom of it has excited considerable interest, ————— READY FOR THE SHORT LINE, W. . Bancroft Files Receiver with SALT LAKE, June gram.)—W. H. Bancroft filed in the third Qistrict court yesterday his bond under hi appolntment as joint receiver of the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway com pany. The bond is for $20,000 and it was approved by Judge Merritt. It.was a pro forma proceeding, as It is thought there | Mttle probability that Mr. Bancroft will ever be authorized to act under it. Three hundred and ten shares of Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern stock were sold in this clty yesterday on an order from Kountze Bros of New York at §6.75. YTenne sce ¢ onvicts Leased. NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 16.--At 12 o'clock last night the twenty days for which of the legislature can draw pay during an extra session expired, but to give vernor Turney time to examine the three important measures passed just before ad journment both houses will not adjourn until 12 o'clock tomorrow. The penitentiary bill passed provides for the temporary | lug of & large number of couvicts, s Bond Kgan. 16.—(Special ‘Tele- as Joint members — MUST PAY THE FULL PENALTY Defaulter Taylor Will Receive Littlo Merop from the State. GOVERNOR SHILDON GIVES HIS VIEWS Every Dollar Stolen Will o Recovered and In Return the Absconder Will Be Prosecuted to the Full Extent. DEADWOOD, June 16.—(8 St Treasurer Phillips today to the effect that the state treasurer, W. W. Taylo rendered to the authorities at day. The Bee correspondent, In an Interview with Governor Sheldon, who is now in Dexds wood, and Treasurer Phiilips, was informed Ly both gentlemen that the stories so freely published in eastern papers within the last few to the effect that a compromise had been effccted with the defaulter and his bondsmen, which practically allows Taylor to g0 free and to retain the g r part of his stealings, 1s absolutely without foundation, Taylor will be compelled to make restoras tion in full and no action on his part or the part of his bondsmen to this end wil mitis gate the degree of his crime or lessen his punishment. The governor and Treasurer Phillips are both authority for the statement that the state will not lose a cent; that prop- erty of sufficlent value to more than cover Taylor's def tion has been turned over to the stato by Taylor and his bondsmer, and that notwithstanding this the case against him will be pushed with as much severity as though it had been undertaken against a less prominent criminal, TAYLOR STILL U clal Telegram.) received advice defaulting exe . would be sure rre on Tuese days t COVER, Secreted In Chlcago Yestorday and Left at Night for South Dakota. CHICAGO, June 16.—W. W. Taylor, ex- state treasurer of South Dakota, was at the Palmer house today. H. A. Taylor of South Bend was in the city. He eald that his brother did not desire to be interviewed. Taylor left on the 6:10 Northwestern train for Pierre. It was a little over four months ago that Taylor passed through Chicago on his way to the tropics, where he has successfully evaded a cohort of detectives who never quit his track from the day tnat he left South Da- kota. He is sunburned and careworn from his travels and troubles and expressed hime self to friends as very glad that he was re- turning home to settle up the matter at the cost of liberty. Later it was learned that Taylor did take quarters at the Palmer hcuse, but under an assumed name, to avoid annoyance. The ex- state treasurer denied interviews to all oute siders and would not give the slightest fne formation about hie travels. During the day lie was In consultation with Attorney General Crawford and his attorney, D. K. Tenny, about the details of the terms upon which he has returned. 1t Is said that Taylor will turn over all the money he has on hand, amounting to $45,000, and his property, and that the remainder of the defaleation, amount= ing to about $375,000, will be paid by his bondsmen. The committee of adjustment will comprise Governor Sheldon, Attorney General Crawford and Land Commissioner Lockhart. By the understanding Taylor will then plead guilty and take a {wo-year sen- tence, with the assurance of a pardon before the expiration of his term in order to save his citizenship. [ IRISH MILITARY UNION CONVENTION All faimlilar Organizitions Tovited to Join Them ln an Encampment. NEW YORK, June 16.—A special conven= tion of the Irish-American Military union was held in this city today. About 600 dele- gates were present from varlous sections of the country. The meeting was calied for the purpose of adopting measures for the aflia- tion of all Irish-American mililary organiz tions with the union, in view of possible exigencies In connection with the question of Ireland's independence, and also to consider the advisability of having an encampment next year for the assembling of the Irish- American troops from the various states. The convention was called to attention by Com- mander-in-Chief Kely, after which the cre- dentials of the delegates were examined. Many national staff officers were present. The following were appolnted a committes on resolutions: ~ Colonel Henry Boylan, Major C. O'Connor McLaughlin, Major George Me- Quaid, Colonel J. B. Murphy and Captain T, F. O'Rourke. The following resolutlons were presented and adopted Whereas, The time has arrived when Irishe men must unite and prepare fogp a grand armed struggle for the independence of thelr ¥, Resolved, That we, the delegates of the Irish-Amerifan Military union, in conven- tion axsembled, hereby fnvite all Irish-Amer- fcan milita organizations in the United States to alfiliate with this union to the end that, having one purpose in view, we may be'n a position to take concérted action at all times, and may establish such a brothorhood of 'affection” as will, In its strength, be capable of effecti: work to- ward securing Ireland’s independence. That we furthermore invite such organizations to appear with us in camp at Bridgeport, Conn., In the summer of 18%, when there will e opportunity for military” evolutions on a grand scaie. It was also agreed that French, Polish and Hungarian military bodies in sympathy with the Irish movement be permitted to come into the union. The following resolutions were adopted with loud applause Resolved, That we, the delegates of the Irish-American Military union, in convention assembled, do hereby tender the gallant patriots of Cuba our heartiest wishes for the triumph of their cause; that, in our opinfon, they deserve the sympathy and support of all liberty-loving people; that we call upon congress to tuke steps imme-= diately upon its convening to extend to the Cuban insurgents recognition as bel igerents, The convention, which was held behind closed doors, then adjourned, after five hours’ deliberation, e FRIGHIENED BY A MAMMOTH METEOR Buildings Sufciently to Break Crockery and Glassware. TACOMA, Wash., June 16.—A Port Town= send, Wash., special to the Ledger says: Last night at 8 o'clock Chimacum, a small farm- ing center four miles from here, experienced a terrific explosion and far, uit of the falling of a which burst with a the helght of causing a emull-sized cyclone of several minutes’ duration, buricd fiself deep in the muddy water of a melghboring lagoon. The weteor struck the bottom with force enough to break crockery farm houses three miles v among residents, who 1 of the world had come. Ten hours after the occurrence the waters of the lagoon were still bubbling and seething and were found to be hot enough to readily cook eggs. Systematic dragglug of the lagoon falled to bring up any traces of the celestial messenger, which is believed to be buried deep in the earth R Not Worrled Over NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 16.—Mortimer Bartlett, a drummer from Philadelphla, is under arrest in this city, charged with em- bezzlement, He was arrested ‘upon the re- ceipt of a telegram from R. J. Linden, chief of palice of Philadelphia, What the amount is f% not known. Me wili not talk, will mot tell who he travels for and refuses to do or way anything until he hears from his father it Philadelpiio. He 15 well dressed, intelli geut and does not seem worrled over thp allair, 4 Jarred e 1 5,000-pound m loud cor, noise at 100 yards, and after