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HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. NINETEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 17 , 1800 & NUMBEli 327. MR , M'KINLEY ' CATECHISED , Henderson Wants the Increased Duty on Lamp Chimneys Explained , NO SATISFACTORY ANSWER GIVEN. 'The loAvn Man AVII1 Vote for no In crease Without Good ItciiHoii Uifonr In tlio JIoiiHU Hllvur Debate. WASHINGTON , May 10. In the house this morning , on motion of Mr. Donncll of Mlnne- nota , the senate bill AVAS passed authorising the registration of census mail matter. The house then went into committee of the Avholo on the tariff bill. Mr. MeKlnloy offered an amendment specifically including glass chimneys In the clause relative to thin blown glass , with n duty of 10 cents per do/.eiumd per cent advatorcm. In response to a question by Mr. Henderson of loAva , Mr. MoKlnley stated that-tho pres ent duty on lamp chimneys AvasI" ! per cent nnd the proposed duty would bo betAveen 50 and 00 per cent. Mr. Henderson inquired IIOAV many lamp chimneys AA'cro imported. Mr. McKinley replied that ho had no exact data. data.Mr. Mr. Henderson Inquired IIOAV , if the gentle man had no exact data , ho know Unit the duty should bo increased. [ Applause and laughter on tlio democratic side. ] Mr. McKinley replied that tlio committee knOAV that it AVUS Impossible for our pcoplo to manufacture these chimneys under tlio pres ent rate of duty and continue to pay the pres ent rate of wages. Mr. Henderson Inquired Avhcthcr the gen tleman hiiOAV Avhnt proportion of chimneys AVIIS imported and \vliat manufactured In tills country. Mr. McKinley replied that ho did not , but ho know that the bill did not giA'o a cent of duly moro than Avas necessary to compensate for tlio difference in the labor cost hero and ubroad. f Mr. Henderson For myself I am not going to vote for nn Increase of any duty Avhen I have no information to justify tlfijt vole. [ Democratic applause. 1 Mr. McKinley said that the committee had no personal prldo in the bill nor any nny part of it. The committee had done its beat Avith the Information at its command. Every mem ber of the majority of the committee had agreed that the proposed duty on lamp chim neys AVIIS absolutely necessary to preserve the Industry in this country. Mr. Henderson said no ono ICIIOAV better than ho the difficulty that nny committee , democratic or republican , had In making a tariff bill and ho did not AA'ant to bo a block- lido to a proper adjustment , but tlio point ho AA'iinted to make AVUS this that ho AA'ould not vote for any increase of duty unless no Avas informed that there AVIIS good reasons for It. In the manufacture of chimneys in this country Avlioro it AVIIS prosperous the duty should bo loft as It was. If the chimney manufacturers were being driven out of busi ness ho AA-as AA'illijig to protect them , but the committee had no data on the subject. An amendment offered by Mr. Henderson retaining the present duty of-15 per cent ad valorem on glass chimneys Avas Tlcfcoted by iot ; to 107. The folloAving republicans A'oted Avitli Mr. Hcide.r.sniij ) Messrs. Adams , , Buttonvorth , UolllvoiSwecnoj , - , IJ.JPOJKcrr , Lnwn , Itop- kins , Mori-ill ( Kansas ) , Cnndlcr , Hilt , Dun- nell and I { cod ( loAA'a ) . Mr. McKinley said tliero Averothiugs In tlio bill which ho did not approve. Thcro AVCIVJ amendments ho AA-ould like to make if ho nlono AA-e.ro to bo consulted , but the commit tee had to look to every interest in the United States. Gentlemen on the other sldq said duties in the bill Avero too high. In the glass schedule of the Mills bill the percentages ranged from 00 to IC'J per cent. AVhy had the gentlciocn on tlio other side left a duty of l.VJ per cent on plate glass i Was it because 4 ft Avns a revenue tariff , or was it because the democnitio party of Missouri made that the condition of Its support of tlio Mills billt Mr. Mills said the high duties on tlio glassAA'iiro schedules of the Mills bill did not meet his ( Mills' ) views. Ho AA-IIS forced to accept them. Ills friend AVUS placed In the sumo position in regard to his bill. Mr , ' amendment - MeKInloy's AA-IIS adopted , Mr. McKinley then offered u series of amendments , many of them unimportant , which AA'cre all adopted. i Binding twine composed of mnnilla , jute or 1 Hisal grass AVUS transferred to the l } { cent clause. The clause relatiA-o to carpets AA'ns amended so as to provide Unit carjicts made of Jute or other vegetable material should pay 0 cents P'T ' square yard and mats , rugs and screens 8 cents. The duty on burlaps , not exceeding sixty inches in AVidth , AVIIS changed'from W cents to 18 cents per pound. The duty on bags for gi iin. made of burlaps , AVIIS fixed at 2 cents a pound. HtiNsian camels' hair AA-IIS brought under tlio head of Avools , class ! i. A duty of : I2 per cent iidvalorem AVUS placed on Avools , third class , nml on IJussimi camels' hair , third class , the value ofvhich is to bo lit cents or less a pound , Including charges. A duty of fiO per cent is imposed on AA'ools , third class , exceeding in A'nluo 1 ! ! cents a pound. It is provided that on Avoolens and worsted yarns , f \yijued at not more than ! U ) cents per pound , /duty t ) shall bo IAVO and one-half times the duty imposed on n pound of umvashod AA'ool of the llrst class , and In addition thereto U5 per cent advaloreni. Mr. Dolllver of IOAA-U made a speech In which , in tlio iiiiino of the pcoplo ho repre sented , ho repudiated the declaration Unit they were poor and unprosperous. Ho had become weary of this talk of the depressed condition of tlio IOAVII farmer. Mr. Clarke of Alabama suggested that the democratic party had carried the state of loAva on a platform denouncing high tariff taxation. Ho prophesied that Avhon the bill went lo the senate it would bo so amended that it would bo called the Allison bill. A long debate ensued , principally dOA'oted to tlio consideration of the subject of farm mortgages and polities. Mr. Mansur of Missouri secured tlio floor nnd aroused the Indignation of the Iowa re publicans by the statement that they had been repudiated bv their people. Tlio house AVIIS in an uproar for a few minutes , a dozen members boiii } , ' on their feet vociferating and the remainder cheering them on. When the uproar subsided , Mr. Mansur claimed that ho was entitled to the floor. The chair said the gentleman's time had expired three minutes before and that ho had been tres passing on parliamentary IIIAV. The gentleman - man hud been taking advantage of tlio chair's good nature to Insult the house and to lower his own standing. Pending the vote the committee rose and ttio house took a recess. .Senate. WAMII.M.TONMay 10. Mr. Edmunds , from the judiciary committee , reported back the house amendment to the anti-trust bill Avitli an amendment thereto striking out certain Avonls and inserting the Avords , "as that the rates of such transportation may not bo raised above what Is Just nnd reasonable. " Agreed to and a conference committee ap pointed. The silver bill Avas then taken up and Mr. Sherman offered the amendment mentioned in yesterday's dispatches , Mr. Plumb moved to amend Mr. Sherman's umemlmcnt by Inserting " .mil hereafter on fund * available for the payment of the public ] ebt Including Mich as are kept for the re demption of treasury notes ) , shall bo ro- " ledtn the treasury in excess Mr. Sherman opposed Mr , Plumb's amend , jneut us putting restraint upon the treasury uud wx'VCUtlug It from paying government obligations ns they became due. Mr. Plumb defended his amendment , argu ing Hint the treasury department should have nothing to do Avlth the currency supply of the country. The holding of money in tlio treas ury except for the needs of the government Itself wits an economic crime. Ho ( Plumb ) dlil not AA'ant the secretary of the treasury to bo nn Instrument of speculation in Wall street or elsewhere. Ho did not AA'ant the bulls and boars of NCAV York speculating on what the government AVUS going to do about retaining or putting out money , IIo did not want to have treasury points peddled on Wall street as Beaming from persons near tlio throne. Congress ought to put a limit on the amount of money to be kept en hand In the treasury so that whatever the result might bo it could never lie imputed to tlio secretary Unit ho had used his great discretionary poAver either uiiAvi.seiy or wickedly. . The discussion Avni further continued by Messrs. Sherman and Hiscoek. Coming to the discussion of the silver bill itself Mr. Sherman said ho did not like some of Its features. He might bedrlA'cnto sup port It. Some of the friends of the bill seemed to have abandoned it already. "There are some good features in it which I like very well. HAVO can agree upon some measure that will furnish the pcoplo moro money and tend to advance silver bullion nearer the standard of gold I nm AVilling to A'oto for.sucli a measure , hut Ida not Avant to embark upon the wide sea of the free coinage of silver ami I do not AA'nnt congress to pledge itself to buy nil the silver which may ba offered. Let those Avho would take tlio risk of such speculation take it , not I. But anything AvhatoA'or that can bo ( tone by tills bill or nny other to glA'o us moro good paper money based on actual deposits of gold and silver bullion , or that Avlll ralso tlio A'ahio of silver I Avlll favor. If AVO can adopt a meas ure that will make use of both gold nnd silver and keep them together at par Avith each other , I Avill A-oto for It. If not I Avlll content myself by simply voting in the negative. " The discussion AA'as continued at great length finally turning on the monthly debt statements of the treasury , Mr. Ingalls as serting that he had found in them "astound ing , nmazing , bewildering and irreconcilable discrepancies , " Mr. Sherman undertaking to explain them and Mr. Allison giving his views upon them. Mr. Allison said there Avas nn erroneous but Avldcspread belief in the country , par ticularly In tlio Avest , that there AA'as an im- mcnso amount of government money stored up in the treasury , AVhllo in fact tlio real sur plus AVIIS as stated by Mr. Sherman , { . -.000,000. The sih'or 1)111 AA'cnt OA'cr Avithout action and the senate soon adjourned. FHiirrixu fen 'fin : J-VIJTK SITE. The Colombian K.vlilhitlon Causing Strife in Chicago. CHICAGO , May 10. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BEE. ] The bitter Avar over the site of the Avorld's fair continues with increasing vehemence and threatens to seriously Impair the success of Chicago's great undertaking. Tliero nro three factions on tlio board of directors Avorking for ns many different sites , nnd as good feeling has never existed in the directory from the start , a sort of a cat-aud- parrot time is being indulged in. The papers of tlio city nro divided upon the question , but most of them oppose Laico Front park , the silo for which the Illinois Central is exerting its great corporative influence. As it Avns freely admitted before the congressional com mittees months and months ago by the Chicago cage delegation that Lake Front park Avasnot contemplated , but a much larger and moro commodious site AA'ould bo selected , the pres ent boom for .this mere handful of ground Is almost inexplicable. Mr. Warren Lelund voices tlio VOAVS ! of tlio opposition. Ho says that if the fair is hold on tlio hike front Chicago Avill bo the laugh ing stock of tlio world. The site In his opinion is not- half largo enough. Added to all this discord the Evening Mail this afternoon created a A'crilable sensation by tftj ? following article which nppcnrs under flaming headlines : "Trouble is broAving among the stockholders of the local AA-orld's fair corporation. Dissatisfaction Avidespread and intense has already obtained a strong footing and will nssumo A'isiblo shape Avithin a short time. It is probable that a demand Avill bo made on the board of directors to call a special meeting of the stockholders to discuss tlio position in Avhich the corporation has been placed by the action or rather the Inaction of the directors nnd the men Avlio have forced themselves to the front in the enterprise. The chief cause of the complaint of the stockholders i.s that the di rectory election \vas tlio result of a caucus of a clique headed by men Avlio expected their personal aggrandizement to follo\v the select lion of certain men as directors. The spirit of the opposition to the caucus rule which so boisterously manifested itself during the A-oting for the dlrcctorsls , yet alive and active nnd threatens to become nggresslA-o. The charge is made by tlio disgruntled ones that the most of the directors are but figureheads whoso private business Avill prevent their giving proper attention to their duties as directors of the Avorld's fair. Ono of tlio directors , Avlio holds an oflleial position under the city , AA-IIS asked if ho in tended resigning as a director. His reply was : "No ; the other directors seem to bo con tinuing at their prlA'iito business and I con sider that I can do the sumo. " The result of this policy , the objectors assert , is tlio relega tion of the nctiA'o AA-ork of providing for tlio Avorld's fair to the euro or carelessness of a fOAV men. The directory has already dele gated most of its poAvor to an executive com mittee of thirteen , and this committee lias in turn loft everything in the hands of a still smaller committee. Special objec tion to tlio directory is urged on tlio ground that it Is not truly representatlvo of Chicago , the stockholders of the AA-cstdivision being inadequately represented , considering the importance of the district , tlio number of stockholders rcMJont there and the aggregate of the subscriptions. " "There is ono satisfactory thought con nected Avith the directory , " said a largo stock holder today. It can only last ono year at most. By that time the iucapablcs Avill ImA'o demonstrated their weakness and their places Avill bo filled by abler men. The danger lies In the fact that this present di rectory must deal witli IAVO of the most Im portant factors in the success of the fair , vie. : site ami finance. A suitable place must bo selected and $10- 000,000 must bo raised. It is when the executive committee comes to deal witli the national commissioners that its lack of ability Avill bo .shown. That a work of the nmgnitudo required can bo done by them or Bryan , to whom It seems to have been re linquished , docs not seem probable. Mr. Bryan ran for mayor of Chicago before the Avar and AA'as defeated , A fOAV years later ho Avcnt to Europe and lived some time under the munificent reign of Napoleon 1. Then ho held a small government Job nt Washington and finally drifted back to Chicago. IIo tried IIIAV ami real estate and finally beeumo a promoter meter of elevated railroad schemes. Mr. Brvun has always had a vaulting ambition , AA'hieh , however , did ne'er o'er leap itself , because - cause it never got close enough to any tiling to make the Jump. If tlio success of the fair is to bo reckoned by the measure of Mr. Bryan's suc cess in ills career nothing can bo predicted but failure. Mr. Uago of course is president , but the fact that his salary Is $0,000 a year and Mr. Bryan's $12,000 Indicate * their rela tive Importance. The hope of Chicago if Mr. Bryan is to bo tlio head .and front of the local end of the Avorld's fair Is In the unlimited power mul the reasonable ability of the federal com missioners , Avho Avill have the right to veto any action taken by the local corporation. You Avlll see some great changes in tlio man- ngcment of the Avorld's fair before tlio end of the year. " SplrltuallHt U < > ld Kentoiioed. CtitA.Ni ) Ku'iiw , Mich. , May 10. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BEI : . ] Walter E. Held , the now famous "spirit" postmaster , who bilked dupes all over the United States out of ono dollar bills and who at his trial demanded an opportunity to give a NCIUICO In court to prove ho was not a fraud , AVUS this morning sentenced by tlio United States court to ono ' In the house of year's imprisonment correc tion at Detroit. Spiritualists are much ex cited , asserting that the result Is a blow at their religion. The charge against Held AVUS using thu uiulb for fruudulcut jmrpvsa. nprif'p niT'/VT ir\ MPPVCMTP flrrltt PUZZLED , No Provision Made for the Sioux Strip in Nebraska. AN. UNSATISFACTORY VERDICT , Commander MoCnlla'n Sentence CaiiNCH Un favorable Comment on the Ways ol'CoiirtKOIui'tlnl The Tin Plato Duty. WASHINGTON BumuTnn OMAIH BEE , ) 513 FOUIITKUNTII STIIKET , > WASIII.NOTO.V. U. C. , May 10. ) The question has arisen In tlio census olllco : ' What is to bo done Avlth tlio strip in north ern Nebraska which was thrown open to settlement with tlio Sioux Indian reservation , In connection with the taking of the census ! " It nppcars that tlio Sioux strip In Nebraska does not belong to any county or district , and no provisions have been made for taking tlio census upon it , although from 15,000 to 20,000 persons Inwo settled on the lauds since the reservation was opened. Mr. Dorscy Avas at tlio census olllco today in connection Avitli tlio question nnd believes that the strip will bo annexed to Knox county for census purposes. A decision Avill bo made in a few days. Tlio list of enumerators which Avill take the census in Nebraska and loAva have been completed and approved and tlio appointments Avill bo made this AA'cok. It is too late to have any change made. AX USSATISrACTOIlY VUHDICT. There Is very general dissatisfaction over the verdict of tlio court-martial in the Com mander McCalhi case. It is very much like the result of tlio trial of Judge Advocate Gen eral Swnim of the army about three years ago. S\\T.ini AA'as found guilty of irregularity in ills business Avitli private persons and sus pended on pay for n period Avliich Avill bring him up to the time Avhen he goes on the re tired list. IIo receives no punishment fur ther than deprivation from performing any oflleial duty , and furthermore his position cannot bo filled by another and must remain vacant. "If ho AA-IIS guilty ho ought to have been dismissed. If innocent , acquitted , " was the popular verdict. Col. Lydecker of the army AA"is recently found guilty of negligence criminal negli gence-in supervising the AA-ork of building an aqueduct tunnel for this city , Avhcreby the government lost scA'eral hundred thousand dollars , but his punishment Avas no moro ser ious than that of SAvalm or McCalhi. This cA'cning's Star , UieconserA'atiA'oncAA's- paper of the city , reflects public sentiment by say ing editorially : The McCalla trial is evidently destined to take a prominent place Avith the celebrated cases among tlio records of curious court-martials. The McCalhi court-martial is not to bo outdone by any of its predecessors. It finds the accused guilty of all the charges against him , such as cut ting dOAVii a sailor Avith his SAA'ord , tricing sailors to the "Jacob's ladder , " gagging them , causing them to "too a scam. " ironing them together and threatening to take , what Avas left of their miserable lives , and then sentences him to three years suspension from rank and duty and tenderly recommends him to mercy on a salary of 2oOO a year and allowances. It seems impossible to sccuro such punishment nt tlio hands of a court- martial as Is dealt out to private citizens in courts of justice , and it is likely that congress will take the question in hand and see if a tribunal cannot bo created outsldo of the army and navy to hear and determine such cases as these in times of peace. DOIISEV'S AMENDMENT. Representative Dorsoy lias offered an amendment to the McKinley tariff bill placing lumber on the free list and says ho Avill light for its adoption. Inquiry by THE Bur. cor respondent among the republican members leads to the belief that the amendment Avlll bo promptly A'otcd doAvn. The bill makes a reduction of the present duly of 5'2 to $1.30 per 1,000 feet , and n | strong stand is being made to prevent a further reduction , IIUTTEUAVOKTII GIVES TUB COMl'AXV. In his speech the other day , Congressman Bnttcrworth asserted that ono corporation had during its existence of nineteen years divided a profit of . ill,000,000 on its original hiA'cstmont of only $1,2. > 0,000. This state ment led to a great deal of comment and it AA-as emphatically denied by a number of the NCAV York papers. Mr. Butterworth said to day that his statement AA-as true and that tlio Calumet t Hecta copper mining company Avas the corporation to Avhich ho referred. PADDOCK OIIJUCTS. The committee on agriculture , of which Senator Paddock is chairman , held a pro tracted meeting this afternoon and listened to members of the legislative committee of the National Farmers' iillianco adduce argu ments in faA-or of tlio bill providing for the issue of treasury notes on deposits of grain and other farm products. Mr. Wnrdell of South Dakota , in the course of his remarks , stated that the farmers of the Avest were bankrupt , and that in Nebraska tlio farms , stock , etc. , of the farmers AA-ould not sell under the hammer for enough to pay their debts. Senator Paddock thereupon made a state ment to the committee denying very vigor ously Mr. Warden's statement. Ho said from his oAA-n personal knowledge that the state ment AVIIS not truo. mid that most of the foreclosures which Avero spoken of by Mr. Wnrdell Avero on spec ulative lands In the far Avcstern portion. IIo asked that Mr. Wnrdcll bo ulloAved to speak for South Dakota whore , conditions Avero very different from what they Avero in tlio prosperous state of Nebraska. Senator Pad dock added that ho was heartily in f.vor of any bill which would afford relief to the farmers and ho hoped that a measure Avould bo passed. In concluding his remarks Mr. Wardoll stated that ho scarcely hoped that the bill Avhich they presented would secure favorable consideration , but they were anxious to have it brought before congress even Avilh an adverse - verso report. In order that n discussion should bo afforded from \vhich ho hoped some legis lation AA'onld finally follow. ntiimxo Tin : TIX I'I.ATI : DUTV. The delegation from the tin plato importers and the National Canned Goods association still remains hem despite the absolute re fusal of the ways and means committee to glA'o them any hope of a reduction of tlio pro posed duty on tin plato. The delegation is still interviewing individual members nnd claim that notwithstanding the opposition of tlio ways and means committee tlioro is still hope of putting tin on tlio frco list or at least of securing a reduction of the present rato. It is said Hint Mr. Bntterworth Avill offer an amendment placing tin plate on the frco list. If ho does not Mr. Husk of Maryland Avill do so. Tlio Interested people naturally Avould much prefer that the amendment should como from a republican. Mr. Mndd , a Mary- hind republican , states that ho Avlll vote for the amendment , but it is doubtful If there are enough others Avho Avlll defy the Avays and means committee. NUI1IHSKA I'OST.M VSTUH3 , Everett , Dodge county , F. J. M , Smlth.vieo C. A. Wilson , resigned ; Polander , Howard county , J. Bhuoy , vice S. Baducra , removed. J. H. Anderson of Knoxvlllc , la , , Is at the Lunghnm. MISCELLANEOUS. Assistant Secretary Chandler of tlio in terior department has decided that thu com missioner of tlio land otilco was correct In dis missing the contest of Christiana J. Bower against the homestead entry of Franklin Aborimthy for the northwest "i"of " section 2'J ' , township 2i ; north , range 73 west , Aberdeen , S. D. . laud district. Colonel W. W. Dudley , Avho is ono of the members of the national republican commit tee , said today that tlio next mooting of the ctiinmlttco Avill 1)3 ) held on May 20. Ho suiil , also , that Mr. Clarksoifs absence from Wash ington AAMS tlio only reason why the lust meeting of tlio committee had been t > o sud denly abandoned. Special Agent II. A. Heath of the bureau of animal Industry , agricultural department , Avlll leave tcmorrow for Montana uiul Ne braska. Ho Avill visit Omaha , Lincoln and other portlm of Ruln-usUa utter from Montana , In the Interest of the sheep industry , and Avlll submit , a npcelal report on tlio subject nfter A-lsltlng the soutliAvest. His report of the Interstate Cattlemen's conven tion held at Fort. Worth , Tex. , last March , and which is of special Interest to cattlemen , Avlll Issue from the agricultural department tomorrow. As there arc but 5,000 copies those who wish them would do well to address Secretary Husk at onco. It Is issued ns a special bulletin. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas F. Bnrr , Judge advocate's department , Lieutenant Colonel U. N. Batehclder , quartermaster's depart ment , and Colonel H. II. Hall , Sixth Infantry. who form the board of visitors to tlio Fort Leavenworth military prison , start tomorrow for their semi-annual inspection tour. They Avlll 1)0 gene about n week. Mrs , Mandcrson AA'as at homo for visits yes terday afternoon. Miss Delia Holdon of ClOA'cland and Miss Julii Smith of Warren , O. , nro the guests of Mr.s. Mnndersoii. John T. Mnllahcu , superintendent of the reform school nt Kearney , and Milton J. Hull of Edgar are hero. H. L. Foiintalno of Kearney has been ap pointed postal clerk to run between Omaha and Ogden.- PEIIKV S , HEATH , .1 YKAttXIXff .IT I'.tXKTOX. Icnl/.onn of That TOAVII AVnitt Direct Communication AVItli Omalia. YANKTON , S. D. , May 10. [ Special to TUB Bni : . ] ThO Irrigation commission lias como and gono. and yet our mnny artesian Avells UOAV on nnd Avlll flOAV forever. As to rain , tlii.s section has had nn abundance nnd the farmers nro happy in anticipation oC an abundant harvest. The general opinion is that South Dakota is all right Avlthout irri gation and that if dependent on irrigation it would bo worthless. Scnatoor Moody is coming homo to look nfter his political fences , Avhich are sadly in want of repairs. Governor Mclletto Avants his scat in the senate and ho wants it bad. The light for the perma nent location of the .tho capital of South Dakota lias imrroAvcd down to u contest be- tAveen Pierre and Huron , with Pierre a long ways in the lead. All tlio arguments made In favor of Pierre last year can bo made HOAV Avith reiroAved and Increased force. The river toAvns Avill bo the leading IOAVIIS for all time to come , mid the nfciir future Avlll give Pierre all the railroads Bho needs. Pierre is about tlio geographical center , Avhilo' Huron is near the Minnesota state line. The pcoplo of Yankton and Sioux Falls hiiA-o tlio positive promise of tlio extension of the Great Northern to Yankton this year , nnd the Avork Avlll bo commenced at an early day , anil as a consequence there is n good deal of activity in real estate , AA'ith an upward tendency in prices hero. Now that the short line Avcst from Sioux City is nn assured fact Avill Marvin Hughitt of the NortliAvestern build from Hartington to Yankton and construct a bridge hero as ho said lie AA-onld , provided the short line Avas a success ! Tlio pcoplo of Yankton and of South Dakota still yearn for direct communication with Omaha and Avill not bo comforted because - cause they ImA-e it not. iru.l ItIJtJKXJtIXfi SCKXES. Nineteen Charred liodie.s ISecovered from tlio Mint : at Ashley. Wn.Ki : ] i.uiiti : , Pa. , May 10. At 10 o'clock this morning it Avas reported that parties had penetrated the mine at Ashley and found nineteen miners dead. Six , men nro still miss ing and it is more than likely they" too , are nil dead. The scene as the nineteen dead and charred bodies Avcre being brought out Avas heartrending. Men , women and children , shrieking and groaning , fell upon their Knees , lifted their hands and their eyes toward liciiveu nnd prayed for death. lioss Allen , Avlio- was rescued late last night , died this morning. At 1 o'clock IAA-O moro bodies hail been taken out and search fo' the others- going on. The body of Michael Henry , knoAvn to bo under a large piio of debris , cannot bo found for several days. Anthony Iroyno and Hobert W. Roberts , IAVO men rescued last night , are in a critical condition. It is believed they Avill also die. General Superintendent Phillips in an in terview Avitli an Associated .press reporter said the men lost their lives through the neg ligence of Assistant Mine Boss Allen , Avho insisted upon relighting his lamp in the pres ence of a large volume of gas. Had ho not done so the men now dead could all haA'c been rescued alive. Horrible .MimiCKola LITTLE FALLS , Minn. , May 10. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE.Tlio ] body of James Shields , a Avcll knoAvn school teacher , Avas found today near Hanson's dam , on the Pintle river. Ho had evidently been murdered for money. A foAV days ago he loft Sullivan Lake for Koyalton In response , to a request to como to that point to take n school. Taking IAVO suits of clothing , a change of linen and $2. > 0 in a valise , ho left for Hoyalton ami AA-as not again seen until his body was found today. Ho A\-as first shot through the left shoulder and then beaten to death Avith a club. His loft arm AVUS broken and all the teeth on the leftside of ills face knocked out. Ernest Fleischer , a tough local character , loft for Helena three days ago with an abundance of ready cash , and Is supposed to bo the mur derer. Hatllold-MoCoy Fowl Still On. CHAIII.ESTON , W. Vn. , May 10 ; [ Special Telegram to THE Br.E.J Yesterday morning Mrs. David Stratton of BroAvntown , ten miles from here , finding her husband had not como homo during the nlvht , AA-ent to look for him. Only a short distance from the house she found his nmnglo I remains. His .skull seemed to bo broken mid his chest was bruised. Hevas still aliA-o , but unconscious , nnd died in a short timo. Mr. Stratton AVIIS a member of the McCoy faction in the Hnt- flold-McCoy light and his Avlfo Avas a McCoy. This gives color to the theory that Stratton AA'as assassinated by bomo member of the Hatlicld faction. XoteH. WASHINGTON , May 10 , A cablegram from lllo Janeiro received nt the Brazilian legation today reports that the itnnlvorsnr'f of the abolition of shiA-ery Avas celebrated on the tilth with great popular feasts , the people making .significant demonstrations In favor of the republic. The senate has continued Pay Inspector KclAvIn Stew.irt to ho fUlof of the bureau of provisions and clothing mid paymaster gen eral of the navy. _ An Insniio Mjitlior'ti Deed. CHICAGO , May 10.--Mrn , Ada Eokstrom , Avifo of a mechanic , Avcnt suddenly insane to day and throAV her ninc-monlhs-old baby and n IAVO nml a half-year-oil ! child from a second story AvIndoAV to the sidewalk. Both were terribly injured mid ti | ro is little hopu of their recovery. The mother AVIIS locked up at the detention hospital. Two Girls Burned ( < > Death. LAKE PAHK , Minn. , May 10. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] While the wind AVIIS blowing a gale , from the southwest at 2 o'clock this morning the Carlson and Kbtlofts buildings caught fire and Aveio consumed In ! M ) minutes. Tlio two daughters of Mr. Kbtlofts , sleeping In the upper part of the building , peris lied in the flames. Commissioner * Indicted , NEW YIIIIK , May 10. The grand Jury has Indicted Excise Commissioners James FitzPatrick - Patrick , Joseph ICoclc and Alexander Men- kimon on tlio charge of mKdomeanor. The specific chin-go is ollicial neglect In fulling to investigate cases of violation of tlio laws which were brought to their attention by the City It-form club. The Weatho.r Forecast. For Omaha and'iclllity : Fair wcuthor. For Nebraska and South Dakota : Fair , warmer Aveathor : southerly winds. For Iowa : Northerly winds , becoming variable ; wunner Sunday morning. Canada'H Parliament Prorogued. Out. , Moy 10. The Dominion prorogued today , COAL FOUND NEAR NM Discovery of a Vein From Six to Eigl't in Thickness , RESULT OF QUIET INVESTIGATE An Outrage Coiiiinltted at Hooper Upon a .Minister Prom Blair DlwistroiiH Hlnzo at Covlngton. Niommu , Neb. , May 10. [ Special to Tin : lir.K. ] Conl has been discovered in pitying quantities on Grogor crock , u simill tributary to the Nlobrara river , about ten miles nbovo bcro. John H. .loll , mi experienced Cornish miner from Mineral Point , Wis. , 1ms been prospecting during the past winter for Louts P. Sheers nnd others , mid n vein six to eight foot at n depth of 200 feet has been discov ered. The work has been very quietly man aged , and though .Toll has been seen hero qulto often during the past winter , his busi ness was not Known except to the few. Lost evening Tun BEB correspondent was informed of the above particulars mid at once sought Mr. Sheers for further information. IIo was quite cautious nt llrst , but upon being fissured that TUB BEE would bo glad to luivo the item ho gave up these facts : "hi 18SI I lllcd on U'Jo acres of land on Gregor creek and was then pretty welt satisfied from the wash ings in the creek that coal existed there , but I have been keeping the secret in hopes that I could got the option on u large body of land iji the vicinity. My brother and I own 0)0 ) acres , and I have just completed arrange ments for as much more. In the morning I leave for Omaha to arrange for another sec tion or two in control of parties there. " Then drawing fro 11 his pocket u telegram from par- tics in 13oone , la. , offering him § 5,000 , for Ills interest , ho con tinued : "I won't let you see the signature , but- the facts contained in the message tell enough. Tiike § . " > ,000i Not today. Pcrhnps it's foolish , but J'vo seen too many of these golden opportunities lost by others , and I should like to got something better In the rake-up. " This but carries out the theory of Dr. B. Y. Shelly , now of Council Bluffs , la. , the founder of Niobrara and the first man to ex plore the Nlobrara river. IIo has in years past contended that coal existed on that creek , and as early as 1S. > ( > niudo some per sonal prospecting. The Hud is hailed with delight by the few in the secret , and as soon as capital can bo arranged for work will begin on u larger scale. They llottcn-KKKcd Him. FIIEMOXT , Neb. , May 10. [ Special to THE BII : : . ] The details of the rotten-egging of a preacher at Hooper a few days ago were first made public through a local paper this even ing. JJov. John Power of Blair , ' who is lec turing In behalf of the prohibitory amend ment in the towns of the Elkhorn valley , de livered a speccli at Hooper , nnd during the course of his remarks ho saiil ho would rather shako hands with a highwayman who de manded his money or his HfiJHhan with the man who stood behind the bar and took not only his money , but likewise his character and , in nil probability , his lifo. After de livering this speech , Power spoke nt Niehcr- son and West Point and returned to Hooper to answer an attack inudo on him for his ut terance through thoHoopor paper. A largo crowd was present , and after reiterating ills former statement with such embellishments as he saw fit , the p.reacher offered oppor tunity for reply , but none was made. On his way homo after the meeting had closed , in company with several persons who Avero at the lecture , some miscreants , deluged the little company with a sack full of rotten eggs. The little town is all torn up over the unpleasant episode and the outraged prohibitionist * expect to furnish the public with the names of the perpetrators as well as the instigators of the plot , Census Work. FIIEMONT , Neb. , May 10. [ Special to Tin : BII : : . ] Supervisor Stouffcrsnhl today that ho had decided not to give out for publication in advance of appointment and confirmation the names of the persons recommended by him ns census enumerators. This is for the reason that if the recommendations should become known in ndvnnco a delay would doubtless bo caused by objections being in terposed at Washington by persons who would bo actuated as much by sellish motives as by a desire to promote the best interests of the census service. Such delay would in terfere with the work of taking the census just at the time when it .should bo going for ward. Mr. Stouffer has received his blanks for distribution among the enumerators as soon ns thi'v are appointed. There are about .rKK ( ) pounds of these blanks. Great care has been exercised to select the best possible material for enumerators and of course from the republican party. However , among so many it is possible for ono or two , or more. to get in who might not otherwise do so if all the facts were known. For instance , the editor of a democnitio paper up in Dakota county has been recommended as enumerator for Pigeon Creek township. His application was well written and gave every evidence of the applicant being well qualified for the work , as ho doubtless is. IIo stated that ho was an editor hut failed to say what kind of one , and as ho promised to use the Influence of his paper in the future "in any desirable way" it is confidently be lieved that a republican supporter has been Avon over by this liltlo bestowal of patronage , although unwittingly given to a democrat. Mr. Stouffer says that there have been a few lady applicants for enumerators , perhaps n doxcn , and nil of them will bo appointed. Ho further says that their applications indicate a much higher average degree of Intcllliicnco than tlioso sent in by the men. There AVill bo two lady enumerators in Dakota county , ono in Banner county , one in ( 'timing county and ono in Holt county. Preparing ; for Camp M FIIEMOXT , Nob. , May 10. [ Special to Tin : Bii.J : : A mooting of the executive committee of the Christian Park and Assembly associa tion was held last night , tliero being present C. C. CroAvell of Blair , A. M.Valling of Leigh , . I. V. N. Biles , J. P. Hanson , A. L. Atwood and AS' . JO. Kmnlls of Fremont. The purpose of the meeting AVIIS to further the work of preparation for the annual camp meeting and gathering which opens July 2 , " > . It was decided to bei-in at once the erection of a commodious auditorium after the plan of the ono belonging to the Council Bluffs- Omaha Chnutnuqtm association , and to have a seating capacity of : ! , OIH ) persons. Work has also been commenced today to grade the grounds. A Vej'dlot Tor > Ir.s. Moore. FIIIMOXT : , Nob. , May --Special [ to Tun Hii.J : : A verdict has been reached in the damage ease , brought by Mrs. S. F. Moore of this city against the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railway company. The jury Avcut out last night about f ) o'clock and re turned a scaled verdict nt 11 o'clock , which Avns opened this morning. Mrs. Moore was awarded S' . ' 'jO damages. Dismissed for Want of WIlnesHo.s. Nr.mtAsKV Cirv , Nob. , May HI. ( Special Telegram to Tin : DEETlio ] liquor cases against ( icorgo Stroblo and DLstnn Brothers for various violations of the Slocumb law were dismissed today for want of I ' 'In ( , ' Itiilhlng at Fullerlon. Fi u.r.iirox , Neb. , May 10. | SpeeInl Tele gram to TUB HIB. : ) - Today has been a gala day in the Fullcrton public schools. At 'J p. m. t lie largo flag procured through the efforts of the pupils AVIIS raised on the public school building. Special excrclb--j WLTO held in all the rooms , Hulutcsvero fired and the Hug loudly ulum'd. ( Ju'uV credit la duo the pupils and their teachers for the Interesting programme presented. Speeches Avero made by Hcv. .1. C. Irwiti and Lieutenant Governor Meiklojolm. Mnilly Soorohod. DAKOTA CITV , Neb. , May 10. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BII : : . ] A ilro occurred In Stanton's addition to Covlngton last night which leaves but ono house where a couple of months ago w * ro two solid blocks , The ilro originated back of Mnndersehled's saloon nnd consumed the Avholo block , consisting of eleven buildings , three of which Avoro saloons , owned bv John Mandcrschlod , Paul Leader and Jim Kecfo , a restaurant run by Mrs. Lowe and four or live empty saloon buildings that IniA'o been closed since May 1 , nnd a barber shop and an empty dAA'cllltig house. John Miinderschiod Avlll no n heavy loser , as Avlll I 'mil Lender also , as both were burned out January i0 ! at the other lire. Leader carries only a partial insurance nnd Mandersehled none. The Avholo loss Avlll amount to about $20,000 , with only a light In surance. It is thought the Ilro AA'as started by a drunken bum. Stevens' Trial for Murder. NELSONNeb. . , May 10. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bin : . ] The trial of Charles Slovens for the murder of Charles Sherman has kept the court room crowded Avlth men and women for four days , listening to the testimony nnd the pleading of the lawyers. Stevens took the stand in his own favor nnd with frank ness admitted the killing nnd explained the circumstances by which lie claims to have acted in self-defense. The county attorney cross-examined him for moro than IAVO hours , as ho AA-IIS the only witness to the shooting. His testimony AA-IIS of the greatest interest. The lawyers on both sides occupied several hours today. The jury went out at 8 o'clock tonight. No prospect of a verdict before morning. _ lirnkciiinn Kuulainl Dead. HASTING ? , Nob. , May 10. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bin. : ] Gus Kuglaud , the brakeman run over at.Iunlata last Wednesday Avliilc making a coupling , died this morning ut the Hastings hospital. The body AA-as taken to Aurora at noon today for interment. Kugland AVIIS born at Nebraska City and has always been a faithful employe of the B. & M. Plcrco County Bonds Sold. PIEUCR , Nob. , May 10. [ Special to Tin : Bui : . ] The Plercci county court house and jail bonds were sold today to the highest bid der. The bonds nro for f2. ,000 , draAV 5 per cent interest and run tAventy years , the prin cipal to bo paid in annual payments nfter ten years. Lampracht Brothers of Cleveland , O. , uro the purchasers mid they pay a premium of $101. Karu Burned 1 > y n. Thief. GENEVA , Neb. , May 10. [ Special to Tin : Bun. ] The barn of James Moran , a farmer near by { his city , burned , three horses being consumed nnd ! )00 ) bushels of grain. Los , ? 000 ; no insurance. The Ilro is supposed to have been caused by n thief who stole ono of the horses and then burned the bam to hide the crime. _ An Old ( jcntlcnmii Injured. BEATUICE , Neb. , May 10. [ Special Tele gram toTrnBm : . ] A.B.Morse , aged sev enty-eight , had ono of his legs badly broken by n barn door slamming shut on him nt his farm , eight miles west of this city , yesterday. It is feared that he Avill not recover from his injury on account of his advanced ago. Change of Management. BEATHICK , Neb. , May 10. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bin : ] . John ( .Ilnlladny and Charles Osborno today concluded a contract , succeeding Colonel C. M. Kigg in the man agement of the Paddock' opera house , this city , for the coming live years. The UOAV managers take hold Juno 1. Found Dead in Her Room. NKUIIASKA CITY , Neb. , May 10. [ Special Telegram to THE Bel ! . ] Mrs. Heller , Avifo of Adolph Heller of the Nebraska City Packing company , was found dead in her room tliia morning , having died some time during the the night of appoplcxy. She AVUS highly respected. _ In tlic Old-Fashioned "Way. GEN-EVA , Neb. , May 10. [ Special to TUB Bin : . ] At an enthusiastic meeting of the business men of Geneva at the opera house last night it Avas decided to celebrate the Fourth of July in the good old-fashioned Avay. That means n big timo. Au I5.xuur.siou Visits Beatrice. BCATIUCB , Neb. , May 10. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BII : : . ] A Kansas City excursion party Avero talcing In the sights of Beatrice today , ns the special guests of the Kansas City , Wynndotto & Nortluvcstern railway. The party returned at noon. Tlii'OAvn From Her Carriage. GIIANT , Neb. , May 10. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BIE. : ] Mrs. Gcorgu D. Prcst , while driving today , AVIIS violently thrown from the carriage by the horse running invav. Slio Avas severely hurt internally and is lying in a critical condition. A NOAV Blink at NEIWASKA CITV , Nob. , May 10. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bui : . ] The Merchants Na tional bank of Tnlmage , Avith a capital stock of * l.ri,000 , filed articles of Incorporation today Avith the county clerk. Fruit Crop Damaged liy Frost. PAAVNUU CITV , Neb , , May 9. [ Special Tel egram to Tun Bm : . ] Tliero Avas another heavy frost hist night , which means a conl- pleto failure of the fruit crops. Tinj uit i * THS.I n it ii-it. Murderer Woods AVill Have to Bo Tried Again. DuAinvoop , S. D. , May 10. [ SpecialTclo- gram to Tin : Biu.j : After deliberating for llfty-thvco hours the jury in the Woods mur der trial concluded that they could never coma to an agreement and BO notified the court. Attorney Fiwvloy , who appeared for AVcods , asked that his client bo released on $1,000 bail. Judge Thomas placed the amount at $5,000 , hut so far Woods has been umiblo to sccuro bail. The jury AVIIS discharged. Mrs. McLcod , Avlfo of the vic tim of the murder ami n faithful friend to Woods , is still in the city. She attempted an Interview Avlth him yesterday , but tlio jailer would not grant it. Mi's. McLeod lias an attractive AVUJ' about her and has AVOII considerable sympathy from those Avitli whom she conversed , and especially the ladies. A Sharp Itolnike. LnAviAwonrir , Ivan. , May 10. [ Special /Telegram to Tin : Bm : . ] Assistant Attorney General \V. W. Black today applied for an injunction against the National hotel , ono of the largest houses in the city. The evidence adduced during the hearing of the application before Judge Crosier of the district court dis closed the fact that the hotel keeper has been. forfeiting a bond of $ ' , ' 00 per month regularly for some months. Judge Croilor held that the forfeiture of nn uproaranco bond , \vlien no cIToi't was afterwards made to prosecute , Avns the Inlllctlon of a penally and that a criminal could not bo punished twleo for the name offense. Ho refused the injunction and said ho did not wiint any moro such cases brought to his court. If an hono.tt effort Avas made to enforce the law , the IIIAV could ho en forced , but if bonds were forfeited regularly , that AAMS a condonation of the offense and no Injunction could bo obtained against s > ueh a place under these circumstances. tlio Original I'aokngo , Ki'itisuriKi , ! ) , Mass. , May 10. Ex-Govcriipr Hobinson , Avlio has been employed by a syn dicate of Holyoke unlicensed Hquur dealers to look up tlio constitutionality of the "original package" IIIAV , holds that the belling of liquor in original packages is legal. Acting on thin advise some ten Holyoke dealers Will make u tcit etuo , FROM KANSAS TO LIVERPOOL , The Atchisou Road Makes a New Outlet for Grain from That State. A ROUTE CREATED VIA QALVESTON , Tlio TraUs-Mls'sourl Passenger Anso elation Announces Special lint eg to Nebraska Points During the Summer. CHICAGO , May 10. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bii : : . ] The Atchlson lias made a no\ outlet to Liverpool for gralh from Kansas. The route Is from Kansas points over the Atchison to Galveston and thence by boat to Liverpool. The llrst boat was loaded unit started across the water n few days ago , nnd , whether fatefnlly or not , It was named The Propitious. The Galveston pcoplo have al most gene crazy over the A'ust possibilities thus opened and nro now pulling every string to sccuro a deep water harbor and thus dl < vert about all of the export grain from Chicago cage to Galveston. As it is now , only about half a load can bo put into boats ut Gitlvcs * ton , the rest having to bo lightered , The river nnd harbor bill pending before congress , however , contains an appropriation millleleiit to nmko ft deep water harbor. The possibility of such n route gaining any largo share of trnfllc had apparently never been considered seriously by the Chicago lines , but when the fact of the llrst boat load having started Avns mentioned it Immediately furnished matte ? for serious thought. Tlio Atchison Intends working the route for all there Is in it , no matter Avhethcr deep Avnter navigation Is oh' tallied or not. In case it Is obtained the HCAV route Avill carry ns much grain as It i.s capa ble of unless rail rates to the cast are mater ially loAvercd. Special Kates to N'eliraskn Points. KANSAS CITV , Mo. , May 10. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bui : . ] The Trans-Missouri Passenger association today made tlio follow ing announcements of special rates to Ne braska points : Clmutauqim assembly , Long Pine , Neb. , August 2 to IS ; open rate of ono faro from points Avitltin 150 miles , tickets to bo sold August 1 to IS ; return limit , August 19. Chautauqim assembly , Crete , Neb. , July 1 to 12 ; open rate of one faro from points within 150 miles , tickets to bo sold Juno 'M to July 11 ; return limit , July I'-1 , to bo sold from nil Nebraska points on Jiilyl nnilv , tlioso bciiiE "red letter" days. Nebraska Turnfeet meeting , Lincoln , Neb. , Juno 2t ; to 25 ; a rate of ono and one-third on ccrtillcato plan from Nebraska points ; II. Woltermade , Lincoln , Neb. , Avill sign certificates. MeetIng - Ing of Bohemian societies , Omaha. Neb. , July 0 , to commemorate the burning of John Huss , a rate of ono and one-third faro from Nebraska joints. Nebraska State Vol unteer Firemen's association , Phittsmouth , Neb. , June 2-1 'o 20 ; ono and ono-thlrtl fure , Avith tickets to bo sold Juno 2t , ! . ' . " > and 20. IIH terstato Grand Army of the Uepublle re union of Kansas and Nebraska nt Superior , Nob. , Ausust'l toll ; open rate of 0110 faro within 100 miles , tickets to bo sold August 4 to 8 , good to return to 10th. Union normi'l institute , Tccuinsch , Nob. , July 10 to August ID ; a rate of ono nnd one-third faro on the ccrtillcato plan from Johnson and Noniiba : , counties. Old Settler's association of Dodgg county at Fremont , Nob. ; open rate of on * faro from Wuhoo on the south , North Bend on the west , Blair on the east mid intermedi ate points. Women's Christian Temper- unco Union tit Superior , Nob. , Juno 10 to 12 ; a rate of ono and one-third faro on certificate plan from Nebraska points ; Mrs. Olive M. Leader , state secretary , Avill sign certificates. Colored Oddfellows , Lin coln , Nob. ; special train from Omaha to Lin coln. State convention of Modern Wood men's association , Grand Island , Neb. , May 27 ; a rate of ono and ono-third ( are on eortl- licato plan from Nebraska pointsV. ; . A. Hmvnnt of Kearney Avill sign certificates. Modern Woodmen's association of Nebraska , from Omaha , Lincoln nnd contiguous points to Piko's Peak , Colo. , July ; a rate of $20 each for a party of ono hundred or nroro to Trinidad nnd return ; route , Omaha to Den- A'er. Colorado Springs , Pueblo and Trinidad ; optional route back. Bicycle meeting at Omaha , Nob. , May 17 ; a rate of ono and ono- third faro ; M. L. Kocdorof Omaha , Nob. , Avill sign certificates. The Conductors. Uociir.sTun , N. Y. , May 10. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BUB. ] The excitement among the conductors assembled in this city toulght is intense. The first order of business of to * morrow's session Avill bo the election of the grand onicors , and never before has so much interest been shoAvn. A bitter Avar is being waged betAA'een the opposing factions , nnd it Is predicted that the light for supremacy bo the most hotly contested of any election in tlio history of the order. The scene about the Livingston hotel * rivals description. Candi dates and tliclr friends are using every possi ble means to secnro converts , A Avestcrn man is sure to bo chosen grand chief , nnd at tills hour the indications point to ono of tlio following men in tlio order named : W 1 * . Daniels of Cedar Kaphls , JO. 10. Clark of Ogdenund Norman Walkings of Kansas t'ity. ' During today's session a member of the grand division tendered his resignation because - cause the anti-strike law was stricken from the ritual. It was accepted so quIcUly that ho Is still Avandering what has happened. Omaha stands a good second for the twenty- third annual session , nnd no time Is being lost In impressing on her friends the many advantages of the great city. lO.vtRiidlui ; tlio Pniiadinii & Atlantic. MtNNGAroM.i , Minn. , May 10. | Special Telegram to Tin : BKK , ] 10. J. Chnmberlin , general manager of the Canadian & Atlantic railway , is In this city. Ho says his company is preparing to push Avilli nil .spoed an exten sion of the road from OttuAva to Newcombe , on Georgian bay , after which it Avlll put a fast line of boats from there to Dnlutli. form ing almost un nlr line to eastern points , A l > Il.iVK TlioiiHiindti of Dollars Alleged to Mavo Iicc.il Frittered Away at Dallas. AUSTIN , Tex , , May 10. After the dis patches had been sent out from hero n few days ago announcing the suit against the farmers' alliance managers at Dallas , it AVIIS deemed expedient by prominent nil hi IKC men that matters Ira kept quiet u short timo. Yesterday all grounds for further secrecy ended Avhcn the attorney announced fniIt enjoining the publication of the Mercury and not against Its present managers. Two other suits Avill bo instituted against the old alliance exchange. The alle gations set forth Komo grave charges and show the woofule.it Htato of affairs and the deplornblo misuse and Avasto of funds Hun dreds of thousands of dollars sent up to Dal las. It is alleged , have been frittered away and tlio iillianco men assert tlio bum \vm reach over $1,000,000. Tlio Death Itec-ord. Cmt'Vdo , May 10.-Judgo Dnimni"iul , the A'oncrnblo ex-Judge of tlio United States i ir- cuit court , died tit Ills homo in AVhe.tloii. Ill , at II o'clock lust night , of old ago. JndgoDnimmom ! was one of the longest judges in uutlvu service upon iho bench. Ho AVIIS appointed in ISW ) and officiated con tinuously until lh > > l , when growing inllriulty of body Induced him to retire President Arthur appointed Judge Grcslmm as Ills suci'Cnsor. The judge Avas eighty jc.irs of ago at the time ol his death. A .MnuiilUcturr.i' Disappears. DKTKIHI , MU-h..May 10.Charles 1 { Smith , president < > l the Western knitting works bus disappeared His financial affairs are in bad shape. Friends uro unsecured on about . ' 0,000 borrvvvod inoaoy. Some thiuU hu ha * suicided ,