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OMAHA DAILY BEE. . . . ; i NINETEENTH YEAH. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , MAY 14 , 1800. NUMBEK 324. IT IS NOT A CAUCUS BILL. A Denial That the Republicans Are Com mitted to the Silver Measure. BUTTERWORTII AND PEOTEOTION. While Bollcvlnw In the Principle , the Ohio llcprcHontutlve I'lndH Muuh ( o Censure In ATuKlnloy'rt TnrlfT McnHiiro. WASHINGTON- , May 13. Among the peti tions presented and referred in the senate today wjis one by Mr. Quay from the business men of Philadelphia remonstrating against tbo Increase of the duty on dress.goods made wholly or partly from wool. . Mr. IJavIs , from the committee on pen- nlons , reported back the house substitute for the scnato dependent pension bill with n written report and moved that the house substitute bo non-concurred In mid a confer ence asked. Agreed to and conferees ap pointed. The senate then resumed consideration of the sliver bill nnlfMr. Jones of Nevada con tinued the speech begun yesterday by him. Mr. Jones opposed the Idea of redeeming treasury notes In bullion , on the ground that when they wcro so redeemed the monetary circulation would J > o contracted and putting bullion on the market would not make up to the country for the loss of money from circu- ration. Gold , by reason of Its greater value , V notwithstanding all the legislation in Its favor , could never become the common money medium ol the world. Was there any conceivable necessity for the demonetization of either mcttiU Why , ho asked , demonetize that which promised the greater and moro steady yield ? It wns absolutely vital to the welfare of ttoclcty that both silver mid gold should lo ; in full and unlimited use us money mid equally invested with the power of legal tender. in conclusion Mi' . .Tones snut : "I predict that the restoration of silver to Its birth-right will mark an epoch in the history of this re public. It wilf place in circulation an amount of money commensurate with 'our increasing population. It will give assurance to our languishing industries that the volume of our circulating medium is not to continue shrink ing and that the tendency of prices will no longer bo downward. It will increase the wages of labor and the price of the products of labor. It will reduce the price of bonds and other forms of money futures. It will lighten , but not inequitably , the burden of mortgages. It will Increase largely , though not unjustly , the debt-paying and tax-paying power ) f the people. It will lessen the grasp of the creditor from the neck of the debtor. < "By the demonetization of silver money \ will cease to become an object of commerce mid will again become its bencllcient instru ment. Lifting up silver to its rightful plane by the side of gold will set In motion all the latent energies of the people. It will banish involuntary idleness by putting every willing man to work. It will revive business and rcanlmnto the heart and bopo of the masses. Capital , no longer fearing u fall in prices , will turn into productive avenues and tills it will accomplish not for the United Suites alone but for civilization , for it is not too much to siiy that upon the decision of this question depend consequences moro incment- ous than of any other question of public policy within the memory of Ibis genera tion. In n broader , r' < -DOS aif.han any ' other question nttraetlng-r'om' \ , \ oral nttcn- .Uoiiof mankind it is aqiios , s nil civilization. It embodies the hopes and ns > . . .titlons of our race. The act of congress which shall hap pily solve it will constitute a decree of eman cipation as veritable as any that over freed the serf from thraldom , but moro universal in its application. It will inaugrato n true re naissance a renaissance of prosperity , with out which industry , learning , science , litera ture and art are but apples of Sodom. " In answer to questions Mr. Jones said that If there was free coinage of silver ho believed in three days the silver not used for coinage would bo worth $1.-'J ! ' an ounce , and that there it would remain. Mr. Jones of Arkansas next addressed the senate. Ho said the bill as it stood should never become a law , but should bo amended by making it provide at least for the unlim ited coinage of silver whenever the price reached a point at which the government ceased to be n purchaser. This was an abso lute necessity unless the purpose was to do st oy silver as money. These who would vf ' for the bill as It stood certainly intended -.tlw . demonetization of .silver and might as well avow It. While striking a fatal blow at the interests of the great body of the people they intend only to benefit the sellers of sil ver bullion by increasing its price. The de liberate purpose to discredit silver treasury notes by refusing to make them legal tender miggcsjed further tlfc real purpose had In view by the republican party. Mr. Jones added that If the newspaper re ports and the common understanding around the capitol were entitled to any consideration , every republican senator except the senator from Colorado ( Teller ) had agreed , either in conference or caucus , to vote for It. Senators IngallH , Allison nnd others That is not true. Mr. Allison said the bill , far from being the result of a caucus , was the result of the de liberations of the finance committee. No sug gestions of n caucus was made on either sldo of the chamber until some time after the bill was reported. Mr. Harris , a member of the nuance com mittee , says the bill was reported by a ma jority vote of the committee. Ho had no knowledge or suspicion of a caucus having had anything to do with it. The minority favored and still favored the absolute free coinage of silver. But the question with that majority , of which ho was one. narrowed itself down to the i > olntof ac cepting the pending measure in lion of the existing law , under which only L',000,000 sil ver dollars were coined monthly. Ho hm- ! belf had decided to do so , The bill then went over (111 ( tomorrow. After an executive session the senuto ad journed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ House. WAMIINOTON , May 1 ! ) . After the transao- stkm of some routine business the house went Into committee of the whole , Mr. Pay-sou of Illinois in the chair , on the tariff bill. Mr. McMlllln of Texas moved to reduce the duty on ammonia. Ho could see no reason why this article of necessity to farmers should bo so heavily taxed. Mr. Mclvlnley opposed the amendment nnd mild that the tariff had encouraged competi tion in this country and the price of ammonia had been reduced from " 0 to } cents per pound. . Mr. Buttorworlh of Ohio suggested that while ho know nothing of the case under con- KiilcnUlon the prlco of the article was not ro- ijucecl on account of competition nloue. It was reduced on account of improved methods of manufhctui'O. So far as ho wits capable of doing bo had tried to understand the tariff question and ho had never doubted that the protection system was wise , humane and had scattered blessings on the land from shore to shore. If there was any danger to the protec tive system It was In Its oscillation between the extreme of free trade on ono hand and thu other extreme , which' created inequali ties among Americans themselves. The country in its election of Harrison nnd a republican congress had declared unequivocally in favor of sustaining and up holding the protective system. The republi can policy was that the tariff , whether higher or low , biiould bo adjusted so us to establish , cherish and protect American interests anil industrlcH In competition with the rest of the world , Did that policy mean to remove the inequalities which ixlsted between the indus tries on tills sldo of the water and the Industries - tries on the other side , or did It mean to shut out all importation ! Ho Insisted that wo bhould not create Inequalities. Ho Insisted that u vroUcllvo system should deal with I Vw * ' I conditions nnd not with national bound ary lines , except when the presence of these national boundary lines Indicated the presence of these conditions against tie | influence of which It wns neces sary to Interpose the barrier of protective tariff. If the tariff did not deal with condi tions then the tariff was not good In the ab stract and If It was the fathers of the repul - lic had paid themselves a compliment when they provided that as between the states these should bo no restrictions of commerce. Competition never created n new In dustry ; thcv were created by work of the brain by Inventors. The commlttco had tried to do the best It could in framing the bill , but It was not al ways safe to rely altogether upon the testi mony of the beneficiaries under u law ( ap plause on the democratic side ) . Ho hud Indi cated his belief respecting the proper func tion of the tariff net and would sooner resign his scut than depart ono hair's breadth from that belief. Of course , ho respected the wis dom of the committee , but why was 1'aul favored and Peter turned down I .Why in crease the profits of certain classes ! Ho could name capitalists w.hoao profits exceeded those of all the agriculturists in any state of the union ( applause on the democratic side ) . Mr. Buttcrworth thru proceeded to expound bis views touching reciprocity with Canada. He said wo were endeavoring to cult ! vale rela tions with r > ! ) ,000.0ix ) people to the southwest , nnd yet were afraid of Canada. Abraham Lincoln and U. S. Grant wore not suspected of any hick of patriotism , yet they favored reciprocity. There wore some things in the bill ho did not like. Ho had known of an in dustry that had been able to make ? GO,000,000 dividends on u capital of I-J.V,000. ) Protec tion ! Why the country could in such cases bctteratTordtokeepthe.se men in the Fifth avenue hotel , pay their board and expenses and set them up In the banking business , Ho favored proper protection and these men hold the world in their grip , The time had como when some Httlo concern should be shown for American homes and American firesides. The great body of employes in this country was foreign. Mr. Buttei-worth did not bclicvo It wise or prudent to make such n sweeping reduc tion in sugar to bo supplanted by a bounty. In conclusion Air. Buttcrvvorlh said that the gentlemen wcro very much mistaken if they thought that the greatest desire of his heart was not to pass n bill reflecting in the highest degree the protective system. What ho wanted to avoid were such bad feature * as ho bad jiointed out in this bill. There was such n thing as paying too much for an industry. Such was the case with tin plate. The duty would bo a tax on every farmer , on every case of goods , That tax would amount to $ . - > 0,000,000 before the manufacturers of tin plate could declare a dividend. Ho was anxious that his party should not make any fnlso step. After further debate MeMillln's amend ment was rejected. Mr. Niedriughaus moved to amend by re ducing the duty on refined borax from 5 to 3 cents pei' pound. Mr. O'Ferral read a list of what ho singled out as excessive duties , laying stress on the duty on rcady-mudo clothing , which he held was In the interest ot Postmaster General Wanamakcr. You tickle mo nnd I'll tickle you ; you legislate in my favor and I'll put up campaign funds that was the explanation of many of these high duties. Air. Niedringhaus' amendment was re jected. Various other amendments were offered , but were rejected , and after consider- 'ing thirteen of the 150 pages of the bill the committee rose and the house adjourned. A OUE8T1OX OJIMCATIOX. . Chicago World's Fair Directors Ad vocate Sonic Pet Sites. CIIIOAOO , May 13. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BKK.I The members of the Chicago world's fair directory are again at war with each other , and It is evident that it the cher ished plan for holding the world's ' fair on the lake front has to die It will die hard. There are about four members of the commlttco on grounds and buildings who want the fair on the lake front. Two of the members favor Fomo other location , and Chairman Cregier , the seventh committecman , is inclined ut present to remain neutral. Potter Palmer , the big hotel man , is one of the moat earnest advocates of the lake front. The Illinois Ceiuail railroad interests are for the luke front. AVhcn that proposed : ! (10 ( acres at the bottom of the lake arc raised to the surface by tilling in the ground will bo exceedingly valuable. There would bo considerable liti gation to decide upon the final ownership of the new hind. The Illinois Central would bo one of the litigants and in the end doubtless the successful ono. Stuyvesant Fish , president of the Illinois Central and chairman of the committee on transiiortution of the world's fair , has gene to New York to consult , it is said , with east ern stockholders ot ttio road concerning the policy to bo pursued by the cor poration in reference to the lake front. Some of the largo hotel owners want the Me on the lake front. They think that If it is held anywhere else rival institutions will spring up near the grounds and the down town hotels will bo thereby injured. It is argued , on the other baud , that If hotels are built at Jackson park or any other site away from the central portion of the city they would have to bo abandoned when the fair is over. ' But i f t hey are constructed down town for world's ' fair purposes they will endeavor to do business after the exposition is closed nnd so bccomo permanent enterprises , to the detriment of the established hotels. Knfoi-cln ; * the Chinese Ordinance. Svx FIIANTISCO , Ciil , Alay 13. [ Special Telegram to Tin ; Bin : . ] The first arrest was made today under the new cit } ' ordinance re quiring the removal of all Chine.su to a dis trict on the outskirts of the city. The person arrested was Chao Yuen , a member of the firm of Chi Lung & Co. Shortly alter his arrest Consul Bee , on behalf of the prisoner , applied to the United States circuit court for u writ of habeas corpus , setting forth that the prisoner was a subject of the emperor of China. The writ was granted and the pris oner was released on ball. Argument will bo heard In the United States circuit court July H < A Fatal Itnnaway. Oonr.N- , Utah , Alay 13. [ Special Telegram to.Tm : Bni : , ] H. A. Iddlngs , n prominent real estate operator of Ogden and secretary of the C. E. Aluyno company , was thrown from a buggy this ovcning by a runaway team and fatally Injured. As the team turned the comer of the street n wheel of the buggy caught In the street-car track , upsetting the buggy and throwing Air. hidings against a telephone pole , doubling him about it and crushing his body. The physicians In charge say ho Is bleeding Internally and they have no' hopes of his living beyond n few hours , A IjawhrnakiiiK Corporation. PixmiA , 111. , Alay 13. Quo warranto pro ceedings have been commenced against the Fidelity casualty company of Now York. The company Is chartered under the laws of " Now York "with n capital stock ofJ50,000 , and u reserve fund of f i 100,000. It Is claimed that the company is doing seven different branches of business under ono charter In this state , and In order to comply with the laws of Illinois it would require a capital stock of $100,000 , and a deposit fund of $ < K" > 0,000. It Is also doing an accident insur- auco business , which requires a deposit of'M per cent of the gross commissions. It Is ex pected that tbo proceedings will lead to long and bitter litigation. The Condnotoi-N in Session. KoniKsiKi : , N. Y. , May 13. The national convention of the order of railway conductors was called to order this morning with about two hundred and fifty delegates In attend ance. The morning's session was moro of n social session than anything el.so. Thu busi ness meetings commence this afternoon and will be secret. TwoiHy-Fltth Annlvertjai-y. Nr.w YOIIK , Alay 13.At the twenty-fifth anniversary ot the National Temperance so ciety and publication house , L , L. Cuylcr , D. D.t was elected president. BRECKISRIDGE'S ' SEAT SHAKY The Clayton Committee Favors Declaring It Vacant. SENATORS POT DOWN THEIR FEET. They nrc Determined Not to Agree to the House Amendments to the. Senate Dependent Pen sion BUI. WASHINGTON ) BIJHIHU Tun OMUIA Bun , ) flllt FotlllTKHS'TII SrilBBT , > WASHINGTON- . C. , May 13. ) A report will bo made to the committee on elections in favor of declaring vacant the scat now occupied by Clifton K. Breekinrldgo of the Second district of Arkansas. The report will bo based upon the recent investigation made by the sub-committee which visited Arkansas and examined over ono thousand witnesses In relation to the Clayton assassi nation. The testimony winch was taken by the sub-committee will bo uscti in favor of the adoption of a federal election bill. It will furnish a number of practical illustrations of the necessity of the government having gen eral supervision over congressional elections. The case is to bo taken up in the house soon. There is very little doubt Unit within three or four weeks there will bo a vacancy in the Second district of Arkansas. Mr. Brcckln- ridge would have made friends Instead of losing them by refusing to take bis scat after the assassination of his political rival. A nn IUMINRI : > COSTI T. There is going to bo a very determined con test between the two houses over the de pendent pension bill. The senate committee on pensions today reported the house sub stitute back with a unanimous recommenda tion for n concurrence and n request that a conference bo ordered. Both houses iU'0 de termined in the positions they occupy. The senate bill is the same ns that vetoed by President Cleveland mid is purely a depend ent bill , while the measure which wis : passed bv the house as a substitute for the senate bill is both a dependent and a universal bill. It gives u pension of ? Jt a month to all de pendent soldiers and sailors and their widows and all are to bo placed on the pension rolls when they arrive nt the ago of sixty years whether disabled , dependent or ollicrwlse. The senate bill pro vides n pension oT § I'J a month to dependent Sioldicrs and their widows and gives $1 a month to dependent children of soldiers while under sixteen years of ago. It has no uni versal provision whatever. The senate committee is unanimously op posed to giving a pension to any ono who is neither disabled nor dependent. It believes also that 8 a month is too small a pension for any ono who is dependent upon his or her re sources for n livelihood and suffers from dis ability of any kind. The senate committee believes that it is better to have no universal roll and give a larger pension to these who are really in need , and by n unanimous vote today It was agreed thatthecommlttceshoijUl not recede from this position and shall not ac cept any of the provisions of the house bill. It seems that the force of the arguments of the Grand A'-my Service Pension Veterans and other soldier and sailor associations has been directed toward the house , which body has been impressed with the necessity of a universal bill , and it is acknowledged that if there is to be a universal list of any size that the amount of pensions cannot exceed SS per month , while if there is no uniuei-dal roll the revenues of the government will per mit u dependent pension of ut - leasti'J n " ' ' " * * " " month. ' * A member ot the senate committee who is to act as one of the conferees said to your correspondent this evening that there would ho no compromise so far as the senate was concerned and that the house would bo driven to accept the senate bill. lie said that it might not give as much satisfaction at the outset , but that the country would soon corne to understand that it was the most humane and just bill that could bo adopted and he was confident that th" house would finally yield and the bill would become a law insiilo of a month. It was reported today that there wiis a secret understanding among the members of the senate committee whereby if the house refused to yield to the demands of the senate the latter would consent to n compromise , but the senator said there was positively no truth in the statement and that the senate would accept no compromise whatever. The senator said that the feature of the senate bill most highly cherished was the one which giwo $ i" a month , instead of $ S , as pro posed by the bouse ; that $3 a month would fall short of furnishing any kind ot subsist ence to a soldier or his widow , while $12 would enable the pensioner to live from this allowance alone. The next principle held most firmly by the senate is that no pension of any dimension should bo given without application , and that it is unjust to the needy , as well as extravagant , to insist upon giving n pension wtiere It is not needed. Mifii.i : < ANious. : Jesse Lowe of Omaha Is at the Ebbott. Senator Moody leaves for bis homo at Deadwood , S. D. , on the ISth inst. , to bo ab sent two weeks. Senator Pettigrow loft today with a con gressional committee to inspect the Indian schools ut Carlisle , Pa. Ho will return to morrow. Ex-Congressman Valentine and , Tud'o S. P. Davidson of Nebraska called iipjutho president today. I' . S , HUATII. Demand nl'tlic Fanners' Alliance. W'ASIIIXOTO.V , May 1'J. A delegation rep resenting the Fanners' alliances appeared be fore the ways and means committee this morning to advocate the passage of the Pick- ler bill to create United States treasuries in different parts of the country for the recep tion of staple crops produced by farmers , C. W. Maciine , chairman of the legislative com mittee of tbo alliance and editor of the Na tional Economist , said they did not ask the enactment of any unconstitutional measure , but as a debtor class , as men who had gone out in the west after the war and laid the soil under contribution with borrowed money they protested against the contraction of the currency at a time when their debts became duo and asked that conditions bo restored to what they wuixj , when the money was bor rowed. Going Into Polities. CHIC.VJO , May 13. The Illinois Homeo pathic Medical association began its annual session today. The chief interest attaching to the meeting is the fact that the association proposed to enter the next political campaign in a body. The next state legislature will probably provide for an additional iiisauo asylum and the homeopathists propose to try to have it put in charge of their school of medicine. To this end they will unite In an effort to secure the nomination ol'a members of the legislature pledged to give them what they want. Petitioning Iho C'/.ar. Niw : YOKIC , May H' ' . A movement has been Inaugurated to secure 1,000,000 , signa tures to n memorial to bo sent to the czar of Kussla , asking him to look into and seel : to ameliorate the condition of the oxlloa in Siberia. The movement wns started recently bv n suggestion made at the church of Key. Mr. MeVicar of Philadelphia. A petition has been printed and copies sent all over the United States. The petition is couched in very moderate language. An Aliened Klcotlon Worker. Ciiic.uio , May 13. Qeorfio Herring , re cently indicted in Peona for allogoil com plicity In election fr.mls In the Third ward whereby Edward Spt'llmau was recently elected to the city council , was arrested hero * today by ofik-ers from the central station. The prisoner asserts that ho wan to meet Kd Spellmun hero and that the latter was to gfyo him u sum of money Spcllnmn Is now ' in Philadelphia. It Is said Herring will betaken I taken to Pcoria today , I it'Aititixa > ' . The Minnesota Kepnldlcnn State Cen tral Committee in n'Fcrincnt. ' ST. I'Aff , , Alliin. , Alay Kl. [ Special Tele gram to Tun MEC. ] It developed tonight ' that there Is a difference o'f opinion amount ing to bitterness In the republican stnto cen tral committee. The charge Is openly made by no less n person than the secretary of the committee , Joel P. Hcatwolo of-Northfleld , that George Alcrrlam held a conference with Joseph A. Wheeler , editor of the Pioneer Press , and the two agreed that the former could not bo renoinlnatod except in n Juno convention , hence the edict that went forth calling the commlteo ( to St. Paul at noon tomorrow to name a day for the conven tion and apportion the delegates. His a square fight between the friends ot Governor Morriatn and the field opposed to him. The members of tbo commlttco from St. Paul , Allnncapolis. Stlllwutcr , St. Cloud and Wlnonu uro with the governor , but It so happens that they nro not In the majority , and unless they nrc canvassing tonight there will be merry war tomorrow H. E. Cooke , editor of the Kookston Jour nal , representing Polk ooduty , said : "If the republican party of Allnnesotu desires to commit deliberate suicide there Is no better way than to call a Juno or July convention. " Senator Ward of Waseca talked of open re volt. He said : "Tho day of standing by n forced convention is past nnd I would not be surprised to sec the Juno convention repudi ated and a second ticket put In the field in September. The farmer * of Alinncsota nro organized as never bolero. There nro moro than 300,000 of them netivo members of the Farmers' alliance , and tho'pirty which does not consult their wishes 4s defeated the mo ment its ticket sees the light of day. " ItlTTKlt ir'Alt. The Union Carpenters and the Old Masters Fi litlui * . CinrAOo , Alay 13. ( Special Telegram to Tin : BIK.--A : ] bitter war Is still bsing waged between the union 'carpenters nnd the Alasters' and Builders' exchange. The old bosses are urging the Importation e of nonunion - ' union men and facilitating the formation of a carpenters' and ] oincrs'uniou | in opposition to tbo brotherhood. Aleaitwhllo the now bosses nro preparing for a vigorous campaign of active work in building find are engaging all the union men they can get for that purpose. The unien men nro working hard to prevent members of their craft 'from accepting employment with the old bosses nnd are sending out circulars all over the country asking carpenters to stay away from Chicago for the present. As soon "as the weather im proves so that building operations are fully resumed there will probably ho serious dillleulties , if not violence , between union mul non-union men in tbis city unless some sort of peace can bo established between the now and old bosses. . - It was announced todav that n now citizens' committee bad undertaken the work of liar- moni/ing the now and old oss carpenters and that men of great prominence were engaged in the work. The report was not denied by thb new bosses , but nt the h'cndq'uartcrs of the old master builders Ignorance was pleaded of any such movement.HoWevcr , it may bo stated that such an undertaking is on foot with the sanction and co-dperation of Alayor Cregier. There is a prospect , though at pres ent very slight , of its success. The 'Chicago malleable iron company ro- sumcd work this mornliig with about ono hundred men and a small ; force in each de partment. The company had announced that it would resume operations nnd all these who wished to could go to work. Several hundred men reported at tjio works.this morning. or me A iii&iiioW-vo&ZAJiB. * . The Estimated Oos pJ ithe . .Service - * ' - Pension1 to'tliil Ctfrnitiy.e WASHINGTONMay13 [ , . Senator Davis , with the unanimous concurrence of tbo other mem bers of the senate pensions commlttco today submitted a report rccohnneiiding that the semite do not agree to Um amendments made by the house to the senate dependent pension 'bill. The differences between the two bodies are radical and the members of the senate committee announce a determination not to agree to the house bill under any condition. The bill us it passed the senate was a de pendent pension measure identical to that vetoed bv Cleveland. The house amended the bill by passing a substitute , the Mori-ill bill , which is both u dependent unit service pension bill. It is the opinion of the senate committee that it is the duty of the government before entering upon any other senatorial legislatioiij to provide for the needs of'the disabled and dependent soldiers in the most liberal man ner possible , The senate bill was framed upon this theory. Tho'service pension is a matter which should not bo involved with the disability bill. The estimates prepared by the adjutant general's oftlco showed that the approximate aggregate of the cost , of tbo service pension bill , upon the basis of sixty-throe years as the ago limit , will bo § | , lSSoa-iri'J.- , | . Upon the basis of sixty years the cost will bo * lii : lim,820. ) , Of this amount ? 1,0"V 017,021 must bo paid before tbo end of the year 1015 and the average annual payment would bo H , r > 'iVi : : . ' . These estimates are materially greater than these of tbo house committee , but the .senate committee adopted them because they wcro based on valid rea sons , and because experience had shown that pension estimates heretofore had invariably fallen below the estimated cost. It is the committee's opinion that whenever it is deemed wise to Inaugurate a system of service pensions it should bo done for the benefit of nil living soldiers who were honor ably discharged and that the rate of the pen sion should be graded according to length of service. JS'JT.IXLKY LiOXMXKIt. Guild Hall Packed to Ileuclvo Iho Great IC.vplorcr. LO.SMHIX , May l.'l. The reception to Stanley in Guild hull today was an enthusiastic affair. A ilcnso crowd thronged the approaches preaches and the gucstrt numbered ' . ' ,000. , The lord mayor presented to the explorer a gold casket containing nn address from the corporation of "London. . Stanley in re turning thanks said Congo might Imvo belonged to England , hud Englishmen listened to his lectures between 1STU and issl. Belgium was reaping 100 JK.T cent. England might Imvo had cast Africa , but , her journalists - . ists see everything througji nn opaque glass. Uei-many today has the liQn's share and can not fail to win In the lo'ng run. Wissmann never heard of such things as Quakerisms , peace societies , uiitl-entorprlso companies and namby-pamby journalism all of which are clogs to every hearty endeavor made by England. Ho hoped tho.'government would remember tbo services of Ids companions and not chill their young souls with the neglect which first warped poor Gordon after his heroic achievements In China. A 7TltK.IV iJUKET. 'Between Six nnd Hcvon Hundred Fly- ei-N Kntvrcd at 'Louisville. Louisvn.u : , Ky. , May 13. The meeting of the Louisville Jockey club , which opens to morrow , will bo ono of the biggest known here , both for the number of horses and the crowds of people In attendance. There nro between six and seven hundred flyers In the stables and the hotels arc full of turfmen and race followers. There has been a heavy shower of rain tonight and this , added to the showers hut night ami the heavy j ur down this morning , will muko the derby n iiico in the mud. Evorybodylntprcfltcd In tbo turf tonight is looking up niud records. Kiloy will probably go tq tbo jwst an the favorite , with Kobe.spferi-0 next. The stm-torswlll probably bo : Kobonpiemj ; Prince Fonso , PalUude , Klloy. Bill Letchcr and Outlook. PullsuJo Is thought to be too outclassed , whllo Outlook is considered not good In mud. " AVell Known Bunker Dend. Kr.uMK , la. , May 13-A Warsaw. III. , special says William Hill , a bunker of that place , and well knoAvn throughout the wt it , died this evening , uged llftv cisUt. BRUTAL MURDER OF A WOMAN Dastardly and Premeditated Orimo Ooitr initted Near Brainard , Butler Oouuty , MRS , RIORDAN INSTANTLY KILLED. Dan Casey's Bloody HOVCIIKO lloomiso Ho Hail Been Wormed In 11 The aiurdorcr Under Arrest. BiiAiXAim , Neb. , May 13. [ Special Telegram gram to Tin : Bii : . ] Dan Casey , a farmer liv ing about two miles northwest of Brainard , Ghotnnd instantly killed Mrs. James Kiordan , wife of Ills nearest neighbor , this morning about 0 o'clock. Casey and the Kloiitnn family have had trouble for some time , Yes terday they bad n light , in which Casey was worsted. This morning Casey went to David City on horseback and purchased n revolver and n box of cartridges. On his way homo hemet met Donald McGuire , to whom ho made the statement that ho would settle accounts with the Kiordan family today. About ten mtnutos afterwards ho met Mrs. Hlordan and son Morris going to David City in n two-horse wagon. A short time before be met the Hlordaus ho was seen by n farmer to get off his horse and shoot several times nt a telegraph pole. Ho did not get on his horse again , but was leading him when he and the lilordans met on the road. Casojywithout warning , pulled his revolver and shot two or three times , one shot enter ing the left breast of Mrs. Kiordan , killing her instantly. Morris Kiordan jumped out of the wagon and Mrs. Kiordan fell out , their team running away. In the meantime Casey's horse got away from him and Casey started after young Kiordan , evidently intending to kill him. .but Kiordan wis too fleet of foot for him and'left Casey fn the distance. Young Kiordan ran home , a distance of two miles , and notlJied bis father , who started out with n double-barrelled shotgun to pro tect his children. McGulro , who lives at David City , bad by this time arrested Casey and took his re volver and cartridges away and drove him rapidly to Brainard , delivering him over to an olllcer. Deputy Sheriff Townscnd was tele graphed for at David City and hurried over to Brainard , where ho took Casey in charge. Casey is a well-to-do farmer , about forty years of ago. His aged mother , keeps house for him , mid when your reporter called to see her she know nothing of the tragedy. Mrs. Kiordan is the mother of .seven children , all living at homo except one. It was a sad sight to see three little girls and husband fondling and kissing their dead mother and wife as she lay on the ground where she was murdered , awaiting the arrival of the coroner. Casey bears u good reputation in Brainard , Ho told McUuiro after his arrest that ho killed Mrs. Kiordan and intended to kill her , and that ho would kill the whole Kiordan family. Casey was s'een by Tin : Bin : reporter , but said ho did not cure to say anything. At the coroner's inquest Casey was taken before the jury and asked if ho killed Mrs. Kiordan , Ho replied that ho did and said that lie shot her three times , twice before she got out of the wagon and tbo third time in the back of the head , and the revolver within two feet of his victim's head , He-stated that ho did n good job and was not sorry that ho did it. The jury will not hand in thcirvcrdictuntil Friday. Casey Ini'J bis preliminary trial this after noon before County Judge Dean. Ho waived examination and wasvheld'without bail. The .shooting was done with a 33-callbreAineriean bull dog icVolvor/purehased.ut the hardware store of F. A. Snow this morning. The mur der was premeditated and deliberate and tbo outcome of on old quarrel between the families. The body of Mrs. Kiordan was taken to her late residence this afternoon. Public sentiment is in favor of letting the law take its cOuwo , and there is no danger of lynching. PisnstrotiH I'ii-o lit Auburn. AUIIUHX. Neb. , May 13. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bin : . ] By far the worst fire in the history of Auburn occurred this moniini ! between 1- and 1 o'clock. The flames orig inated In the hallway of the upper story of Lindscy's ' dry goods store. The population of the city , including women and children , wcro at the scene of the fire in an incredibly short time , but with no waterworks the flames could not be controlled so fur li's the business houses on the south side of Central avenue were concerned. Ten business houses burned to the ground , as follows : .T. M. LIndsey , gen eral dry goods store ; J. T. Swanhardware mid groceries ; K. H.Dort , drugsMcKcnny ; Bros. , groceries ; D. Dickinson , groceries and con fectioneries ; Herman Bros. , clothing ; J. II. Bauer , harness ; J. E. Thomas , dry goods ; G. W. Berlin & Co. , groceries and confectioner ies , and Frank Fritch , clothing. The most of them saved n great part of their stock by re moving to ground on the north side of the .street. The heat was so intense that hard work was necessary to save the buildings on the north side of the street. The windows and largo pluto glass on that side were all broken Into very small pieces. The lire is supposed to have been of Incen diary origin as there has been no tire used in the Llndsoy building for a week or moro. Loss , S.VUOO ) ; insurance , $20,000. So far as is now known no one was hurt. Fremont's Occupation Tax Again. Fnn.MOST , Neb. , May 1 ! ! . [ Special to Tim Bin : . ] Two or three members of the city council nro kicking themselves all over town today. The cause of it is their unwittingly voting last night to do the very thing with the much-mooted occupation tax ordinance which they liavo been trying to keep from do ing for several weeks. The legality of this ordinance Is now before the supreme court and its fate will soon bo known on the basis on which it was appealed , but whatever the action of that high tribunal may now bo the council last night passed the measure beyond tiny shadow of a doubt. It canio about in this way : The city attorney bus been engaged for some time revising the city ordinances for publication in pamphlet form. They Imvo been published as revised and last night they came up for adoption us a whole. The rules were suspended and the ordinance adopting them was passed unanimously by the six members present and the mayor Immediately nfllxcd his signature. The occupation tax or dinance was among the rest , and right there is where the rub comes In , this ordinance being passed unanimously by n majority of the councilnicn elect. It was a plan these In favor of the ordinance have had in view for some time and it worked llko a charm , These opposing the tax now feel that they are de feated. A Maltor of Circulation. BI.AIII , Neb. , May 1 ! ) . [ Special to Tim Bic. : ] The Blair Pilot has declared war on the city council and Courier. They served notice yesterday on the mayor and eaeli coun cilman tiiat they would ask the district court , May II , for a mandamus comp.-lling the coun cil to set a time to take testimony in regard to the circulation of the Pilot and Courier. If the Pilot succeeds In what they have under taken , the saloon licenses that have been issued nro Illegal. If the Courier has the largest circulation , the licenses already Is sued remain In foivo. It is a light between the two papers on circulation. Interstate Cliautaniiia. | ncATiiii'i : , Neb. , May ID. [ Special to Tin : Jlr.i : . ] The intorsuto Chnutauqna managers nro chock full of business thooo days getting ready for the Beatrice Chautauqua assembly , which opens the 2ttn ! of next month and will continue to July H. The grounds at Kivcrditlo park uro mulert-oing their annual bpautihVa- t ion for the great event , and nothing will be left undone that will conduce to making this , the mo t memorable year In the history of the iutmtute assembly ut this point. Tbo c" , iwlll bo preceded by n three days'en- ci- * lent of the Knights Templar of the sli , Viil which will continue into the first fe\ \ - - \s of the aiscmhly. been t < ? od for children and young iteoplo. Tho' ' ving constitute the special days as thus n Tanged : Juno .HI , opening day ; Juno' ' ! * t. S. C. recognition day ; July 4 , Indepeit 3 day ; July fi and 7 , tcniper.uieo days ; Jt closing day. The StoTo Medical Mouldy. Bcmnci ! , Neb. , May 111. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Dm : . ] The twenty-second annual meeting of the Nebraska State Medi cal society convened In this city this after noon nt . ' ) o'clock with President J. C. Dcnlso of Omaha presiding. About fifty member. * reported at the opening session , and moro came in this evening. After tbo appointing of a few special committees tbo society ad journed until this evening. The evening session was taken up with the reports of the committee on credential , Ko- cording Secretary M. L. Hlldreth of Lyons. Corresponding Secretary L. A. Merriam of Lincoln , and Treasurer W. M. Knapp of Omaha , all of which show the so ciety to bo In n nourishing condition , with 27'J members In good standing. Twenty- six applications for membership , acted upon favorably bv the credential committee , were admitted. The application of n young practitioner was referred to the society for action and the committee's report on the same caused some discussion. His letterhead bore. the words , "Diseases of Women and Children a Socially , " a feature not pleasing to tbo committee. After discussion , however , ho was admitted and the secretary was in structed to write him n fatherly letter , sug gesting his using a moro modest form of advertising on bis stationery. The session tomorrow and Thursday will bo full of in terest mid many more members are expected on the morning trains. Ojjalalla Notes. On.ii.i..u.Neb. . , May 1 ! ) . [ Special to Trn : Hni : . ] 13. M. Day , editor ot the Jour nal , has bought the Kcliector plant and will consolidate the two papers and will call tbo one the Journnl-Kollector. Sunday morning Long's ' hotel and nn ad joining feed store and livery stable were de stroyed by lire. It is supposed to be of an In cendiary origin , The property was insured for * ! ! ! , ( , " ) . Mrs. Kllen , Long , the owner , will lose about ? yOI)0. , ) The contractors of the Ogalalln waterpower - power and ditch company are pushing things rapidly toward completion. They are now at work upon the dam for the reservoir. It is the intention of the company to finish by July 4 , and an endeavor will bo made to have a celebration in honor of the event. Several of tbo teachers of tbo public school have undertaken the task of producing a drama for the purpose of raising money to buy n flag for the public school building. Suicide ol' a DndK" County Woman. FUK.MOXT , Neb. , May 12. [ Special to Tin : Bii : : . ] Mrs. Anna Bar/.ak , wife of n well-to- do farmeiliving in the northwest part of this county , near Dodge , committed suicide yes terday by jumping into a well forty feet deep. Her husband was in the field nt work , some distancofromthohou.se. Ho saw her jump into the well and rushed to the rescue. When she was taken out. however , she was dead. Mis. Bar/ah has for .some tiino past given slight evidence of insanity. Coroner Dcvries of this city was called to bold an inquest , the verdict being that she came to her death as above stated. Besides her husband Mrs. Barzak leaves a largo family of childicn. A Tlrakemnn Ituii Over. " "HASTINGS , ' Neu. , 'May ! . [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BIG. : ] Ous Kughind , a B. & M. brakenittn on the Aurora branch , In attempt ing to make a coupling of n freight train nt Juncata this afternoon , caught his foot in the guard , fell and the car passed over both legs , terribly mutilating the same. Ho will lose both logs and possibly his life. Ho was brought to the Hastings hospital and is now lying in an unconscious condition. His mother , living at Aurora , was sent for by u special train and is hero to allevlato his sulluitng. Captured Her Itecreanl Hubby. FiU'.MON'T , Neb , , May 1 ! ) . [ Special Tele gram to THE BIX. ] Mrs. Kobert Hall of Missouri Valley , la. , was in the city today looking for her recreant htmbainl. She tele phoned to the police last evening to bo on the watch for him and a girl seventeen or eigh teen years old , as tbo two bad left home to gether and were headed this way. They were found at a hotel together last night and Hull was taken in custody. This morning bis wife came over after him and after ho had promised to do so no moro she took him homo with her. and the twain wcro apparently reconciled. Not Scared by I'roHpcutlvo Prohibition. FIIHMONT , Neb. , May 13. [ Special to Tin : BKI : . ] The Anheuser-Busch Brewing com pany , of St. Louis , tcr-day pirobascd eighty-eight feet front on Lower Broad street , paying $1,500 for tbo property. The company will at once erect thereon n largo beer vault , to cost J7.000 or fs.OOO. This looks very much as though the Anhouser- Buscli company had Httlo fear of the prohib itory amendment carrying in Nebraska this fall. For Banner County Siifl'o.iers. Snuiir.HT , Neb , , May 13. [ Special Tele gram to Tim IJcu. ] The farmers in the north ern part of KIchardson county , adjacent to tbis station , loaded a car hero today with seed corn , potatoes , etc. , donated to the settlers of Banner county , who suffered by the recent wind and snow storm , The car Is consigned to the commissioners of Banner county at Klmball. The B. & M. and Union Pacillo transport the cur free. The Crete Chaiitaiiqna. Cnr.TK , Neb , , May 1 ! ) , [ Special to Tun BIK. : ] The coming assembly Is beginning to overshadow every thine else in this city. The management Is making great efforts to make the assembly a greater success than over. President Foss and the board of directors have made up the programme for the session and It will bo published in u few days. Burned to u Crisp. CoRimviA , Neb. , May IU. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BII : : . ] Simon Kesslers , son of Uilbert Kcsslers , aged four years , was watching his mother make soap , and when bho went away ho took a saucer , as bo had seen her do , and , putting it In the kettle , bis clothes caught on Uro and ho was burned to a crisp bo f cm his father could reach him. Ballslllo Make * ItH Bow. HOME , May 13. A quantity of balustito , a ncft- explosive , exploded today at a factory for the manufacture of arms and amunltion nt Avigllana , near Turin. Fourteen persons were killed and many others wounded , some of them fatally. Bohemian .Minor * Out. Pu.uiui : , May 13. Three thousand work men ut Kot-llglnhof , Bohemia , Imvo gene on a strike. The situation Is critical mid troops were summoned to aid the authorities In pre serving order , Au Oklahoma Tragedy. Orrv , Okla. , May 13. Frank Kly shot uud killed Henry Loborn yesterday afternoon live miles from hero in u dispute over the ownership of a quarry. Kly is now In the guardhouse ut the military camp , The Weather Korocant. For Omaha and vicinity : Fair weather. Nebraska : Fair ; wanner , winds becoming south'rly ' South Dakota : Fair ; wanner ; southerly ' wind- } , lowu ; Faii-j warmeri variable winds. | A RIDE FOR ONE DOLLAR. That is the Present Fnro Between Knusaa Oity and St. Louis. THE BUELINQTON MAKES THE RATE. All AKI-OC That It. IH the Only AVny of Heltllni ; the Present Difficulty Western FrclKlit Asso- elation. CHICAGO , May 13. { Special Telegram to Tin : BII : : . ] The era of $1 rates Is nt hntul. It wns inaugurated today by the Burlington quoting a $1 mto between Kansas C'lty unit St. Louis. Word wns also received that the Ohio & Mississippi lnul quoted the sumo rate between Cincinnati mid St. Louis , though no cxpliiiuitlou of the reduction could bo learned. Early in the day the "Q" met the $1 rate from Kansas city to Chicago , but later coun termanded the notice. The Alton now has as companions the Burlington and St. 1'aul In the attempt to make the situation as bad as posslblo and thus obtain n settlement. All agree that a season of $1 rates Id the only way out of the dinieulty. The Western Freight , AsMoeltlon. CincAflo , May 111. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Br.n.l The Western Freight , association spent the most 'of the day In u vain attempt to 11 ml n means of equalizing through rates via Chicago to meet the Great Northern'8 re duced basis via St. Paul. The Great North ern has already made largo Inroads Into the traftlcof the Chicago lines , but no feiislblo method of meeting the reduction has been round without letting local rates go by the board. The throimh business worn ! hardly bo worth the sacrillee , and consideration of' the matter was temporarily postponed. It wns resolved that rate : * on llvo stock from points west of the Mississippi bo made up on the .sum of the locals via East St. Louis , subject to Chicago rates as minimums. It was also de cided that where the sum of the locals on packing house product. * from Sioux City to Texas points was less than the through rates , t'.io locals should bo used. The anomalous condition of dressed boor rates as between Kansas City and Omaha to the east was dis cussed , and it was decided to reduce the dressed beef rate from Omaha to the IS' ' o rate in effect from Kansas City. The Central Traflle association meeting today was a warm one. The Lake Slioro was prepared to give notice of reductions in the oat and provision rate. The former was tem porarily passed and au attempt was made to settle the provision r.ito by a re-solution ad dressed to the trunk lines and requesting them to enforce the differentials decided on early iu the season , and thus compel the lake lines to advance the rates which they reduced hist wcolc. Station Agent ATnnsox , Kim. , May lit. [ Special Tele-pram to Tin : Uti : : . ] J. M. Leo , for the pait seven years station agent of the Missouri Paclllc at Atehison , has resigned to take effect May ' . ' . ' ) . Ho will bo succeeded by C. 1' . Hovoy , at present agent of the road at Crete , Neb. Mr , Leo will go into private business. Original Package. Joints. M.MtsiiAi.i/rowN , la. , May 13. { Special Tele gram to Tin : Bun. ] The city council decided lost night to levy a tax or license of ? 30 n month on "original - package" Joints doing- business in the city. Whether tbo authorities can collect this under the peculiar construc tion and conditions of the recent rulings by the United States supreme court is a ques tion , but they propose to try anyway. Aboilt half a dozen places are running. Church DUIIUQ.UU , la. , May lit. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bin : . ] Bishop Perry's address to the Iowa Kpiscopal convention tills afternoon presented the following statistics : Bishops 1 , priests f ) ' , ' , deacons 5 , membership U,01b , communicants ti,0)7 ( ) , churches and chapels 7(1. ( vested choruses " 0 , value of church prop erty $ lU71,72.'i. Bishops Knlghtnf Wisconsin and Tulbot of Utah and Wyoming are pres ent. Bishop Perry said that the diocese of Dubuque would bo created within live years , as the church in Iowa has become too largo for one bishopric. Supreme Court DeoisloiiH. DnsMoixis : , la. , May 1 ! ! . [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BII : : . ] The following eases' were decided by the supreme court this morn- n g : State of Towa vs .T. M. Stoke , appellant ; Davis district ; reversed. Kiln Broilur vs Annie Marquis ct nl , appel lants ; Ke&kuk district : reversed. Ira M. Hodges , appellant , vs the Iowa barb steel wlro company ; Marshall district ; af firmed. Thomas Snell , appellant , vs John Median ; Webster district ; reversed. William G. Pcnnypaeker vs Capital insur ance company , appellant ; Polk district ; nf- lirmcd. A motion was submitted for an order per mitting M. K. Billings , who is now In the penitentiary convicted of murder , to bo pres ent during the consideration of his case. No iieticn was taken on the motion. The Railroad Commissioners. BUIIMNOTO.V , In , , May lit. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BiK.--Tho : ] railway commission ers of Iowa met hero today to hoar com plaints from the Burlington shippers against the Burlington , Cedar Kaplds ft Northern road , charging them with discrimination in the matter of freight rates , The argument of the shippers was based on the published freight tariff of the road. The olllcials of the company attempted an elaborate defense , but throw the burden of the blame upon the joint rate law , which they claimed was u totally unjust measure. The matter wua taken under advisement. . AVI II Not i\tend : the Itond. MASON CITV , la. , May HI.- [ Special Tele gram to THK Bii.J--Thoro : : seems to bo no truth in the report that the Chicago , Mil wauheo & St , Paul railway will extern ! their road to the Black Hills this season , Your correspondent was Informed that there would bo no extension to West Chamberlain this year , although the company hopes in u fo\v years to extend the road In that direction. Fatal AVroolc of a Train. ST. Louis , Mo. , May I ! ) . A mixed construc tion train on the new St. Louis , Kansas City & Colorado railway loft the track near Clay ton yesterday and Hit-hard Jones , engineer , and Kichurd Shollcraft , lircman , were killed , and Arnold ( jurllold fatally injured. Thirty men had a narrow escape , but jumped mid saved themselves. The engine and ears werp reduced to ticrap Iron. Ai-1-onled l'o - Itnrglnry. ATLANTIC , la. , May lit. [ Special to Tin : BKE.J Two young men , Ed. Burusuud Frank Irvine , have been arrested hero , charged with complicity In the recent liurglurU- Fort Dodge and Marshalltown. It is tlumitht that they are members , of u regularly organized gang of burglars , who Imvo been operating Iu lowu cities the punt ix months. Khwilt Adamuof Fort Dodge will cuinu alter them , tomorrow. _ filato Sunday Hohool Convention. JACKKONVII.I.K , 111. , May IU. The stuto Sun day school convention opened hero today. Humorous topics wcro discussed. F W , Hiiro of Chicago wan elected president for the ensuing year. TrnnhlcH. DKOIMM , Mass. , Muj IU. The Tliumm Hic < p.tpnr company of UclKley tiled an n > tuluu. tury peiiuon 01 insolvency Iu court