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H } INTER-STATE COMMERCE WORKINGS.
B Chauncey M. Tirpeio Appears Jtrfare tttt
H Senate Investigating Committee.
H. ' Now York special ; Ohauncoy M. Do *
m pew was tho first witness examined by
m • tho Ronnto committee , which is investi-
H N Tr ? ! < ? RtlnS tuo working of interstate corn *
* 11 v I morco. Tho witness gavo his opinions
I life- on * u0 Tror nffB ° * the interstate com-
MfllfJ lJ snorco law , and to the question as to
Hf Wiwhat amendment ho would suggest to
H * * * ' " - tho present intorstato law in order to
H , * * protect American roads Dopow said that
Hj tho roads doing business in this conn
s' try , whether Mexican or Canadian ,
HI should bo made to comply with tho con-
HI ditions of tho law as the American roads
Hi must do. "Pooling" ho considered a
H > good thing , and it should have been
H pormitted. The tendency of all the
H roads is to lower freight rates and no
H amount of pooling could affect this ton-
doncy. "Tho interstate law will never
bo effectivo until in some form or other
H you have localized the pool. " Regard-
Wk mg tho practice of using Canadian cars
ma ' on American roads and vico versa , Do-
Wi ' pew stated that Amorican and Canadian
If cars aro used indiscriminately on both
| sides of tho line , without regard to the
1 ' - imposition of tho customs duties upon
thorn.
Br After reccs3 tho examination of Mr.
Hi Hiclcson was continued. Senator Oul-
lum oslced him what assistance tho Cana-
H ] " dian Pacific road had received from the
H _ government. Mr. Hiclcson said that the
H Canadian government had done $37-
V 000,000 T7orth of construction work ,
K given $20,000,000 in cash and $50,000,000
' worth of government bonds. Mr. flick-
B oon seemed willing to answer all ques-
I • tions , bnt declined to do so in his own
' fashion. Ho acknowledged that the
foreign trade through Canada from tho
United States was much greater than tho
I Canadian trade through tho United
W States. Ho stated that the Canadian
I parliament annually voted money to
I various branches of tho Canadian Paci-
ft fio road as subsidies , and that lines of
steamships weo yearly subsidized by
I tho govennnent. In 1888 tho freight
ft that passed through Montreal from the
I western part of the United States was
If 71,997 tons. Tho traffic that passed over
If ; the Canadian line from tho United
ftjj States to Portland , Me. , amounted to
Wf S92,241 tons. In reply to u question
f from Senator Blair Mr. Hiclcson stated
ml that about 40 per cent of all the business
Ki done by tho Canadian Pacifio was due
ft to tho United States. In tho Northwest ,
li , and particularly in Michigan , almost all
If tho carrying trade is done by the Cana-
It- dian trunk liner .
I ) S. M. Felton , first vice-president of
I tho Erie road , said that under the pool-
IE ing system tho Erie road received $500-
| tt - 000 yearly for maintaining rates. The
| | Erie road has not tho facilities that the
| | New York Central and the Pennsylvania
| C roads have. They havo to make rates
IE to make any money.
Mj Senator Ciilloni Do you think that
B there should be any legislation to pro-
H tect American railroads against tho Can-
II Adian roads doing business in the Uni-
ted States ?
Mr. Felton I do. If tho Canadian
roads had to conform to tho American
laws the American roads would gain by
it.
Senator Gorman Can you tell why it
is that certain roads can get freight des-
tined for Liverpool and ship it cheaper
than other roads ?
Mr. Felton Tho only explanation I
can give to that question is that , in my
opinion , the roads must have some
agreement with the steamship compa-
nies whereby the railroads make up to
"the steamship companies any loss which
they may sustain.
Senator Hiscock In your opinion ,
havo the Canadian trunk roads acted in
_ > -accordance with tho interstate com
merce law ?
A. I think they did when it was first
passed. But like everything else it
i ; grew old and now I can't answer for
[ ' [ " , "them. If this commission wish to enj
j > force the inter-stato law and maintain
| \ xates , the best thing they can do is to
| : > put some violator in jail , then perhaps
i , ! -all the roads will conform to the law.
Senator Harris You say that you aro
j * in favor of a legalization of pooling.
j . How would you arrange it so that each
• of the weaker roads might receive its
! share of the profits ?
"j ? "The best , way in my opinion would
* * 1 _ _ _ . be to give to each road its share of the
8 carrying trade , but as the shippers ob-
ject to that the only way to equalize the
profits would be to settle on a financial
basis and jrive each road a share in its
gross profits. "
The committee adjourned until to-
morrow when Charles Francis Adams ,
president of the Union Pacific will apj
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pear.
• The Silver Coinage Question.
"Washington special : Eepresentatives
from some of the silver states and territ
iories have been around the treasury and
• the white house , during the . * past two
weeks , feeling the pulse of the men in j
power as to the sentiment in favor of {
free silver coinage. The subject was \
discussed with Fgreat earnestness in the r
jv , , Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth con- *
< a - gresses , but it had little show in the last ?
| 1 , -congress. It has been argued that it j.
y : would be just as sensible to establish j
mints where bars of iron , tin , copper t
] and other metals could be taken , and ,
under a standard set up by law , molded c
into bars representing so much money g
J > as to permit this to be done with silver , t
! , - The advocates of free coinage argue t
[ § fck that , since since silver and gold are the I
jlSSSyv lawful money standards of this country r
[ greg • and the world , those who have the crude i
iBs ? J material should be permitted to take it (3
if ? J to the United States mints , and , on the t
' & 'J ? principle of having wheat or corn f
% i ? ground at the mill , have it made into a
p- , . money at a certain cost , which will cover t
itgf , ' the expense of minting. At the treasuh
y department it is argued that there is
1g- not a dollar's worth of silver in a silver
\ Wt -dollar , and if free coinage is established ,
ad * s it will be necessary to recoin all of the
( | k ' -silver in existence , and that this will cost
8L millions of money and no one will be l
% * benefitted. The object of the people c
frjj ? from the silver states and territories in c
h demanding free coinage is to elevate the ]
| j > . ' - silver market nndjmoro firmly establish .
S ; ! . the silver basis. While it is reported '
SpL , that President flarrison and Secretary *
Li. , "Windom look with a degree of favor ]
g " ; upon the free coinage projects , there is
Br no reason to believe that the Fifty-first -
iSfe _ congress will authorize free coinage , as
| - - the same old arguments are used against
j
\W \ s • ' it with renewed vigor. V t
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W The Black Hills Gold Find. J
f ; Deadwood ( Dak. ) special : Dan Galt
j lagher and John Hawley , two old-time 1
j A. prospectors and miners , returned to the 1
fr r-A \ city from the new placer diggings , thir-
j . j" l \ to miles south of here , on Gold Bun ,
ill * I Laving made eleven placer and two
* tf quartz locations. A district will be or-
fjHI . f ganized next Monday , a recorder elect- .
Jpl/ " ' ed and laws adopted governing loca- *
BT v f/ tions. The diggings aro dry but won- *
P\gr -derfully rich , and include Gold Bun for i *
Erf a distance of four miles , and tributaries. ' x
_ _ - * Joe "Waters , who discovered the dig11
, * " 1 gings , wheeled dirt a mile to water and f
: { obtained twenty-four ounces of gold for S
; - V one week's work. It is shot gold , $
| | r * though some nuggets are as largo/as r
'UK/ ' ' pigeons * eggs. A grand rush has set in , t
• sS and at least 2,000 people will be on the E
ig * ' - . taround before Monday. J t
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IT WILL EQUAL THE OKLAHOMA RUSH.
Xfte8loux Reservation Lands Ziktly taQo
Like Hot Cakes.
Sioux City special to tho Omaha Her
ald : As tho timo draws near for tho
Sioux commission to bogin work it be
comes moro apparent that a big rush
will bo made to that section , and par
ties who arc in a position to speak ad-
visodlysay that the rush will nearly
equal that to Oklahoma last month , al
though no ono beliovoa that it will bo
attended by any such exciting scones.
Ono reason why it will bo quiet is be-
caiMo thoro will bo no crowding. About
11,000,000 acres will bo open to settle
ment , and but very few quarter sections
can bo found but what aro suitablo for
cultivation. Unlike Oklahoma , Jho
country has not been watched and pa
trolled by boomers for years ; neither
have tho ohoico locations been staked
out in hopes that a fleet horse will dis
tance all competitors and tho boomer
will bo enabled to secure his cov
eted prizo as was tho case in
Oklahoma. A fow ambitious settlers
havo crossed tho lino abovo Niobrara ,
Neb. , and gonointo tho southeast corner
of tho reservation , but , according to all
reports , tlioy numboronly about twenty ,
and as tho Indians aro friendly they will
probably bo allowed to stay. Tho prin
cipal points of ingress to tho promised
land will bo Chamberlain and Pierre ,
both on tho Missouri and at tho present
terminus of the Chicago , Milwaukee &
. St. Paid and Chicago & Northwestern
: railroads respectively. Ever since tho
passage of the bill providing for the ap
pointment ; . of tho commission to treat
with tho Indians , these towns have , been
. tho scenes of busy activity. Beal estate
values have risen rapidly , and a boom of
no mean proportion has taken posses-
siqn j of each. Tho grassy slopes of the
Missouri river aro covered for miles with
tho whito tents aud "prairie schooners"
of ( emigrants who have come to await
tho day when tho Indian title shall be
extinguished ( and they may be allowed
to lawfully seek homes on the other side
of ! tho river. Thousandss follow
these first pioneers when it shall bo an
assured ! fact that tho Indians will agreo
to tho terms of the bill , and colonies
from hundreds of towns'have signified
their : intention of locating on these
lands.
Tho two railroads above mentioned
havo a perfect network of lines all over
the northwestand are in shape to han-
die ' expeditiously all the traffic that can
bo poured into them. Then from the
south tho route to tho reservation will
bo easy , and the great Elkhorn lino par
allels the southern boundary along its
entire breadth. Good roads and bridges
exist | ' right up to tho reservation line ,
so that there will bo no trouble or dan-
ger , from smaller streams or. spring
freshets. !
At the present time the outlook for
securing the signatures of tho Indiaus
is very bright. From all tho agencies
come ! reports that they are ready and
willing to sign , and are really becoming
impatient ; at the delay. Tho commis
sion j will have $25,000 at its disposal
for oxpenses , to bo expended
under the direction of the secretary of
the interior in securing the signatures
of the Indians. The government agrees
to pay the Indians $1 per acre for all
land , taken during the first three years ,
75 cents per acre for that taken ( Turing
the ( next three and 50 cents for that
taken thereafter , aud also agrees to buy
. all that remains at tho expiration of ten
years. Allotments of cattle , machinery
nud ' money , equal to $50 each are also
made to those wising to take land in
severalty. , It is confidently expected
that the land will be opened by procla-
mation by September 1st at the farthest ,
An Important Decision Rendered.
, "Washington special : Secretary Noble
to-day rendered an important decision ,
giving J a construction of the timber cul1
ture 1 law , in which he reversed the pol1
icy j of the department that has pre-
vailed for the last few years , and de-
,
fines the policy which will govern on
this question in the future. The quesi
tion i came up on the claim of James
Hair ] , who bought a relinquishment of
a timber culture claim. The law was
complied with in all respects , and tho
question involved was whether the land
was devoid of timber so that it could
originally have been entered under the
act. It was shown that there were a
few j small trees or bushes. Heretofore
the \ interior department has held that
one or two trees on a claim constituted
timber { in sufficient quantity to preclude
an entry under the timber culture act. ,
Secretary j Noble reverses this rule. He
says after reviewing the law at length ,
its intent , its spirit , and the country to I
which it applies : "No arbitrary rule
can be established for the government
of every case. It should be the desire
o 'f the department to ascertain
what the intent and purpose of congress
was in tho passage of the act. Clearly
it was to encourge tho artificial growth j
of timber in a prairie countrj' . It is
within the experience of all minds thatc
mankind is living in regions that in
drains and ravines a few scattering trees
are to be found , and it would not seem [
that . cougress intended to exclude every '
tract of that kind from the timber cul
ture acts. It stands to reason it is not a
the purpose to deprive the occupants of |
vast prairies of the "West of the benefits
of the act if there happened to be a sin-
gle tree upon the section. I take it that 1
the words prairie land or land devoid of c
timber within the spirit of the act means c
land : practically so. " Beferring to two ?
prior decisions on this subject , in which I
it was held that a-few trees upon a tract J
defeated the entry under the timber cul
ture act , Secretary Noble says that a c
fair construction of them would prevent c
an entry of any prairie land that had T
timber of any character upon it , standfi
ing , fallen or otherwise. J
Decisions in Pension Millers. *
"Wahingtion dispatch : Assistant Secf
retary Bussey , of the interior depart-
ment , to-day rendered several opinions s
of importance bearing on the question *
of the "line of duty. " In the case of
Daniel V. Houser , who alleged that he
received a fracture of the leg by being j
pushed on the ice by a comrade , the
pension officer rejected the claim as not
in the line of dutj' . Mr. Bussey holds t
that Houser was in the line of duty , and t
directs that a pension issue. i
Daniel Sn3der is granted a pension *
for asthma. The case was rejected by j
the pension office on the testimony of (
several witnesses that he had asthma
j
prior to enlistment The medical cert
tificate of discharge stated that Snyder t
had asthma to such a degree as to inca- (
pacitate him for duty , and Mr. Bussey j
says this evidence outweighs tho other r
and directs that a pension issue. j
Allotments for the Militfs. \
"Washington dispatch : The warde- *
partmenthas completed and published t
allotments of the $400,000 appropriated <
by congress for the equipment of the ]
militia. The allotments are based npon :
the representations of the states in con- J
gress and will give Hlinois $20,883 , Iowa *
$12,340 , Minnesota $6,644 , Nebraska *
$4,746 and Wisconsin S10,441. The reg
ulations provide that requistions for mili
tia supplies must be made by the gover- <
nors of the states and territories direct i
to the secretary of war. 1 j
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MASTERED IY JETS OP STEAM.
Soto Mft en ths Bleamtr Bugla Wa * Got
Under Control *
London cablegram : On the arrival of
tho Hamlmrg American company's mail
steamship Bugia in Plymouth Sound ,
this afternoon , from New York , on route
to Cherbourg and Hamburg , Captain
B. Karlowa reported that the ship had
a narrow escape from being burned to
tho wator'a odgo. She left New York
May 2 , with 168 passengers for England ,
Franco and Germany , and a large gen
eral cargo for Hamburg , consisting
principally of cotton and lard.
All went well and tho ship had
made a fine passage .until 8 o'clock on
the evening of May 8 , when , in latitude
47 deg. 10 min. north , longitude 31 dog.
west , without any previous warning
whatever , flames issued from tho ven
tilators of the nftorhold. The officers
and crew were for a moment dumb
founded , as no smell had beon detected
and there was no previous indication of
a conflagration , which must have beon
smouldering before tho ship left Now
York. Tho passongers beenmo panic-
stricken , for it appeared certain that tho
crew could not master tho flames. Tho
captain , however , ordered all hands to
the pumps , and tho hatches were taken
off , when instantly a body of flame rose
into : tho air , showing tho extensive char
acter ; of the fire.
Bealizing the danger of exposing the
firo to the air , Captain Karlowa shouted ,
"Batten down the hatches , " and tho
men , at great risk , performed the task ,
many : of them being seriously scorched.
It was impossible to ascertain tho seat
of tho firo. Tho captin , with a few ex
perienced men , went on tho main deck
and i opened tho iron bulkhead door. A
volume of firo belched forth , scorching
the face and hands of tho captain and
otliers i ; but the'rushed forward and fas
tened the doors again , thus confining
the conflagration to the afterhold. They
at i once repaired to the upper deck , and ,
holes having been cut in the hatches , the
pumps were set to work and immense
quantities i of water poured into tho
burning hold.
It was all to no purpose , and for half
an i hour the fire seemed increasing in
fury : and the terrible heat could be felt
through i the iron deck. The cabins of
tho i main deck were flooded , aud the
passengers j had to fly to the upper deck.
In the course of time the ship had a
nasty i list to port , which , of course , in
creased < tho difficulty of extinguishing
tho ( flames.
Captain Karlowa , anticipating the
worst ordered all the boats provisioned
and i got read } ' for launching. About
an i hour aud a half after the outbreak ,
port ] and starboard , after life boats be
ing i provisioned , were lowered. There
was a nastj' beam sea running at tho
time. 1 Two or thx-ee sailors attempted
to ( jump into the life boat but .Captain
Karlowa drew a revolver and threat
ened < to blow out tho brains of tho first
who did so without permission.
The fire seemed to have gained com
plete ] mastery , but the captain decided
to 1 try the effect of steam on the flames ,
at i tho same timo directing Chief En
gineer < J. Jangk to put tho engine at
full j speed ahead , with a view of making
Plymouth , even if the fire could not be
subdued. i The hose was attached , and ,
in : place of water , steam was pumped
into i the burning hold. For a time it
seemed i as if the fire was fiercer than
ever < , but in two hours the steam had an
appreciable > effect. "When this was ob
served i , a cheer went up from tho pas
sengers : , and the work was continued.
An hour later the fire was so subdued
as j to allow the hatches to be removed ,
finding j bales of cotton still smoulder
ing.The
The captain resolved to throw them •
overboard ( , dangerous and difficult as
this i wonld be. The process of hauling
the 1 burning bales out by means of grap
pling 1 irons was very slow , but , after
further pumping in of steam and work
ing j of the hose , some of the sailors de
scended , into the hold and hooked bales
onto ( the steam winch. As the bales came
into i the open air , it was seen that the
fire 1 in them was subdued.
A Town Completely Destroyed by Fire.
Chicago special : Twenty-five acres
of _ ground closely built up with small
dwelling houses were swept by fire in
the suburban village of Moreland this
evening and seventy families are ren
dered homeless. The fire started in
the t Presbyterian church , a medium-
sized frame structure , at 4 o'clock , and
fanned f by a high wind prevailing at the
time burned furiously. The flames
soon spread to the surrounding dwel
lings one after another , and before they
could be checked a terrific conflagra-
gration was spreading , causing terror
on all sides. The lack of water suppby
aided by the gale placed the fire beyond
the control of tho firemen , police and I
citizens who made every effort to check ( !
its course without avail. -warehouse { !
in which was stored a large quantity of
gasoline proved a gigantic tinder box
which in burning scattered fire in all
directions. The fire burned itself out
by 7 o'clock when it was found that
every dwelling , a large number of
small stores and two village halls , cov
ering an area of twenty-five acres , 'had
been entirely consumed. A number of
dwellings located at a distance from the
immediate vicinity of the conflagration
caught fire from flying sparks and were
destroyed also. The former occupants
of the burned district are" mostly fam
ilies in moderate circumstances , a ma
jority of whom have lost everything
they possessed. The prairie in the vi
cinity is dotted over to-night with the
camps of the sufferers. Such of those
who saved a portion of their effects are
standing guard over the remnants ,
while others are sleeping on the bare
ground. The loss cannot be estimated
to-night , but will reach a large sum in
the aggregate. It is believed that the
fire originated from the stumps of cigar
ettes thrown in the pew of a church by
some boy who had gained admittance
through an open window.
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Tho Grand Trunk Railroad Horror.
Chicago special : George McKenzie ,
a railroad man of long experience , made
s statement here to-day that neglect
and cruelty augmented the horror of
the recent wreck on the Grand Trunk
railway. He also believes many more
people were killed than have been re
ported. McKenzie went to the scene
of the wreck to look after the body of a
relative. He says the accident occurred
almost directly above the edge of the
canal. A line of men with buckets
could have brought plenty of water to
put out the fire in the wrecked cars.
The company's shops were only a few
hundred feet away and plenty of men
might have been had in pulling the
wrecked cars apart and extinguishing
the flames , but no such action was •
taken aud the company did not even ;
call out the Hamilton fire department. ,
McKenzie says the Grand Trunk heated •
the cars in the train with the old-fash- ;
ioned coal stoves , which had no protec-
tection , and this he thinks accounts for
the speedy burning of the train. •
Joseph Bolshaw , a resident of Lin- '
coin , broke his kneo-cap in jumping of )
moving train at. Cambridge. The in- ,
juri # art of a lerious nature , 1
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SHE CLAIMED TO BE FROM NEBRASKA.
An Old Woman Xarrotcly Xsoapes Being
Swindled Out of All Her Karthly JPoMftf-
eioiiM by a female Fiauil.
Des Moines I.la. ) special to tho Omaha
Bee : A startling enso of attempted swin
dling and mental hallucination is re
ported from Newton , Jasper county.
The victim is an elderly woman , living
alone , and possessed of considerable
property. Tuesday morning she called
at tlio bank where she had deposits , and
requested the president of the bank to
call at her house , during tho day. He
did so and was informed that she wanted
to draw $4,000 , aud wanted him to bring
the money to the house , stating that she
was going to make an investment. "When
the banker learned that she was going
to keep the money in the house , he
strongly remonstrated , since she was
entirely alone. Finally sho said she
would see if a check would not do as
well as the currency.
Yesterday sho returned , saying that
sho must have the money , and in large
bills , and that it would bo safe , for she
would hide it. As she grow moro con
fidential sho divulged the fact that it
was a woman who was going to make so
much money for her , and that the wo
man was an Egyptian. The banker be
came at onco suspicious that somo
black art was being practiced , and he
determined to go to the bottom of the
mystery. Telling her that he wonld be
down in fifteen minntes , he called the
cashier and proceeded to tho house on
the pretext of wanting to purchase it.
They made an inspection of tho house ,
and had almost finished their tour when ,
in the last room of tho second floor , tho
president , opening the door of a dark
closet , beheld , hidden in tho darkest
corner behind tho door , tho Egyptian.
He quickly slammed tho door and sum
moned the cashier , and then ordered
tho woman to come out. The Egyptian
came forth , a woman of extraordinary
height , blue ej'es and sharp features.
Sho protested her innocence , and
claimed to bo a friend of tho lady in
whose house she was stopping.
Her plan of procednro seems to havo
begun last fall with a kind of hoodoo in
fluence. She had told tho lady that
through tho aid of spirit forces she
could find certain treasures hidden in
the yard about the place. But in order
to find tho hidden gold , it would bo nec
essary to have a lame pile of monoy in
the house to establish sympathetic com
munication. Fifteen hundred dollars
was first named last fall , but later the
Egyptian said it wonld take $4,000 , and
had finally convinced her victim.
"When tho banker went for an officer ,
the Egyptian skipped out and down the
railroad track , but was overtaken and
captured. People in Newton recognized
her as ono of a band camped near there
last fall , who went around telling fori
tnnes. The woman was held for exami
nation and tells conflicting stories , but
said that her name was Mrs. Mary
Brewer , and that her home was in Ne
braska. This evening Mrs. Brewer was
arrainged at Newton on a charge of
vagrancy and was fined $50 and costs ,
which she promptly paid. Sho seemed
very anxious to loavo town , and took the
first train west , promising not to come
back. This morning a young man ap
peared at Newton with what purported
to bo a certificate of good character for
her from a party in Des Moines , and he
left town with her to-night. The peo
ple of Newton aro very much aroused
over the strange affair.
IT ALL FINDS AN AMERICAN MARKET.
Attention Called to the Adulteration of Teas
for the American JllayJcels.
"Washington dispatch : United States
Consul Crowell at Amoy , China , in a re-1
port just received at the state depart
ment , calls attention to the extensive
adulteration of teas for the American
market. He says a large percentage of
Amoy Oolong is poorly cultivated , poor-
ly picked and cured , divty and adulter
ated. "Stuff , " it was called by the
Amoy commissioner of customs in his
last years' annual report , and he added
that the "stuff" was alone wanted in
America. "This is , " Consul Crowell
says , "unfortunately true for nearly the
whole crop of Amoy Oolongs is bad and
often unfit for use as they are annually
marketed in the United States. The
American people are better able to use
and pay for a good article of tea than
the people of any other nation. I am
certain it is not the tea drinking public
in the United States that causes this in
ferior stuff to find a market only in
America. It is tho greed of importers
and exporters that alone makes it possi
ble to impose this vile stuff , by excessive
courtesy called tea , upon the American
public. I have several times called the
attention of the department to the stuff
called Amoy Oolong. I now beg to re
peat my suggestions with increased emI
phasis * and to hope that the tea drink-
ing public at home may be protected
against this so-called tea known as Amoy
Oolong. I repeat my suggestions at
this time , when all the last year's crop
has been marketed and before the new
crop comes into market , that it may not
be thought I have any desire to affect
the market of these teas or to accom-
plish any other purpose except that of
preventing them from being dumped
into the New York market , and then by
some occult means imposed on the pnl >
lie. The laws relating to the importa-
tion of bad and adulterated teas into
the United States is sufficient if en-
forced to protect the public against '
such spurious teas. Most of the Amoy 1
Oolongs are sent hence to the port of 1
New York. A small percentage goes to I
other American ports. Hence careful i
attention and honest inspection of these
teas at New York would prevent their
being imposed upon the public. Of the
2,862,580 pounds of this tea which this
year ; went to New York , I am quite con
fident , if it had been inspected with
even < mo.lerate care and the law en- 1
forced , that 50 per cent of it would have <
been refused entry into the United (
States. I "
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He Looked Like Wilkes Booth. J
Providence ( B. I. ) special : Samuel
"W. Pearce , a grain merchant , died in j
this city , to-day , in the forty-eight year 1
of , his age , from peritonitis. At the 1
time of the assassination of President j
Lincoln , Pearce and his sister , Mrs.
Stevenson j , had a narrow escape from t
lynching or death by shooting , and i
when the orderwentonttoarrest "Wilkes -
Booth and Mrs. Surratt , all trains were J
searched ' and the Providence couple ]
were arrested. Pearce bore a striking }
. Mrs. Steven-
resemblance to Booth , and -
son ! is said to have looked like Mrs. Snr- ]
ratt. : "While they were incarcerated in
Fortress , Monroe , where they were at l
I once hurried , notwiths'nding their \
protestations , they were tbwatened with l
death by the soldiers and by a mob , and
Pearce always said it was by a miracle
that he and his sister escaped. He api
pealed to the government and to Goverj j
nor James Y. Smith , of Bhode Island , j
whom he knew personally , for aid. Sev-
eral influential persons were then sent J
sonth , and the man that looked like
"Wilkes Booth , was set at liberty. About •
a dozen years ago a story gained consid-
able prominence in the press to * the ef-
effect , that the assassin , Booth , was still f
alive. The man referred to was the "
Providenoa grain dealer , now deceased. > 1
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BLAINE WILL f fAY IN THE CABINET.
Creation of a Kete JCxreittive Department
KtbratUa's Jteleyatrs Have a Conference.
"Washington special to the Omaha
Beo : Tliero was a report around town
to-day to tho effect that Secretary
Blaiuo intends to resign on account of
ill health. Your correspondent mado
somo inquiries at tho stato department
in relation to the report , and was un
able to discover that there was tho
slightest foundation for it. Mr. "Walker
Blaino says that his father is improving ,
and as far as ho knows ho has nover
thought of resigning his position. Ho
will probably bo entirely well within a
week , and will fully resume tho duties
of his office.
office.A
A SACRIFICE SAIiH.
President Cleveland's namo did not
lend additional value to his seal browns ,
carriages and stable trappings , whioh
were sold at public auction this after-
noon. They brought astonishingly low
prices. Tho horses cost Mr. Cleveland
between $600 and $700 each , and wero
sold for $141 each. Tho brougham cost
$1,200 and sold for $450. Tho landau
cost $1,400 and sold for $050. Tho vic
toria cost $1,000 and brought $485. The
silver mounted harness with tho mono
gram sold for $62. Two suits of livery
sold for S14.25 and $14.75 respectively.
Bobes with tho family monogram sold
for less than half their cost. There was
great disappointment on tho part of the
auctioneers , who bogged tho largo audi-
enco to give fair prices for the trap
pings.
* EBIASKA'S DELEGATION' CONFERS.
There was a meeting of tho Nebraska
delegation in congress to-day at tho
committee room of Senator Mandorson.
All of tho delegation except Mr. Laird
were present. The object of the meet-
ing was to discuss tho federal appoint-
ments for tho stato , but owing to tho ab-
senco of Mr. Laird no definito action
was taken upon anything. Nearly all of
the timo was occupied in tho examina
tion and discussion of the applications
for land offices. It is not believed that
there will be many vacanciois in these
positions before tho expiration of tho
present commissions. The first change
is expected in tho registership of the
O'Neill office. After the meeting , Sena
tor Paddock and Bopresontativo Dorsey
and Connell called on Bepresentativo
Laird and found him in much better
health than ho has been for several
months. Ho assured his callers that he
wonld bo present at tho meeting to bo
held to-morrow afternoon , at which
final conclusions aro expected on a num
ber of the positions. Mr. Laird expects
to go to Atlantic City this week for tho
purpose of getting a change of air , and
ho will remain there as long as he re
ceives i benefit.
A NEW DEPARTMENT.
An effort will bo mado to revivo in the
Fifty-first congress the bill providing *
for tho establishment of a newoxecntivo
department introduced by the late Bept
resentativo Townsend , of Hlinois , in
tho last congress. This bill provides
for a department to bo called the "de-
ment of industries and public works , "
charged with the supervision of public
business relating to agriculture , labor ,
tho improvement of rivers and harbors ,
coast , geoditio and geological surveys ,
the construction of public buildings and
lighthouses , tho establishment of a
naval observatory , patents , tho steam-
boat inspection service , the interstate
commission and fish ancl fisheries. The
new bill will not include agriculture , of
course , as that has been mado a seperf
ate department and its head given a seat
in the cabinet. It is proposed to include
in the new department the census
bureau , which will be given a perman-
ent establishment , thus obviating the
confusion and lack of uniformity caused
by the present plan of organization of
that bureau. _
Senator Cullom , of Hlinois , also pre5
sented : a bill during the last congress ,
for the establishment of a bureau to be
known as tho bureau of harbors and
waterways , and for other purposes" unf
der the supervision of the war depart-
ment and to be officered by civil engi3
neers. ; The country , according to Seni
ator i Cullom's plan , it is to bo divided
into ten or eleven engineering divisions , i
the river and harbor improvement of
each to be under chief of the division. I
Each bill has its supporters , and there
is : a conflict in the authority proposed to
bo vested in tho department and the
bureau , it is expected a fight will ensue
and ' legislation be postponed , if not en2
tirely 1 defeated.
Wiped Oul by a Cyclone. 5
Atchison ( Kas. ) special : The town of l
Stafford , Kas. , was wiped out by a cy-
clone last night. A number of people !
, were lulled and about fifty wounded. 3
The wind had been blowing a gale for p
three days and developed into a cyclone < .
that I swept over the counties of Stafford "
and i Bice in a northwesterly direction.n
Crops < , farm houses and barns wero 2
mowed i down , and the full extent of the '
damage < is not yet reported. The town 3
of < Stafford was almost entirely de
stroyed i , but fortunately the people saw c
the I cj'clone coming and had time to es- n
cape i to cellars and places of safety.v
Three are known to be killed and thirty l :
badly 1 injnred. Among the latter are E.Q
S. ! Lade , Mrs. E. Lindsay and daughter , "
George ( Dewes and two children. Wila
Ham 1 Crawford was instantly killed and c
his 1 father , S. S. Crawford , fatally in- "
jured. j Mrs. John Love was blown fifty er
feet i from her wagon , and fatally injured. r
The Eureka school house was entirely ,
blown away , there being nothing left L
but a few foundation timbers. All the 2
houses were frame and were lifted up f
and distributed over adjoining fields.h
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A Bank Robbed In Daylight. t ;
St. Joseph ( Mo. ) special : At 1:30 : p.
m. to-day three men entered the Forest [
City bank , at Forest City , Holt county , v-
held up the cashier and president and
compelled them to give up $4,500 in Jj
cash. Cashier George "W. Ebber , the
president , and "Wesley Sanford , a mer- : :
chant , wero sitting outside the bank r
counter talking , when a well-dressed
stranger entered and walked to the pay"j
ing teller's window. Hunt stepped out
to wait on him and had started to go he- --v
hind the connter , when two more u
strangers entered. In an instant the bi
bank officials and Sanford were covered. ' *
and while two took care of the president as
and Sandford , Hunt was marched to the Ii
vault and compelled to give up the cash.
The work was done in the coolest poasie
ble manner and so quietly that no one p
in town knew of it until the robbers had s
made their escape to an island in the t :
Missouri river opposite the town. A b
reward of $1,000 is offered for the capo
tare of the robbers. The bank officials t
are able to give no description excep'c f
that the men who did the work were li
dark featured and wore slouch hats. r
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Baron Maximillian "Washington , arelt
ative of the immortal general and the e
present head of one branch of the fam-
ily , resides in his Castle of Pools , in T
Styria. He is nearly sixty years old and
resembles in personal appearance the c
great American , who sometimes dwelt j
in a cabin of logs. {
Orders have been issued to the prison a
authorities for the release from jail of J
"William O'Brien " and Timothy Harring- <
ton. 1
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INSECT ENEMIES OF THE FRUIT TREES.
An Inslrneltw Fmper by Pref. Lawrence
Srunner of the Ifebraskm University.
The Codling Moth Bd , Flum CurcuUo.
During tho past fow years much ad
vance has been mado in tho study of
economic entomology. By this I mean
advance in our knowledge of how to
successfully fight tho myriads of insect
enemies that aro to bo met with on all
sides thoso that devastato our garden ,
orchard and farm. Prominent among
these injurious insects belonging to this
and other states aro tho Codling Moth
and Plum Curculiotwo very formidable
enemies indeed , as all can attest who
have tried to grow apples , pears , plums
and peaches.
Last January I read a paper beforo tho
stato horticultural society in which these
insects wero both treated of to a con
siderable ' ' length , but not nearly so ex
haustively as tho importance of the sub
ject would demand. In that paper
some space was given to their lifo his
tory , habits , haunts and distribution , as
well as to tho discussion of remedies
against their increase and injury to the
fruit of tho trees attacked. "While I
should i like to add to what was there
said , upon the subject , the present paper
will be an abridgement of that ono which
cannot ' possibly come before the public in
timo ; to be of use this present season.
The Codling Moth , ( Carpocajpsapomo-
nilla ) is known to all who havo had any
thing to do with apples , either as grow
ers ( or handlers of them. But it is the
worm only that is tho familiar object to
the great majority of thoso of whom I
write. The moth or parent insect that
lays ] the egg from which this worm
hatches is a rather mythical being to many
while tho chrysalis , or "go between , " is
something not often thought of by the
.majoritv . of persons. Tho accompanying
illustration will aid tho mind in compre-
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bending [ the insect in its different forms.
At a is shown a quarter apple with bur
row , b is point of entrance of worm just
after hatching and where tho egg was
laid [ by the moth as shown at f , and g ,
e is full grown worm , and d tho chry
salis , while at i we havo a representa
tion i of the light silken cocoon spun by
the t larva beforo changing to the
3hrysalis.
These moths , which measure only
about three-fourths of an inch in wing
expanse , are very beautiful and delicate
3reatures to cause the amount of havoc
which we are obliged to place to their
3redit. The ground color is gray , but the
first f pair of winjs are mottled and
marked with several shades of brown ,
while at the hind angle there is a me
tallic t bordered , oval , brown spot. The
hind [ pair of wings are lighter gray , in
clining to yellow. These moths first
make their appearance at about the time
when the apple blossoms open , around
which they linger during their mating
season. The eggs are soon laid just
after the young apples have well formed
upon the calyx or flower end. They are
not thrust into the tissue of the starting
fruit f , but merely dropped in , as it were ,
where , when it hatches , the little worm
after a few days can more , readily work
i its way into the heart of the apple. The
2ggs are from five to ten days in hatch
ing , and the spring brood of worms
matures in about one month. It now
leaves the apple either upon the ground
ar tree and seeks some favorable spot ,
usually in crevices of the bark of trunk
ar large branches , in which to pupate ; i.
2. , spin its cocoon and transform to the
chrysalis. In this latter stage the insect
remains about two weeks before issuing
rp preparatory to laying the eggs for a
second brood of worms. The eggs for
this second brood of worms are laid upon
the . fall apples , and are not always placed
in the calyx end , but promiscuously
aver , the surface of the fruit. The worms
af this second brood hibernate either as
pupae or worms. It is by the means of
.his mst brood that the insect has
usually been spread. The shipping of
xpples containing tho worms over the
civilized world has been the means of
spreading the Codling Moth over all apple
growing countries.
Remedies An insect of such universal
range and great abundance must of a
necessity be subject to the attacks of a
rariety of insect enemies. That such is
he case with the Codling Moth is a well
istablished fact. Still , on account of
its retiring nature , nocturnal habit and
irboreal life , it has steadily gone on in-
reasfng year after year , until now , un-
iess decided and effective remedies are
jmployed.no perfect apples can be raised.
The insect enemies are several ground
3eetles , a few of the so-called soldierj
jugs , one or two fire flies and some
it the smaller ichneumon parasites.
Robins and other orchard frequenting l
nrds , as well as toads , lizzards and
iome of the smaller mamalia , destroy j
he ! worms , afew of thepupse and an \
iccasional moth. All of them thus de- J
ftroyed do not , however , seem to lessen J
he ] ravages of the insect from year to '
ear. (
Such artificial remedies as the gather-
ng of wind falls each day and feeding to
he hogs , the like disposal of parings , the
eaiching for and desrtuction of the
:0100ns ( upon the bark of the trees , the <
ittracting of the moths by lights , etc. , I
tc | , are well enough in their way , but 1
ike the combined efforts of its natural
nemies seems to have little effect to-
vard the desired end. All of these of 1
ourse are aids in the desired direction ,
lutunless carried on persistently by every- *
lody who is interested in apples , either
3 consumers or producers , will avail but \
ittle. j
During the past year an effectual rem- *
rtly has been found in the use of an ap- j
plication of Doisonous solutions
sprayed upon the tree just after t
he fruit has well set and <
before it is large enough to "droop" up- I
sn the stem. This latter remedy kills
the young worms before they enter the
fruit , and in that manner a crop of worm
less apples is produced. In using this
means of preventing the injury a single '
tree in an orchard has been made to ma-
cure wormless fruit ; while those not treat-
2d suffered as usual. In like manner , by 1
this method , one orchared inacommuni- :
ty , if cared for , can be freed from worms , \ 1
while those neglected suffer.
The poisons used are either Paris green
or London purple , both of which dissolve
in water. About six or ten ounces of
the poison to the barrel of water will
answer. It is to be applied with a force
pump through some sort of spray nozzle.
Of course great care is to be taken so _ as
not to stand in the vapor while applying
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the solution to tho trees. A second spray * : 9 h
ing may sometimes be necessary a week HI
or ton days later ; especially will such be * Sl9l
tho caso should there be rains to wash K B
away tho poison. No fear need be had of \ HHP/
poisoning by fruit thus treated whenflliS ;
just forming , since tho rains of summer IfjliP
entirely rcmovo all tho poison. mfWm
Tho Plum CurcuUo ( Cfonotrachclua ne- Sis
nuphar ) while not as widoly distributed lUS
as tho applo worm or Codling Moth , is IIMf
fully equal to It in its efforts at prevent- jH *
Ing tho maturing of the plum and other SHI
stono fruits in this country. As will be MB
a Larva 0 Imago. mm
b Pupa. d Plum with crescont. § M ,
seen by tho accompanying cut this latter w - *
insect is a snout beetle or weevil , instead wmt
of a moth , although it works somewhat fiC *
similarly in causing its injury to tho sfj *
fruit. An egg is laid from which hatchea jfv & ]
a grub that bores into and causes pre- mm A&
mature ripening and falling"to tho ground 1M 2
of tho fruit. In this latter species , how- % m m
over , the egg is thrust into tho tissuo of \jm m
tho plum , peach , apricot or whatover sal * yB
fruit is attacked , by tho parent insect. 91
In order that this may bo done sho first | | S JH
makes a puncture with her snout , after 23IH
which sho turns about and inserts tho 1318 !
egg. There are several of these wcovils IJf H
that aro guilty of thus attacking stono If/fls
and other fruits. All of them work prac- IJ H
tically the same. MjiB tW
Two of these plum weevils aro shown I j H'
in tho accompanying figures. Tho first I SST
is that of the Littlo Turk or crescent | 81L , .
maker , from the habit it has of finishing f | pf [ 3
off its egg laying by gnawing about tho | jgwjO
egg puncture a crescent shaped depres- % % \
sion as shown at d in tho illustration , w v > I
which is natural size. Thoso of figures I 'J
a , b and care enlarged , the hair lines 1i JS
being tho natural size. . 1 Wt
The second figure of a snout beetle is gl | M
that of the Plum Gouger ( Coccotonts ga H
Scutellaria. ) This latter insect doe3 not Wi JH
make tho characteristic crescent mark jj § § M
of th1 olr.fr insect. It is satisfied with a i. 9B
plain puncture in which to lay its egg ; { 3M
and adds several others in tho near pro- | j | ' mm
imity , perhaps for feeding , or it may be gjij mm
for misleading chalcid parasites that may p < R
chance about looking for just such u -1 | M $
place to deposite as a clirculio egg offers. PS wK. <
Not so with tho "Littlo Turk , " who 11 V
would defy tho enemy by placing upon * |
her labors the emblem of the east , or | * "f
would protect it by tiiat emblem ! a '
These weevils can also be destroyed by jjjf |
the use of tho Paris green and London mm < H
purple sprays spoken of in connection ff | jH
with the Codling Moth , but theso must : | jH
be used before the egg3 have been de- ' 13 , M
posited in order to be of most use. The 'My\ \ \
heetles feed upon the new foliage and by W % 9H
having this poisoned they will bo killed * > s 9J
before thoy will havo laid their eggs. A 3 JH
couple of applications should also bo s. < LA
made of the poison for these insects. v , H
Other remedies to be used against the | ? Lfl
Little Turk and Plum Gouger are jarring flffl
tho trees over sheets or frames covered - Efl
with cloth to catch the falling beetles ; ftSf'fl '
the placing of boards , chips , etc. , upon $ Hfl
the ground about the trees for the beetles M
to take refuge under during cool and jJp | | B
cloudy weather to be examined and the 9PH
insects gathered and destroyed ; andV W-mrn
lastly the turning in of hogs to feed upon | V jf l
liie fallen fruit that contains tho grubs. > • " ' ! Cif'M
In using poisons too much care cannot , - . ' ' " * 1'ffljH
be taken in the guarding of stock from Il ]
accident by eating herbage upon which Iw 1
the poison has fallen. After several llk l
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rains the danger has passed and no i H H
further care is necessary. I pJ I
Farmers and fruit growers will do well a wiT I
to look after these insects while there is 1MM
yet time , and by doing so insure sound | fi ' \
fruit upon their own , if not upon the ! 1 fl
trees of the entire neighborhood. Nor ' 3 fl
are theso the only insect enemies that can ' a mU
be outwitted by a little effort on your 7 M
part. Lawrence Beuneb. L H
Entomologist Agricultural Experiment 'fl l
Station. H
Everything Proceeding Satisfactorily , j H
"Washington dispatch : Secretary No- ' V k l
ble 1 , to-day. received an interesting re- 1
port from the two inspectors of tho gen- ' |
eral ! land office , who have been in Okla- |
homa ] since the territory was opened. - ' |
They gave a graphic description of the V l
growth of the towns , tell about the bar- |
ber ] shops , bath houses , street sjarink- l
lers j , fire engines and opera houses il l
opened ( , and say that Guthrie has now a | mU
population I of 0,080 male citizens , leav- jpf M
ing ' the female population to be esti- r H
mnted. ] With regard to the troubles S H
and j complaints that have come from |
these ' sources , they say : t |
. "Public confidence has been restored | |
here by the prompt action of the jrov- " |
eminent. ( Captain McArthnr and Mar- i l
shpl Needles have acted with great dis- ti l
crimination ' , and too much praise can / j |
not : be given them. " ' H
. The report further says that they vis- |
ited j the land office at Kingfisher , and < w-r |
found the business proceeding in a com- " |
h
meudable ] manner , and satisfactorily to \ f |
all parties interested. % j |
"We heard no complaint of deputy - l
marshals or other officers making en- -n H
tries of land contrary to law , or to the H
detriment of settlers. The question ' of | |
town sites is being quietly and satisfac- |
torily adjusted , and there is perfect se- H
entity here of both life and property. " | |
A Bloody Murder in Utah. |
Salt Lake ( Utah ) special : Soren H
Christiansen , a stockman , was shot and |
killed Sunday afternoon , at Gasis , Mil- H
lard county , by James A. Wright , with |
whom he had quarreled a few hours pre H
vious. Christensen was in a wagou ' ' H
driving along the road with his wife H
and . babe , when "Wright met him with a xlm kmm
double-barreled shot gun , loaded with *
No. 4 shot After a few words "Wright smmmm
fired , blowing fully one-half of Chris- J H
tensen's head off , and scattered his H
brains and blood over his wife and in- H
fant babe. The murderer , who is no w in H
custody , has a large family. The mur- D
dered man was sixty years old and H
leaves a young wife and two children. f H
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A Wyoming Cattleman Dead. -
Cheyenne ( Wyo. ) special : Col. Chas. j H
E. Fisher , president and general man- H
ager of the Manhattan Cattle company , H
who for the past six years has been en- W
gaged in the cattle business in Wvo- H
min ? , died to-day of pneumonia after | |
an illness of one week. He served H
the officer of artil- H
through war as an - * P
lery , was subsequently an internal rev- H
enne officer in South Carolina , and gov- H
ernment inspector in Arizona , and at- j |
tached to the quartermaster's depart- H
ment in "Washiugsou. He was exten- H
sively acquainted throughout the east , H
a popular member of tho Cheyenne . . M
club , and a highly esteemed citizen. / H
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