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IMS ) IT WAS SPITE WOEK. lUS FAREWELL ADDRESS OF CHARLES \ FRANQIS ADAMS. Sage Criticises the Uncalled jor Remark * of the Retiring Union 'aclflc President Gould Says Adams 1 a Theorist and Has Conducted Ion Pacific Affairs Without i\vlcdgo of the Directors The on of Buffalo Bill. i Sage Rebukes Adams. 'YOKK , Nov. 28. It is quite jthafr the Gould-Sage party esterday went Into power in \cific \ affairs did not enjoy the address of Charles Francis /Mr. Sago was seen last night -eturn from Boston and said : ' ; enor of Mr. Adams' address at uncalled for. There had Public criticism of his man- 'r do by any of the directors , the fact that ho waste to ru'ru - , A change IB ti- [ * te uld ices to. i put lis ad- F'.spects r' Union -ell. President Agnation , ages , both oter , have , [ .mcialcom- | en place in l-ny's stock , fcnever been nnfidence I jme leading Jl , as a re- I'osition has fbarrassing. state of [ interests of willing to fished confi- j h necessary , view alone , [ assemble , it is fth a proper re- lyosition occupied fie , that whoever be understood to unequivocally its I no longer JSsei assured that jfobably financial iardly fail to re- iack of confidence 'between the head any considerable stviJerest among the the Road. . 28. Today's Trib- an interview -with Jay rhich he says ex-President Ja theorist , who has con- ny affairs of the Union Pa- Rut the knowledge of the di- Gould said that he learned , t in Kansas City , that Mr. tonally owned control of the jre is Voth&g.the f ' ttive stock ' the last sent out to got to the bottom of the Messiah crazo. Snlcldo of a Wyoming Judge * CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Nov. 30 Judge Isaac Bergman , ono of the most promi nent citizens in Wyoming , locked him self in his office and in a few minutes after shot himself twice in the head. Ono bullet produced a scalp wound and the other tore out his eyes and inflicted a wound from which ho ia dying. Judge Bergman has been probate judge and ex-officio county treasurer for the last fourteen years , Ho has been an active republican politician , but for the last few years has been opposed to the faction controlling the party here. When Wyoming was ad mitted to statehood the constitution adopted emerged the office of the pro bate court into the district court. The constitution provided that all county officers should servo until the term for which they were elected should expire , Under these contradictory clauses Bergman , when ordered by Judge Scott of the district court to turn over the probate court records , declined to obey the order and was sent construc tively to jail for contempt of' ' court. The supreme court sustained the action of the district court and decided that le/rjian / should give up the records or .11. Bergman was of the opin- ho was right in his action and Hold the records and go to worked late at night getting > sa as county treasurer in that lie could go to jail.j friends hesaid * * the courts i-the hands of his political their treatment of him persecution. It is thought ietermined io kill himself his enemies the satis- himin jaili Bergman efficient county of this county , .urer . and " -probate 'nd there is genera ] ending. ii Pacific Affairs. 80. The Tribune with Jay Gould , in the utmost confi- of the country and und railroads would jbent financial troubles Vtispects than ever. In ITwer to a , question whether there would be any further changes in the management of the Union Pacific , he said : * To further changes are con templated. Mr. Dillon will devote himself to the building up of the prop erty and his practical knowledge and thorough honesty will soon have their effect" In regard to the address of Charles Francis Adams in resigning- the presidency , Mr. Gould was some what reluctant to spe ak. We did not see it , " he said , "until we were on the train on our return. I was surprised at the tone of it , for when Mr. Adams came to see me last week he thanked me for my efforts to strengthen the company. His statement about har mony in the board during his adminis tration is not wholly correct. The" fact is that , as I understand it , the direc tors knew very little about what the president was doing. The road has been run on principles that have never before been carried into practice. The difference between the two presidents is very sim ple , but very great. Mr. Dillon is a practical railroad man. while Mr. Adams is a theorist. The change in the management of the Union Pacific insures harmony among western rail ways and the formation of a strong association on the basis suggested by Chairman Walker , It will be the pur pose of the new association not so much as to advance rates as to enable the roads to get those now supposed to be in force. Such an agreement will preserve competition , for it will tend to give the little roads a chaace to live while the present methods is driving them into control of large systems. I think every state in the union ought to pass laws compelling the observance of an agreement on that basis. A meeting of western railroad officers will be held very soon , probably next week. There will be no difficulty in gaining the co-operation of the Bur lington or the Rock Island company. I have not seen Mr. Cable lately , but I do not think he will have any serious objections' to the agreement that is proposed. It may be merely a ques tion whether a road will be worth more in or outside of the association. " In regard to the money market and the general financial situation , Mr , Gould was confident that the most serious trouble had been passed. The Alliances for the Paddock 'Pare Food Bill and against the Conger Lard BUI. The following resolutions were adopted by the farmers' Alliance of Illinois , October 29 : "VfnvauB. The adulteration and fraud practiced In ths sale of counterfeit articles of food can ba prevented under the power of Congress to TtroUta commerce between the BUtes ; * AND WHEBEAS , Such & measure would be zaoro effectual than one under the power of Congress to levy and collect taxes and less liable to Injure one Industry for the benefit of another ; Therefore , Be it resolved , that we approve and endorse the Paddock Pure Food Bill , introduced In behalf ofjthe Farmers' Alliance of Nebraska , and protest against the Pork Packers Bill , commonly known as the Conger lard Bill , which tares one industry for the btneflt of another , such legislation inuring to the benefit of the Pork Packers and not to the Farmer. _ Flogged by Girls. ANDERSON. Ind. Nov. 28. At Perkins- grille , this county , last night , William 'F. Hill , a widower , aged sixty , wau publicly flogged with buggy whips in the hands of Miss Flora Farres and Bessie Dyer. Miss Farres' father held' him while the girls administered the- flogging. Hill has persisted in lavishing - ' ing his affections on the young ladies and dogging their footsteps. So of fensive-did he become that they deter mined upon this method to get rid of him. Hill has filed affidavits against his assailants. Rev. John M. Moose of Morrillton , " Ark. , has mysteriously disappeared. OBSTBEPEEOTJS EEDS , THOUGH ULEAlf AND TREACHEROUS THEY ARE GIVEN GRUB. No Attack Anticipated Rosebud Agency a Natural Trap tliat Troops Will Not Fall Into The Report of the Comm ! ! oner of Internal RCT- enno Payment of Bounties to Pro ducers of Beet Sugar A Sensation In Army Circles. Bosebud Agency Just the Place for an Ambush. ROSEBUD AGENCY , S. D. , ( via Val entine , Neb. ) Nov. 26. [ Special to the Omaha Bee. ] The beef issue passed quietly. No ono was refused beef , even those coming from Two Strikes , Crow Doers and White Horse camps. No arrests were made. Short Bull and the rebels have moved to Corn creek , about seventy-eight miles from Rosebud and Pine Ridge. Some have taken their wives and children and are driving all the cattle they can pick up. No attack is anticipated at Rosebud. Pine Ridge agency is a fort while Rosebud is just the place to am bush troops. The agency id situated in a hole having six deep winding can nons leading to it. Any" one of .these would hold 2,000 Indians and their approach preach could not be seen. Col. Smith said : "If I picket and guard this agency as it should be I have not suffi cient men. Old Spotted Tail picked this place out for the Indians , not for the convenience of any one else. " No place short of the bad lands is so difficult to get out of. At present com panies A , B and H of the Eighth in fantry and A and G of the Ninth caval ry are holding this hazardous situation. One company is entrenched on a high hill that commands two cannons. The rest of the command is encamped near the agency. The encampment is on the only spot where the agency can be protected , but as a camp ground it is awful. During the whole year hun dreds of teams stand there daily. Said Captain Porter to-day "We are perhaps sufficient for defense but as for doing any'thing more even making a demonstration we can do nothing. " However no attack is anticipated at present. But in case the force is or dered to move after the rebels then where will the agency be ? Just the fighting force of the rebels is now un known. Many of the Indians run toward the rebel forces on the arrival of the soldiers from fear alone. When these are given to understand no harm will be done those .at home many will re turn. At Rosdbud the trouble is com plicated , Crow Dog , White Horse and Two Strike seems to be pushing mat ters onnd urging Short Bull as a tool. The Indian police are on the alert and active , and a large force is added to protect the government herd. Many of the mixed bloods knowing the qountry thoroughly are rendering gooc service , and all can be depended on as loyal. Everyone at Rosebud is pleased with the reinstatement of Agent Wright. _ Internal Revenue matters. WASHINGTON , Nov. 26. The report of the commissioner of internal reve nue for the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1890 , is at hand and contains some interesting local information. The total receipts from internal revenue were $142,587,188. Of this Nebraska paid $2,969.745. This is more than was paid by California , Massachusetts , Michigan and other states. California's amount was $2,014,624 , and Colorado's only $318- 224. Illinois paid the largest amount with $34,878,691. The Nebraska dis tricts includes the two Dakotas. One man was killed in Florida , Deputy Collector Frank Miller , while attempting to enforce the revenue laws and one was killedin , North Carolina lina , Revenue Agent Kirkpatrick. This is the smallest casualty list in years. As to the payment of bounties to pro ducers of beet sugar , the commissioner says it is an entirely new feature which his office lacks the machinery to carry on. The office is simply a collection office. It will be necessary to make a chemical analysis in all cases where bounty is claimed. It is not deemed practical to have samples sent here and rely on the tests on these as to the entire production. The tests with polarioscope will require a large force of chemists , as the department of agri culture had these chemists and is con versant with the beet sugar industry. The commissioner urges that congress transfer this entire matter of bounties to that department. New York stands at the head of the list in the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes , Pennsylvania second. Ne braska used 375,846 pounds of tobacco and manufactured 19,098,346 cigars. There are 202 cigar manufacturers in the state of Nebraska , The state also has 4 rectifiers , 1445 retail liquor deal ers , 46 wholesale liquor dealers , 2 dealers in leaf tobacco , 9,510 dealers in manufactured tobacco , 9 peddlers of tobacco , 25 brewers , 44 retail dealers in malt liquor , 42 wholesale dealers in malt liquor , 11 retail dealers in oleo margarine , 4 wholesale dealers in oleo margarine , showing a grand total of 11,844 dealers who pay internal reve nue taxes. There is no oleomargarine manufactured in Nebraska but the state pays $224 on retail sales and $1,020 on wholesale sales. There are thirty-nine retailers of oleomargarine in the state. Favoritism In the Ranks. SAN ANTONIO , Cal. , Nov. 28. Something of a sensation in army cir cles threatens to develop here shortly , growing out of the recent promotion of certain enlisted men from the ranks to second eutenantship. A case in point is that of young Garashe Ord , son of the late General E. 0. C. Ord. t A few weeks ago Ord was examined by the army board here and promoted from second sergeant to second lieu tenant and General Stanly assigned him to a company of the Eighteenth infan y , stationed at Fort Clark. Colonel Laselle , commander at the post is preparing a protest against the reception of Lieuteuant Ord as com missioned officer in his regiment on the ground that his promotion was. the result of a species of favoritism becoming - coming too frequent in the United States army. It is claimed by a cer tain element of army officers that the sons of rich men , politicians or army officers who fail to pass the examina tion for West Point are enlisted in the army with the understanding that after serving a short time in the ranks they are to be given undue preference over the ordinary private in the matter of promotion. A Mass of Figures Showing the Pros * perlty of the Country. WASHINGTON , Nov. 26. The report of Comptroller of the Currency Lacey covers operations of the bureau for twelve months , ending October 311 During this period 307 new banking as sociations were organized , fifty have gone into voluntary liquidation and nine were placed in the hands of re ceivers. The net increase is 248 , con stituting a larger growth than for any similar period since 1865. The num ber of active banks October 31 was 8,567. These banks have in capital stock $659,782,865 ; bonds deposited to secure circulation , $140.190,900 , and bank notes outstanding $179,755,643 , including $54,796,907 represented by lawful money deposted to redeem cir culation still outstanding. The gross decrease in circulation'during the year , including notes of gold banks and failed and liquidating associations was $22- 267,772 , and' decrease of circulation secured by United States bonds , § 5- 248,549. At the last report the gross deposits of these banks , in luding amounts due the banks , was $2,023- 502,067 ; loans and discounts $1,970- 022,687. Both these items show a great increase over any previous re port.The The comptroller again calls atten tion to the fact that the issue of circu lating notes has become unremunera- tive on account of the high premium commanded by federal bonds ; renews the recommendation that the obliga tory deposit of bonds be reduced ; the circulation issued , be equal in amount to the par value of the bonds pledged , and the semi-annual duty be fixed at one-fourth of one per cent per annum. The passage of a bill to this effect , now pending in both houses , would at once increase the volume of paper money by about $15,000,000 , which would in a marked degree relieve the present monetary stringency. New associations could form more rapidly without advancing the premium on bonds necessarily purchased by the secretary of the treasury for the sink ing fund. The passage of the act providing for the purchase of silver bullion is con sidered by the comptroller tantamount to a declaration that the national banks are not to be called upon to furnish additional circulation , evidently needed and a discussion of the measures pro viding for the extension and perpetua tion of note issues based on some new form of security is deemed inopportune. The exhaustive statement of the pro portion of- coin , paper money , etc. . used in banking operations in 1881 and 1890 shows "an increase of money equal to 68 per cent , which is deemed sig nificant when considered in connection with the present apparent insufficiency in the amount Of coin and paper money in circulation. The comptroller says it is evident the lack of currency is greatly aggra vated by the retirement of national bank notes , which form of paper alone possess that elastic property so essen tial in perfect circulation , All the money issued directly by the govern ment is necessarily non-elastic by rea son of being in all cases available for the lawful money reserve of the na tional banks and in most cases possessing - ' sing legal tender quality. The comp troller says if the rapid extension is a correct criterion , the national banking- system is more favorably regarded than. heretofore and the transactions of the ! year have been attended by more than the average degree of success. The December Century will contain , four complete stories , by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps , Joel Chandler Harris , Richard Harding Davis , and Maurice Thompson. Three of them are illus trated. Besides these , there will be the first chapters of a novelette by ; James Lane Allen , "Sister Dolorosa , " ) the scene of which is laid in a Kentucky - ; tucky convent ; and the second install- ; meet of "Colonel Carter of Carters ville , " by F. Hopkinson Smith , intro ducing the author's celebrated "One- ; .egged Goose Story. " The coming year' of The Century will be unusually strong in fiction. Not Talking for Newspapers. ATCHISON , Kan. , Nov. 27. Senator [ ngalls was today shown the letter ex- ' President Cleveland is said to have written to ex-Collector of Internal Rev enue Nelson F. Acres about the sena tor and the probability of some demo cratic members of the legislature vot- ng for his re-election. The senator lad not seen the letter before , and af ter reading it carefully he said : "So Cleveland is mad because Acers gave ; t to the newspapers , is he ? Well , I don't blame him. " Asked what he had to say on the subject , the senator said : "I am not taking for the newspapers just now. " A fatal disease now prevailing among iprses in certain localities of Tenne- see is becoming a very serious matter to horse owners. The general im. jression is the disease is caused by rotten corn. THE NEXT PRESIDENT VXION PACIFIC * AFFAIRS J.Y BIDSEY DILLOX'S JIAXDS. Charles Francis Adanis stops Ilovrii and Out and an Old Tlmo Railroader Takes Ills Place The iTIan who can Have General management If Ho Wants It Death of Augustus llcl- mont Prof. Koch on Ills Treatment Parnoll to Remain Leader. Dillon Elected President of the Union Pacific. BOSTON , Nov. 27. The board of directors of the Union 'Pacific mot at their office in this city yesterday , There were present the following di rectors : Charles Francis Adams , Edwin P. Atkins , Samuel , Samuel Carr , F. Gordon Dexter and John P. Spaulding , Boston ; Sydney Dillon and Henry H , Cook , New York ; Marvin Hughitt , Chicago ; Mavcus A. Hanna , Cleveland , O. ; Joseph H. Milliard , Omaha ; James A. Rumrill , Springfield , Mass. The government directory was represented by John F. Pluminer of New York. After the preliminaries of opening the meeting had been completed , President Adams resigned his office and made a forcible and characteristic address. Immediately following Pres ident Adams' speech , Messrs. John P. Spaulding , Samuel Carr and James A. Rumrill tendered their resignations , which was promptly accepted , and the four Massachusetts managers of the great road at once withdrew from the room. Their places were filled with out any dissent , and Jay Gould , * Rus sell Sage , Henry B. Hyde and Alex E. Orr took their places in the directory as soon as they were elected. Their first business was the election of a suc cessor to Mr. Adams and Sydney Dillon , a former incumbent of the oflice and ex-president of the Gould interest , was elected. The altered complexion of the board necessitated , of course , a change in the make-up of the committees , and this was the business next in order. On the executive commission Mr. Gould succeeded ex-President Adams , and Russell Sage took the place of James A. Rumrill. That committee as now constituted consists of Jay Gould of New York ; Frederick L. Ames , Edwin F. Atkins and F. Gordon Dexter of Boston ; Sydney Dillon , Russell Sage and Government Director Jonn P. Plummer of New York. Henry B. Hyde and Alexander E. Orr replace Messrs. Rumrili and Spaulding on the finance committee ; Messrs. Sage , Orr and Gov ernment Director George E. Leighton of St. Louis succeed Messrs. Adama and Carr and late Government Direct or James W. Savage of Omaha on the land committee ; Mr. Gould succeeds Mr. Adams on the committee on con necting roads ; Mr. Hyde succeeds Mr. Adams on the committee on bridge over the Missouri river , and Govern ment Director Jesse Spaulding suc ceeds Mr. Savage on the coal lands and and coal department committee' Second Vice-President Gardner M. Lane , when the fashion of resigning was in full swing , sent in his resigna tion , but it was not accepted. All the business was transacted without the least discussion and without any indi cation of friction beyond that which appeared between the lines of Retiring President Adams' speech. At the meeting1 of the executive com mittee the name of S. H. H. Clark , vice president of the Missouri Pacific , was mentioned for the position of gen eral manager or tne union jfaciiic , out no action was taken and the committee adjourned without transacting any bus iness. President Dillon said in an interview that his policy would be to harmonize all conflicting interests and build up the road. Koch and His Treatment. BERLIN , Nov. 28. The hospitals in this city have already refused the ap plications of 400 physicians who have come here to study the Koch method of treatment on the ground 'that it is impracticable to instruct successfully a large number of those who desire to study the method. Already 2,000 for eign doctors have arrived here for the purpose of informing themselves re garding the treatment. Prof. Kock has been elected honora ry member of the society for preserva tion of public health. Dr. Koeller , chief of the charity hos pital here , while admitting that mar velous effects have been produced by injection of Prof. Koch's curative lymph , declares that as yet there has been no certain experience of a lasting nature of cure. Dr. Koeller says , how ever , that the lymph has proved indis- jensible in diagnosing cases in which ihere was doubt of the existence of luberculosis. Parnell Will Remain tender. LONDON , Nov. 28. The Irish home /ule members of parliament met and a motion made that Parnell be re-elected chairman of the Irish parliamentary jarty carried unanimously. , It was an nounced that Parnell will retain the eadership at the express desire of his followers. Parnell had a conference with Jus tice McCarthy , during which he handed McCarthy a bundle of papers contain- ng memoranda for his guidance as ses sional chairman of the Irish party. Parnell addressing the meeting said nothing but the conviction that his col- eagues desired to still utilize his ser vices in the commo'n cause induced him o remain in the position , which under lis altered circumstances exposed him and them , through him , to the attacks of opponents. Gladstone's ultimatum will probably result in the withdrawal-of Parnell. , , The Worlc for Congress. ' , * ; WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. When tha { second session of the Fifty-first con * grcss is called to order at noon today it will bo confronted by an immona * " ' amount of business , much of it th remnant of last session and some of it- new legislation. Allowing for th . Christmas holidays there will bo sor- ' enty-nino working days In the session. Among the bills left over from last' session , uro the election bill , the Con * gor lard bill and the bankruptcy bill. These bills , as is well known , have al ready passed the house and now await action only by the senate. It is likely that there willl bo substitutes offered for the lard bill and the election bill. " The Paddock pure food bill will probably - - ably bo the ono offered as a substitute for the Conger bill , while Senator' Hoar's bill will bo summitted ds a sub stitute for for the Podge bill as a mat ter of course. If these substitutes are passed by the senate it will again j throw them before the house. While the senate is struggling with the above named bills the house will be , consid ering the shipping bills and the bills * transferring the revenue marine serv-f ice from the treasury department , which were left over from last session , hav ing passed the senate. There ar several bills now upon the calen dar unacted upon , but reported favorably from committees amen them the international copyright ; to establish a limited postal service ; to increase the naval establishment ; to telegraph companies under the opera tion of the interstate commerce law ; to- provide fortifications ; to establish a gun factory on the Pacific coast ; to amend the interstate commerce act ; to protect American forests , and to reduce the amount of bonds required to secure the circulation of national banks V > § 1,000 for each bank. To consider all of these bills would require more time than this session affords , and in order to accomplish anything it will be nee- , essary to lay aside some of the bills j and act only on those which are absolutely - lutely important. Outside of the bills mentioned are the now ones which are' ' regarded as those requiring more at tention. They are the reapportionment - ment bill and the various appropriation bills. The appropriation bills will likely give little trouble , as the demo cratic members of the appropriations committee say they will give no oppo sition. The reapportionment bill , however , is sure to precipitate a long and acrimonious war. Then there are the many small bills which will con sume a great deal of time and which are of local importance only. Altogether - , gether , the session will have its hands , full to overflowing and it will require all the energy of the leaders to get any thing out of the accumulated mass. Cattle Shippers Complain. WASHINGTON , Dec , 1. A great deal of complaint has been heard from cat tle shippers at the ports of New York , Boston , Philadelphia and Baltimore on account of the delay occasioned in the carrying out ofr the regulations pro vided in the cattle inspection act. The law only went into effect formally on the loth inst. , and of course there have been a good many hitches in car rying out its provisions at the outset. The inspectors at the ports named , as well as those at Norfolk , and Newport News , Va. , and others stationed in the stockyards of Kansas City , Chicago , Buffalo and Pittsburg are required to examine carefully every animal pass ing through them destined for Europe , and all those found to be free from disease arc tagged with a metal tag affixed to the ear , which tag is a guar antee of inspection and sound health. The secretary of agriculture believes that as soon as this new system is in thorough operation it will result in relieving the American cattle producer irom the annoyance and loss which the embargo placed upon American cattle by Great Britain and other foreign countries has caused. The Farmers' Alliance. ' - OCALA , Fla. , Dec. 1. The annual , meeting of the farmers,1 alliance begins' . In interview President Tuesday. an to-day , ident Polk said the national alliance would stand squarely on the platform adopted at St. Louis. Referring to the recent election , he said that for the-re sult one must look beyond the McKia' ' ley bill. "The people , " he said , "have scratched away all the rubbish of the negro question , bloody shirt , tariff and federal control of elections. It is the money power , the rule of plutocracy , that has been keeping the people down , and the slogan henceforth is financial reform. The national banking sys tem must go. The farmer and laborer must be given a chance to get what money they need upon security of their real property. The issue is to be a square one between the manhood of America on one side and the great American dollar on the other , and un less the leaders of the great parties recognize the real issue and make it there is going to be terrible times in this country. Sectionalism cannot pull the people apart any longer. We are sick of that rubbish , and only men who can secure popular support are those who understand the great eco nomic questions of the day. " NEWS NOTES. Miss Lillion Roundly , of New York , , has become the blushing bride of Yoong Shing , a member of her Chi nese Sunday school class. MrsGrovcr Cleveland helped give a Thanksgiving dinner to the children of the New York kindergarten associ ation , The steamer T. P. Leathers was de stroyed by fire at Fort Adanis , Miss. Five lives were lost. Will E. Tabler , wanted for forgery at Paducah , Ky.t was arrested at St. Joseph , Mo ,