Biicr > a n In Iri'r-c Import * .
WASHINGTON , .July 29. 'J'ho bureau
of Htalfotic * of lh j treasury depart *
inc'nt has issued a summary stutement
and rovJow of tlio foreign coiumorco
and immigration of tlio United States
during the fiscal year ended Juno 30 ,
18H. ! Jt gives also a comparison of
the imports and exports of the past
nine months , during- which the new
tarilT law has been in effect , as com
pared with the corresponding nine
.months of the preceding fiscal year.
'J'ho statement says that the total
value of the commerce of the past
fiscal year was tlio greatest in the his-
torj' of the government and exceeded
the total value of the commerce of
1890 by the sum of $8- , 191,803. The
commerce of 1890 was the largest for
any A ear in the history of the govern
ment up to that time , exceeding the
-commerce of the prior year by the sum
of $169 , 000,003. Our total commerce
during the past fiscal year amounted
lo $1.729.330.890.
During the year there was an in-
< M'eas' ; in our imports of merchandise
in tne order of magnitude in the fol
lowing articles : ColTee , tin plates ,
liide.- and slews , fruits , chemicals and
drugs. India rubber and guttapurcha ,
dtiirar and molasses , etc. There iias
been : i decline in the value of our im
ports of wool and silk and manufac
tures thereof , hemp anujuto ana man-
ifacturub. oreadstuffs and animals. The
totai value of our imports of merchan
dise during the last year was $814 , -
905. 11)1. )
The total value of our exports of
cnerciianuise during the same period
* was SS4.44,058. which shows an ex
cess in favor of exports during the
fiscal \ ear of $31) ) . 5 1 'J. 91-1. There was
ilso an excess of exports of domestic
jnevljandise : over such exports of the
3 > nor \ear of $20,911.737. The in
crease in these exports has been in the
Xollowitig articles , stated in order of
jnairniuide of increase : Kaw cotton ,
provisions , refined sugar , cotton inan-
itfacturcs , copper and manufactures
thereof , iron and steel and manufacture
turethereof. . The value of the lead
ing articles exported * from the United
States during the past year was as fol
lows : Cotton. $290 , 70S , SOS ; bread-
stutl.il < rS J8,092 ; provisions. $138-
Since the new tariff law has been in
oper.Mion from October G. 1890 , to
June 30. 1S91. inclusive , the total
value of the imports of merchandise
was $1)30.100.005 as compared with
$598 , 709. 909. The value of such im
ports for the corresponding period of
3890 bhows an excess for the nine
monthb of 1691 of $31,436.100.
Anxiety Concerning foreign mission
aries.
BOSTON. Mass. , July 30. Much
anxiety exists in Boston over the news
from China regarding the massacre of
missionaries in that country. At the
Congregational house. Secretary Al
ien said the Missionaries of his de-
nonunaiion had not been molested so
far as was known and Secretary Mur-
dociv at the Baptist headquarters said
that the Baptists had been saved from
the fury of the Celestials.
At the Methodist headquarters it
was learned that riots had occurred at
Yang Chow , Nanking , Wusuch , Kin
Jviang and at other places in the Yang
Tsi vaiiey. At Nanking attempts were
made to demolish the hospital and set
fire to the girls1 sshool building be
longing to the Women's Foreign Mis.
Mouary society , llev. 1) . W. Nichols
faced the mob alone and kept them at
bay with his revolver until a mandarin
arrived with soldiers. The doors.
windows and walls of the chapel and
dwelling houses of the Wesleyan mis
sion at Wusuch were battered down.
llev. Mr. Arjrcnta and an Englishman
connected with the customs service
were killed.
As far as can be learned at Metho-
< iist headquai-ters no New England
missionary has been murdered. "As
to the cause of these riots , " said one
of the gentlemen connected with the
) ook concern. " 1. There is a secret
iety which has for its object the
overthrow of the government , and
whose purpose in fomenting riots is to
embroil the government with foreign
powers in the hope that war may en
sue. 2. Tne re are large numbers of
xiischarjred soldiers and unemployed
laborers who constitute a roaming and
lawless body of men always ready to
enter into any scheme of destruction
and plunder. The Chinese govern
ment , however , was never more friend
ly to missionaries than at the present
lime. These rioters are its enemies
whom it. is anxious to punish. At the
last accounts all our missionaries were
safe , though recent cablegrams led us
to infer that they had gone to Shang
hai for safety. "
Jo-.v Killed ami Hurtled.
BOSTON , Mass. , July 29. A number
of Russian Jews arrived in this port
yesterday and were detained by the re
quirements of the immigration law.
They tell a thrilling tale of Russian
persecution. They lived in a Hamlet
containing- eighteen houses nearVeile.
At midnight. July 18 , Russians from
the city attacked the hamlet , setting
lire to the whole settlement , causing
the death of twenty Jews and the fear
ful burning of twenty more. The Jews
armed themselves and retaliated , one
young man , whose mother had been
burned , Killing three with a crowbar.
Officers finally appeared and arrested
the young man and the other Jews.
All wali probably be sent to Siberia.
Omalia fur zlic National Convention.
WASHINGTON. July 29. The nation
al republican executive committee met
yesterday at 3 o'clock in this city. The
eastern press and local papers of this
city speak well of Omaha.
The Washington Star says : Omaha
ts the convention. Omaha is early
to the front with a bid for the national
convention. Her committee is on hand
with authority to present the claims of
that city and Omaha is going to do all
she can to get the convention. A prop
osition will be presented to the execu
tive committee to say what is de
manded of Omaha on condition that
she is voted the convention and that
Omaha will give a guarantee to provide -
vide for and lake care of the conven-
lion and all persons attending , to the
extent of 100,000 people.
The committee has said to them that
a city whoso population increases from
30.000 in 1880 to HO. 000 in 1890 ,
whoso banlc clearances last year were
over $255.000,000. whose citizens have
on deposit $17.000,000 of money , and
a city backed by a state larger than all
tlio New England states combined ,
whose people have on deposit over
$50,000.000 in their state and national
banks , a state whose corn crop this
year will amount to 200.000.00J bush-
Is and whose farm output this year will
require $70.000.000 to puchase the
same , whoso beef and pone industries
in seven years , starting from nothing ,
has reached third place in the beef and
pork { lacking industries of the world ,
can and will take care of the national
republican presidential convention in
1892. J
improving I lull ii n School * .
WASHINGTON- , July 29. It is be *
lieved that the visit of Archbishop
Ireland to the president at Cape May
in the interest of the Catholic Indian
mission of this city was not successful.
Jn fact , it is more than likely that Com
missioner Morgan consulted the presi
dent before he made the move. The
commissioner says that under the new
order of things , everything is moving
along nicely.
School matters among the Sioux in
South Dakota , he says , are progress
ing in a very satisfactory manner. He
has recommended a new boarding
school at the Cheyenne agency oppo
site Forest , City , also to enlarge the
school at P'ine Ridge. Estimates have
been submitted for a large school at
Rosebud. The buildings are erected
on part of the Sioux country for day
schools. The school at Pierre is being
enlarged.
The architect has submitted plans
for the school'at Flancircau. Adver
tisements are out for , constructing the
school building at Pipestone quarry.
Improvements are being made in the
buildings for the Santee or Ponca day
schools. These are schools under the
government direct and the commis
sioner says that all the contracts there
will be about them will be the con
tracts for the erection of the building.
AVaiit 1'OKtal Steamer * .
WASHINGTON. July 29. A delega
tion of gentlemen from Mobile , Ala. ,
who desire that Mobile shall be the
starting point of a postal aid line of
steamers for Central American and
other ports , had a conference with
Postmaster General Wanamaker on the
subject yesterday. The delegation in
cluded among others Senators Morgan
and Pugh and Representative Clarke
of Alabama and M r. Sabin , president
of the commercial club of Mobile.
As a result of the conference the del- j I
cgation will submit to the department
in writing a statement showing the I
service the people of the city will offer j !
as an inducement , to the government' 1
to include within the present adver
tisement a proposal for service from
Mobile direct. It is said that the route
which the delegation favored provided
that the vessels shall start at Tampico ,
Greytown and Colon.
Elliott Convicted of "Murder.
COLUMBUS , O. , July 30. William
J. Elliott , the former proprietor- and
editor of the Sunday Capital , who with
his brother , P. J. Elliott , killed Albert
C. Osborn , a reporter on the Sunday
World , and W. L. Hughes , a bystand
er , besides wounding a number of people
ple during a shooting affray on High
street on the afternoon of February 23.
was convicted of murder in the second
degree. The trial has been in pro.
gress since May 1. The crime was the
direct result of personal journalism.
When the verdict was read there
was a sensational scene. Two or three
of Ellott's female relations screamed
and fainted. Elliott , enraged , snatched
a Grand Army of the Itepublis button
from the lapelle of his coat and threw
it at the jury.
Fatal Fight Over a Watermelon.
ALTON , 111. . July 30. News has
reached here of a serious cutting affray
which occurred at Grafton Sunday
night. Three brothers named Mur
phy , well-to-do farmers , came into
town , met James McDonagie and other
friends , and drank considerable liquor.
Then they purchased a watermelon
and while eating it in the rear of a
saloon , fell out about the size of the-
piece to which each man was entitled.
The result was a fight with knives ,
and before the men could be separated
all were bleeding profusely , while Mc-
Donagle and another man were fatally
stabbed.
? Saiiy lion * Dying.
WATERLOO. la. , July 31. Hogs are
i
dying in great numbers from cholera
in the south part of this county where
the disease has broken out afresh. The
townships of Lincoln , Orange and
Eagle are the affected districts. The
same locality suffered severely from
the ravages of the disease last spring , j
II. J. Laeey. an extensive farmer in
Orange township , has been the heav
iest loser , only seven animals being
left out of 350 which he had three
weeks ago. The loss of young pigs is
especially large.
Dr. William 15. Harper of Chan-
tauqua , N. Y. . announces that he accents - '
cents ' the principalship of the entire '
Chuutauqua system of teaching. Chancellor -
cellor Bishop Vincent , however , still '
regains at the head. '
Quay and Dudley IScoIgii.
' * WASHINGTON , July 30. The nation
al republican executive committee met
in the Arlington hotel of this city at 3
o'clock. Of the thirteen members of
the committee but seven were present ,
namely : Chairman M. S. Quay of
Pennsylvania , Vice Chairman J. S.
Clarkson cf Iowa. Secretary J. S. Fas-
J sett of New York. Treasurer W. W.
j ' Dudley of Indiana , Samuel Fcssenden
of Connecticut , Garrett A. Hobart of
New Jersey and J. M. Haynes of
Maine.
The first business before the com
mittee was the consideration of the ac
counts growing out of the last cam
paign , submitted by Treasurer Dudley.
This proceeding however , was inter
rupted for a time in order to allow
Colonel Scott of Omaha. Neb. , to make
a glowing speech in favor of holding
the next republican national conven
tion in that city. Colonel Scott had
reasons in plenty to support his argu
ment , based largely upon the preca
rious state of the party in the western
states adjoining Nebraska , which might
be improved by the infusion of party
spirit engendered by a great national
convention in the neighborhood. He
also offered substantial propositions
looking to the facility of the conven
tion's work and the comfort of the del
egates.
When ho hau conciuuea tne matter
was referred to the general committee
and the executive committee resumed
consideration of the treasurer's ac
count. A large mass of correspond
ence wab also iaiu before the commit
tee by the chairman and secretary for
discussion. Many active politicians in
different parts of the country iiad sug
gestions to make and conclusions to
draw from the outcome of the last con
gressional election , Some pointed out
the dangerousiiess of the alliance
movement in their states and suomitted
ingenious plans to meet its threatened
inroads on the republican party
strength , and others referred to vari
ous grievances and causes of dissatis
faction among republicans which might
be overcome by proper treatment.
All of these communications that ap
peared to be of value were carefully
considered and particular attention was
enlisted in behalf of an elaborate tabie
analyzing * in detail the last vote of the
congressional election.
Some discussion followed as to the
time and place of meeting of the- full
national republican coaimi ee and it
was finally decided to entrust the selec
tion of the place of meeting and the
exact date to Chairman Quay and
Secretary Fassett for determination ,
with tiie proviso that the meeting shall
take plape some day in November. If
the time-honored custom of allowing
six months' notice of the meeting of
the nominating convention is to be ob
served this action is an indication that
the next national convention will be
held not later than May next.
After the election of W. J. Camp
bell of Illinois as a member of the
committee in place of George R. Da
vis of the same state the committee
took a recess of two hours.
When the committee reassembled at
8 o'clock all approaches to the room
were closed and no communication
could be had with those inside. The
first business of the evening was the
presentation of Chairman Quay's res-
ignation. which came before the eom-
mittee in the shape of the following
letter :
WASHINGTON , July 29. Hon. J. S.
Fassett Secretary of Committee Dear
Sir : This is to apprise you that I
have today forwarded to Hon. William
II. Andrews , chairman of the repub
lican state committee of Pennsylvania ,
my resignation as a member of the re
publican committee from that state.
Yours truly. M. S. QUAY.
Upon motion of Mr. Clarkson the
following resolution was adopted :
llesolved. That we accept against
our judgment and with much doubt as
to the wisdom and expediency of it for
the party's interest the action of Sen
ator Quay in his resignation as chair
man and member of the national com
mittee. In submitting to it with so
much reluctance and regret we desire
to express from our knowledge of the
facts of his pre-eminent service to the
{ part } * , the deep obligation under which
t he has placed the republican party and
cause of good government and patri
otism in the United States. He under
took the leadership of a doubtful cause
in a time when the republican party
was disheartened and the democratic
party confident in the power of su
preme control in the government and
nation and when the odds of the con
test were against our party , and by his
matchless power , his unqualified skill in
resources and his genius to command
won for his party an unprecedented
victory in the face of expected defeat.
We know as no one else can know that
the contest which he waged was one
of as much honor and fair methods as
it was of invincible powcrand triumph ,
and that it was won largely by the
power of his superior generalship and
his unfailing strength as a political
leader. In the great contest of 188S ,
in the months of severe efforts and
during years of close personal associa
tion with him we have learned to know
the nobility of the man , and we desire
in this conspicuous manner to place on
public record for the present and for
the future as an enduring answer to
the partisan assaults of a defeated en
emy our testimony in appreciation of
his public service and his personal
worth.
Following this came the report of
the committee on auditing , as follows :
Your committee appointed to audit ;
the accounts of W. W. Dudley , treas
urer of the national committee , would
report that on a thorough inspection of
the books and accounts it is enabled testate
state that all moneys received by the
treasurer are actually and fully ac
counted for and sustained in every par
ticular by TO'Jshers and proper re-
seipts. We are enabled from the ex
amination to approve of the treasurer's
accounts ; to express to the committee
yur sincere and great obligation to the
treasurer for his faithful and efficient
service to the parlylln this capacity.
"J. S.'CrUllKSON ,
G. A. HOISAKT.
SAMIML : FKSSIXDIX ; ,
Committee.
The chairman then read the follow
ing letter :
, WASHINGTON. July 29. To the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Republican
National Committee My Friends and
Associates : Inasmuch as you are
about to reorganise the executive com
mittee for immediate preparatory
work pending the approaching presi
dential elecUon of 1892 , and as my
business engagements will demand all
my time and attention during the com
ing year , I am compelled to sever the
pleasant relations which have existed
and still exist between us. I there
fore tender my resignation of the office
of treasurer of your committee and of
the national committee. Respectfully
yours. W. W. DUDLKV.
The committee immediately adopted
the following resolution :
Resolved. That while we are left by
General Dudley's own wish no other
course than to consent to his retire
ment from the committee , we feel that
his action deprives the committee and
the party of the invaluable and ioyai
services of one who hus proved-him
self one of the ablest and most faith
ful public men of his time. In every
field of honorable contest and patriotic
purpose as a soldier , winning in hU
boyhood the stars of a general in the
union army , as a public official , serv
ing with equal fidelity his country in
prominent places , in the political field
with like ambition for the nation's
good he has proved himself always
always worthy of the respect and ad
miration of iiis countrymen. In his
whole public career , in his unselfish
service , and with his generous nature
he has given freely his time and labor ,
never thinking of private profits or
personal emolument. His whoii * life
is a proof of his manliness of purpose
and his patriotism as a citi/.en. Speak
ing from what wo know of hi.s rare
abilities and unusual devotion to party
and country , we would express this
evidence of what wo know the repub
lican party owes to him for hib ser
vices in so many of its contest and
especially in tlio memorable siniuirie
of 1SS8. We part from him officially
with sincere regret , and in doing . - owe
we wish to put in the records of the
committee this expression of that
party's gratitude and personal friend
ship in which we know he is so worthy
to be held.
The resignation of Chairman Quay
and Treasurer Dudley were then ac
cepted and laid on the table subject to
the approval of tiie full republican na
tional committee at its next meeting.
Mr. Clarkson was elected chairman
of the executive committee and Mr.
Hobart was elected vice chairman in
place of Mr. Clarkson. the chairman
being authorized to select a treasurer
to succeed Mr. Dudley. The committee -
tee then adjourned.
Prisoners : n County Jal .
WASHINGTON , July 30. The census
office has issued a bulletin on the sub
ject of prisoners in county jails. It
shows that the totai number of prison
ers in county jails on June 1. 1890 , was
19,538 ; the number reported in 1880
was 12,099. an increase of 0,847 in ten
years , or at the rate of 53.9 per cent.
The increase in total population was
24.80 per cent. In 1880 the ratio of
prisoners in county jails to the popu
lation was 253 in each 1,000.000 ; in
1890 it was 312. The increase then
has been 59 to the 1,000,000. The
largest increase has been in the north
Atlantic division , where it was 95 to
1,000.000.
Of the total number of prisoners in
county jails 13,931 were white and
5.599 colored. Of the latter 5,328
were negros , 131 Chinese and 118 In
dians. About four-fifths of the negro
prisoners were in jails in the south
Atlantic and south central divisions.
Of the 13.901 white prisoners 9,084 are
native born and 3.755 foreign born
while the birth place of 512 is unknown.
The foreign population of the country
or their immediate descendants , the
bulletin says contributes directly or
indirectly 0,813 persons to the popula
tion of the county jails , or 1,234 more
than the entire native white popula
tion. Of the total number of prisoners
17.801 are men and 1,737 women.
Pennsylvania leads with 2,880 pris
oners , the reason for the large number
being that in that state many county
jails are authorized to retain peniten
tiary convicts sentenced for a term of
years.
The only state in which there lias
been an absolute decrease of jail pris
oners is Vermont. There has been a
decrease relatively to the total popu
lation in nine other states and territo
ries , namely. California and Dakota
( counting the two states as one ) , the
District of Columbia , Illinois , Mary
land. Ohio , Oregon , Texas and Wyo
ming. For the most part this decrease
has been very slight.
The relative as well as absolute in
crease in the other states and territo
ries is a striking fact in the prison sta
tistics in 1890. Generally speaking ,
it has been largest in states with small
population.
New Jersey Ieacli Crop Immense.
BELLVIDIIIU : , N. J. , July 29. The
crop of premature or forced peaches
ail through Huntendon or Warren
counties will be immense. The dry
weather and the tendency of the trees
to die prematurely have hastened this
result and thousands of baskets of this
sort of fruit will be put on the market
in a.few days. The crop of good
peaches from Hunterdon will also be
large , and many of the more promi
nent fruit growers have already made
market for the better peaches. The
orchards will yield on an average
1.000 baskets although some of them
will not yield more than 200 or 300.
JVKWS
Nebraska's eight hour law is now in
effect. - „
The death rate from cholera in Mec
ca is 110 per day.
Forest fires are destroying much
property in California.
Grasshoppers are damaging the oat
crop in some portions of Ohio.
Rev. Spurgeon. of London , so long
dangerously ill. is convalescing.
England's aid toward making our
world's fair a success is promised.
Death is announced of Win. Simms
of Virginia , U. S. consul at Colon.
Floods are doing an immense dam
age to property in Posen. Hungary.
Minnesotans"prouose to try and raise
$100.000 additional foi1 the world's fair-
exhibit.
A report reached Houston. Tex. ,
that § 75.000 is missing from the ex
press office at Hount/ big saw mill
center.
The tobacco crop about Lancaster ,
Pa. , has been completely ruined by
heavy hail.
The salaries of eighty-four attaches
of the New York custom house have
been reduced.
The St. Joseph house in which
Jesse James died is to be exhibited at
the world's fair.
The Charleston. Cincinnati and
Chicago railroad company has been
sued for ? 7,000.000.
Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop
Ireland spent some time with the pres
ident at Cape May.
The Chicago world's fair commis
sioners were ban queued in London by
Lord Mayor Savory.
James Gordon Bennett has been in
dicted for publishing an accountof the
Sing Sing electrocutions.
A Berlin dispatch says the grand
duke of Mecklenburg is dying. His
limbs are becoming paralyzed.
The business part of the town of
Blair , Templeau count } ' . Wis. , was
burned. Loss 50,000 to $75,000.
A run began on the People's Savings
bank of San Francisco and several
thousands dollars were drawn out.
Mrs. John Kurtz , a young married
woman of Cheyenne. Wyoming , was
burned to death by the coal oil can.
James C. Ferguson , formerly presi
dent of the board of trade of Indian
apolis , Ind. , died at San Francisco.
The village of Taberg , near Utica ,
N. Y. , was visited by a fire which
rendered several families homeless.
The New York republican state com
mittee has decided to hold the state
convention at Rochester September 9.
The June statement of the Atehison
system shows an increase -i340.023
in net earnings over June of last year.
A dog caused a runaway nearXenia ,
0. , by which Mrs. Smith and her iittle
daughter w ere probably fatally injurd.
Gross customs frauds , involving
many noted persons , have been un-
sartiied in the duchy of Buiowina ,
Austria.
Edward Hancock and wife of Fair-
bank. Can. , have been arrested
charged with the murder of their 22-
year-old daughter.
It is announced that the Italian de
ficit for the year 1890-91 is about 7b.-
000.000 lire , notwithstanding all the
economies introduced.
The Massachusetts democratic con
vention has been called for Worcester ,
September 29. General Patrick Col
lins of Boston will preside.
A passenger train on the Iron Moun
tain railroad went down an embank
ment near Kensett. Ark. , killing a
colored woman and her child
Alexander Harrison's famous paint
ing "Le Crepuscuie , " owned by the
Corcoran Art Gallery of Washington ,
lias been engraved for the Midsummer
Holiday Number of The Century.
Boston customs authorities have re
fused to permit thirty Russian emi
grants who arrived on the steamer
Norseman to land. The emigrants arc
thought likely to become a public
charge.
Hon. Henry G. Hubbard , president
of the Russell manufacturing company
and the Miudletown , Conn. , national
bank , died on the 29th aged 77 years.
He leaves a fortune estimated at $9-
000,000.
Dr. Henry T. llelmbold. the fa
mous buchu man who was credited
with having piled up a fortune of $10 , -
000,000 by the sale of his patent med
icines , is once more in the madhouse
a raving maniac.
Whiie preaching at Houston. Tex. ,
to a large audience , and when in the
midst of his discourse , some peopie on
the outside turned out the lights and
rotten egged the Rev. Sam Jones and
his audience , most of whom were la
dies.
Patrick Toohey , a dissolute charac
ter , confessed to the shooting and at
tempted robbery of August Grot.ie , a
street car driver , of Milwaukee , on the
evening of November 1 , 1084 , the
crime for which two young men served
about thrae years in penitentiary.
The Maryland prohibition state con
vention nominated the following ticket :
Governor , Edwin Higgins. Baltimore ;
comptroller , Joshua Levering , Balti
more ; attorney general , Hosea B.
Moulton , Montgomery county ; clerk
of the court of appeals. Levin S. Mel-
son , Snow Hill.
Cal McCarthy and Tommy Warren
will fight in New Orleans before the
Olympic club in September. The men
Irst intended to fight in Minnesota , but
recent events made that undesirable as
a. battle ground , and their friends
wrote to the Olympic to give the men
a. purse to meet in New Orleans.
The East Street reaper works , at
Sprinfield. O. , the largest agricultural
works in the world , were sold to a syn
dicate of capitalists of Cleveland. Chicago
cage and New York to be used for the
manufacture of railway cars and sup
plies of all kinds. The building of the
freat works swamped " William N. j
Whttely. '
flrmllnir orrVchnnUa Grnln.
LINCOLN , , IScb. , July 31. A gather
ing of the representative grain men of
the state was held at the rooms of the
the state board of transportation yes
terday afternoon. The object of the
meeting xvas , as Mr. Johnson , of the * *
board , explained as he toot ; the chair ,
to discuss the question of grading Ne
braska grain. According to the provisions - 4
visions of the warehouse bill it becomes - \
comes the duty of the board of transportation - a
portation to establish the grades of I
grains and adopt rules and regulations
for the inspection. The board being
anxious to adopt such rules as would
work to the best interests of the state ,
extended an invitation to all grain
men , producers and dealers , to meet
and talk the matter over in an inform
al way. The attendance was larger
even than was anticipated , showing-
the interest taken in the subject.
R. P. Thompson , an inspector of St.
Louis and one of the best judges of
grain in the country , was present , and
on invitation opened the meeting with
a few remarks on the advantages to bo
der'ved from a warehouse law and
state inspection. This set the ball
rolling and a general interchange of
ideas followed. It
appeared to be gen
erally agreed that a warehouse law
and good , honest inspection was ad
vantageous to the best interests of the
state , and at the request of the chair
man different grain men gave their
idea of what inspection should be
adopted in Nebraska.
Mr. Gregg of Lincoln , who was the
first to express an opinion , was in favor
of adopting Chicago's standard of in
spection for both winter and spring
wheat and the St. Louis grades for corn
and oats. %
C. W. Cockrell , also of Lincoln ,
agreed with Mr. G egg.
Mr. Scott of Kearney was in favor of
Chicago inspection on wheat and St.
Louis on corn and oats , advancinggood
reasons in support of his opinion.
Mr. Kendall of Lincoln agreed with
Mr. Scott.
Mr. Van Valkenburgh of Minden
was afraid that Chicago inspection was
rather rigid on wheat , but would not
think it any great objection.
A. B. Jaquith of Omaha , in response
to a question , said that he believed
Chicago grades would be best for Ne
braska on wheat , but suggested that
Minnesota had a very good provision.
Under the inspection rules of that state ,
wheat which would grade No. 2 , for
example , if cleaned would be graded
No. 2 with a dockage to allow for the
dirt. This is an advantage to the seller
who is not in shape to clean his wheat
before shipping. The suggestion met
with general approval from the grain
men present who thought that a simi
lar provision should be made in the
Nebraska inspection.
At this point the talk became gen
eral and the grain men gathered about
the tables where W. N. Nason. secre
tary of the Omaha board of trade , and
R. P. Thompson , the St. Louis inspector
specter , had placed in tins samples of
the different grades of grain as in
spected in Chicago and St. Louis. The
examination of these samples and the
discussion of different topics connected
with the grain business in an informal
way , occupied the attention of the com
pany the balance of the time. Mean
while Mr. KoonU of the board of
transportation obtained the written
opinion of those of the grain men who
had not already expressed themselves ,
but it was found that there was prac
tically no difference in their ideas as
to what grades should be established
in Nebraska. The board has some
time yet in which to make up the rules
governing the inspection , but it is gen
erally understood that they will follow
the plan suggested by the grain men
and adopt Chicago inspection on wheat
and St. Louis on corn and oats.
Barley , rye and llax did not receive
much attention as there is not much
difference in the grades on those grains
at the different points , but the general
opinion was that Chicago inspection
should be followed.
It might be added that the board of
transportation has now printed copies
of the warehouse bill which can be ob
tained on application to the board.
Imporfaliiiii < > ! ' Mcillccl Labor.
WASHINGTON , July 31. The secre
tary of the treasury has written the
following letter to Hon. F. G. Nied-
ringhaus of St. Louis in regard to the
importation of skilled workmen for his
tin plate mills : "Replying to your let
ter of the 21st inst. , in which you ask
on behalf of the St. Louis stamping-
company 'whether you must go through
any particular form to import skilled
labor for your tin plate mills'I have
the honor to say that no regulations
have been issued by this department ,
prescribing forms relating to that sub
ject. It is not the practice of this de
partment to express opinions or to
make advanced rulings on hypothetical
cases that may possibly arise , but lest
you might draw improper inferences
from the above answer to your ques
tion your attention is called to the tilth
section of the act , -an act to prohibit
the importation and migration of for
eigners and aliens under contract and
agreement to perform labor in the
United States , its territories and tne
District of Columbia'approved Febru
ary 20. 1885 , and the suggestion is
made that I am not prepared at this
time to express any opinion as to
whether skilled labor for the St. Louis
stamping company cannot be otherwise
obtained than by the importation of
alien laborers. I do not understand
that it was the purpose of the honora
ble superintendent of immigration in.
his recent letter to you to express any
opinions other than those involved
aboi'e. "
The state comptroller of California
proposes to have the California world's
fair appropriation tested in court before
he pays out any money.