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THE OMAHA DAILY > /EEE.- MONDAY , MAY 18 , 1891. TOUGHEST CAME OF THE YEAR Omaha nml St. Paul Put Up a Mighty Booky Sunday Exhibition , FOUR PITCHERS SOUNDLY POUNDED , Lincoln Wins Her Fourth from Sioux City nml Milwaukee .Mnkca It Three Straight with the Delivers1. Omnha , 13 ; St. Paul , 10. Lincoln , lli ; Sioux City , 13. Milwaukee , 11 ; Denver , 4. Western Anwoolntlon Stnndlnir. IMnyed. Won. Lot. I'ur CPfc 10 .615 11 .500 12 JIM 12 JKX ) III .510 15 .423 IS .4ZI 10 .385 Oinnliu'H 1ia t Victory. ST. PAiir , Minn. , May 17. [ Special Tele gram to TUB DKE. | The lost Kama at tbo Borlos botwcou St. Paul find Omula ) resulted llko nil the rest , In a victory for tbo vislto t > The game was the "yellowest , " professional ball ever played hero , the local team piling up cloven errors and the Omahaa six. Eltol- Jorjr. started In to do the twirling for the Nebraska team nnd Slobol , Intoly with Sioux City , triad putting them ever with his loft hand for St. Paul. "Dad" Clarke attempted to play third In place ot Donnelly and accepted ono of the four chances offered. O'llourke opened the game with an easy grounder to him which ho throw wild to first. Osborno hit a line fly to Walsh , on which ho lso retired O'Hourko before ho could cot back to first. Baldwin , O'Brien And McMnhon then each smashed the boll for thrco sacks nnd two scored. The last half of the Inning was the worst ball over seen hero. Shannon hit the ball along the loft foul line to O'Hourko who .throw the ball over O'Brien's head Into the bleachers , tbo runner reaching homo. Hnlll- tran made a hit to right Hold within two fcot of Osbornc , and ho was unable to find the ball until Halligan had scored , although It jvas all the time In plain sight of the spocta- lors. SutclliTo hit to center , nnd the next two men wont out. Walsh then made o hit , and on errors by Ely both runners scored. In the next Inning the locals pounded Eltcljorg for four inoro runs , and in the third Baker was put in. Ho was a llttlo wild and the Apostles scored three on him in the third and fourth. At the cud of the latter Inning the tally board stood 0 to 7 In favor of the local team. In the fifth , however , the visitors took very kindly to the twisters of SlcbclundthoSulnts began making errors again , the result being four tallies. Mcckin was put in at this pointnnd pitched out the gamn in good form , but the contest had already gone In favor of Omnha. St. Pnul has now played twelve games at homo , having lost nlno of them , the last six in succession. Scoro. BUMMAItr. Burned rlina : St. Paul. 3 ; Omnha , 2. T\Vo- bnso lilts : Osliorne. MooUlii , O'llrlon , Hum- liurs , Clarke. 2 ; Urlllln , lialcor. Iliullirnn. But- clIITo. Tbrcc-lmso lilts : Baldwin. U'llrlcn , MeMalipn. I'lr t on error : St. 1'uul. 4s Omuliu , 7. , Stolen basei : McMuhon , llntnlnirg , Walsh , 2 ; Ulnrko. DoubUi plays : O'ltourkc , Ely nnd O'lirlcn : O'llrlenIliunljurc. O'Kourku ; Klv und Uonloy ; Walsh nnd MoCiiuloy ; Walsh , Sluin- non and McCnuloy. First bnso on halls : OH Slobol-Ii Mcolfln , 1 ; Kltcljors. 2 : Ilnkur3. Loft on buses : St Paul , 0 : Oinnhn , 0. Struck out : Muokln , II ; linker , i. Passed balls : MoMnhon. Time : Two hours and twonty-flvo minutes. Umpire : Collins. OTHER WJESTEUS GAMES. Lincoln Hns n Veritable Picnic at the Kxpcnse of Sioux City. Sioux Cirr , la. , 'May ' 17. [ Special Tele gram to THE BE . ] Lincoln today'took the fourth straight game from'Sloux City. ' It was o hilarious slugging match from strut tq fln- u , and the Farmers had the bust of theslug ging. It is useless to go into the harrowing details. Tbo Farmers drove their harrow pvcr the savages and then harrowed them crosswise. The homo team tried three pitchers and the visitors knocked them out o7 the box as fast as they got In. Billy Hart pitched six Innings , and cnvo nine bases on balls nnd eleven hits. Then Wild Bill Wldner went in and ho lasted ) ust ono inning , during which thfl horny handed awipors from Lincoln accumulated eight runs. Then the homo team put In Erott , an nma- tou'r. und ho would have won the gnmo if ho had been put in first. On the ether sldo Roach was Knocked out in the seventh inning , nnd O'Dny finished nt a steady gait. The Corn Huskers made n run in the eighth inning , tying the score , but the visitors were implacable , arid with two runs in the ninth broke the already bruited local reeds. Score : 8UUMAHV. Harncrt runt : Sioux Cltr , T ; Lincoln. B. Two- biuo liltit llrnlni , D. Howe , Nicholson 2 , M rrli er 3. Tbreo-bosa lilt : KtntTuril. Homo runs : I'oormnn , Ilnrki'U. molcn bn.es ! Sioux city. 3i Lincoln , 1. FlritbaiannlmlU : Hlnuz City , 2 : Lincoln , 4. Htruck out : llr Hurt , 3 ; by llrolu I : br Honch. 1. rinsed balli : Knrlo , 2 : UOReri , 1. Wll.l tilti-hcm Hart , 3. Tlmei. Two hours and ten minute * . Uniplro ; Kulght. Miido ItTliroo Straight. Wls. , May 17. Milwaukee made it thrco straight by taking the final pamo of the series from Denver today. Tboy hltMcNabb hard , whllo the visitors had rroat-diniculty finding Vlckory. Denver's tlold work was ragged and errors lot in sev eral runs. Score : SCOn * IIT 1KMKOS. Milwaukee , . . . , . , , . . . , , . 1-11 . , . . . , , I looooioi-i auuMAitr. ICarne.l limit illlwaukae. 4 ; Uonror , 3. Two bale Burks , Duugan. VlckcrjCurlli , I ; O'Urlon. Three bun hill ! Patrjmpln. Tcbnan , Homo ru.nl I O'llrlen. Donblft pli a r i White , Wnrrlck , O'nrlan , I Flrilbaieonballni llr Vlekorr , It 1 br > ioN t.l . > , 5. I SchrlTi-r , ( Jilm. struck out ! llr Vlckerr , 91 br MeNabb/l. Pntiml b ll : ltojnnlc ! , 1. Wild pitch ! McNftbU , Tlm ! Tire bouri. Umplmi Bhomburg. A 31ATKVR UAJIES , Illalr on Top. BLAIR , Nob. , May 17. ( Special to TUB CRN. ] Tha Dlalrs defeated tbo Falconers at Blair yostorday. The game was won In the first and third Innings. Miller pitched good bah , striking out llvo men. whllo Nelson struck out ono. Blair pounded Miller for ( Ivo hits , whllo tboy onlv secured three ofl Nel son. Tomrnla Outnlun sprained his ankle In the sixth and was relieved by X.Iotthoivs. The score ; 1IY INMNflB. Kmlconcn . . .0 U 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 IIlair 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 BUIIUAIir. Bncrlflre hits : Iln nui ? n , Tow , Miller , Kclm. Stolen bnse : Strong. Hnmnlori , Tilnnlinn , Helm , llnllor , l < co. Double plnja : Hnnndir8 to Ornrilen , Ni-laon to Kclm. Struck out ! Stonojr , I.limlmn , Knitted , Nelson , 2 ; llrnckon. Uasn on bulls : llr Nelson n. Died on bn ov. Tnir , Kolm , I.lnnhnn , Storcr , Mourn-on , 2. wild pitches ! .Nelson 1. lilt nlth ball ! Strong. Tlinoi Ono hour and thirty minutes. Umpire : 01 Ills. IMattHinoiitli'H Flrnt Sunday Game. PLATTSMOUTII , Nob. , May 17. | Special Telegram to Tun Br.n. ] The ball game between the West Omahas and the Plaits- mouths was played this afternoon and re sulted In victory for the homo team by a score of 1 ! ) to 7. This was the first Sunday gnmo clayed in this city and an immense crowd testified Its appreciation of the op portunity afforded of witnessing a good game of ball. Several brilliant plays wcro made by both sides , but considerable looseness was prevalent throughout. The chief features of the game wsro the homo run bv Adams nnd the douulo olav by WllsonS. Patterson for PlatUmouth and the hot liner gobbled up by Patterson far the visitors. Score : West Omaha 3 0 1 1 n SB < i 0 0 7 I'lattsmouth 0 U 0 0 0 1UO 3 * - - ! Earned runsi t'lattsmouth. 3. llnsn tilts : I'latlsiiKHith , 10 : West Omaha , 4. Errors : I'liittsmonth.B ; West Omaha. 7. Batteries : Piittunnn. Yapp and Laoy : Htcpheiiion and CrolRliton. Time of cnino : two hours and twenty minutes. Umplro KoInhaoUol. Dcnr Iilttlo Shamrocks. The Reserves lost n cnmo to the Sham rocks Sunday morning by careless fielding aud inability to lilt the ball. Peterson and Dolan , the Shamrocks'battery , were at their best and put up a great gamo. Moore , the "slugger , " distinguished himself by making the only homo run aud long hit of tbo game. Score : Shamrocks 4 02311 0 11 Kesorvc * . . .I 1 0 0 0 0 0 J llaso lills : Shamrocks. 8 : Reserves. I. Er- rois : Shamrocks , 5 ; Hoscrvos , 12. H.ittorles : IVterson and Dolan : llaldwln , Motz and Mln- nlcm. Struck out : Uy 1'etorson , 14 ; bjr llald wln , Sj by Motr , G. They also defeated the Sixth street Stnw in the afternoon by a score of 18 to 2. Bat- torics , Connors and Moore , Hart and Mo- Ken un. Cranes AVIn One. MISSOUHI ' VAI.LET , la. . May 17. [ Special Telegram'to Tun Bnn. ] The CranoCompany team of Omaha defeated the Valley club today hero , score 13 to 0. The Valley club lacked In having bad no uractlco this season , besides playing several now men. The Cranes played good ball nnd showed consid erable strength. Gelst nnd Graver were the battery for the homo team. Escaped iviUi Ills Hair. The Union Pacifies and the Crnno team had a hotly contested game at the Union Pa cific'grounds y6sterda > 1 afternoon , resulting In a tlo and a scran at the end of the eighth lining.Theumpire javo the game to the Crones , o d , escaped with his hair. - . , ' fH'AJtHS Of SPORT. Stevens' Sprained Anklo. Last evening Ed Rothory received from State Center , la. , a telegram which stated that Pedestrian Stevens' the Chicago re porter who had started to walk from Chicago cage to Omaha in nine days , had broken down. Stevens turned his nnklo soon after leaving Marshalltown , and during the day it swelled considerably. When ho reached State Ccutor it was so swollen ho could gene no farther. Slovens will como the rest of the way to Omnha on the cars , i _ _ Primrose AVIus the I ronch Oaks. PAIHS , May 17. The race for the French Oaks Was Von today by M. Michael Ebphru- sei's ' chestnut filly , Primrose , by Peter , out of La Pnplllono. M. H. Dolemarr's chest nut filly , Primrose , was second , and the same gentleman's chestnut lllly , Closorlo , third. AWF.l ) Itr THE 3IXHTIA. Negro Mob Prevented from Resort ing to Violence. WILMIXOTOX , N. C. , May 17. Several ne groes having boon hoard making throats to attack the jail last night and release Kit Huggins , the driver of on omnibus which ran ovQr nnd killed a llttlo white boy yesterday , Sheriff Stead-nan with twenty armed depu ties' took ctiargo of tbo jail and tbo police force ot tlio city received special instructions to "bo ori thb alert. By 10 o'clock crowds of negroes'- began assembling near the Jail. Chief of Police Hall with a detach ment of police went to the scene to disperse them. They moved from ono point , but quickly reassembled. This con tinued for moro than two hours , but there was no actual violence and no feature of special Interest until 2 o'clock , when the negroes assembled in force within fifty yards of tbo jull. Mayor Rlcaud , after consulta tion with a number of discreet citizens , then ordered the military alarm to bo sounded from tbo fire bolls. This was done and the members of the Wllmlncton light infantry came rushing to their armory from nil parts of the city. This .had the desired effect. As soon as the first tap ot the alarm bolls were heard the negroes begun to disperse. Twelve or fifteen of thorn wore arrested by the po lice and by 3 a. in. everything was quiet. The armory being within ' . ' 00 fcot of the jail , thollght Infantry were not ordered out but wcro under arms all night. It was ascer tained on searching tha arrested pegrocs that nearly every ono carried n pistol. Tiioro are 'no Indications now of further trouble , but the Wilmington light Infantry have been ordered to bo at their armory and remain all night , DOV1ILE TJtAflEOY JN TKXAS. Lawyer Morrison Accidentally Kills Ills AVIfo und Suloidos. Nnw OHI.EANS , La. , May 17. The Pica- yuno's San Antonio , Tex. , special says : John D. Morrison , a lawyer of ability anil well known nil ever southwest Texas , killed hu wlfo nnd himself at their ro- Idenco in this city today while tha family were attending church services. Thcro wore no , witnesses. It is believed the wife was Killed accidentally whllo trying to thwart her husband's effort * upon himself. But two empty shells worn In the pistol. Morrison had two wounds , ono a grazing shot. ThH is bollovod to have killed his wlfo. Morrison was from OroonvHlo , Ala. , and fifty years old. Ho served with great distinction In the confederacy and came to Texas about flttoou years ago. Ho hud hold responsible offices. Ho was a periodical drinker , and his successful attempt upon his llfo , which also resulted In his wife's death , Is Dollovcd to have resulted from depression consequent upon a dobnuch. Two daughters survive. Died Prom Kxposure. CIIRTENXE , Wyo. , May 17. ( Special Tole- gramtoTiiK BBK. ] The dead body of Mary Siegfried , who lived alone on a small cattle ranch near Sherman , was found today by range riders. Mrs. Siegfried ventured out in the storm which raced in the mountains on Friday last , was overcome by cold and per- Uhod. She was sixty-two years old and a widow , her husbaud bavin * dlotl last year. ASSAULT \ J ON THE CZAROWiTCH Official Details of the Affair from the Trench Imbasjy ntToklo. HE VIOLATED A MOST SACRED CUSTOM. Very Mttlo Progress Mn ln l y the French Chamber ol'Deputies oil the Tariff HI11-A Wnr- IIko Article. B , May 17. The French embassy nt 0 'okio ' has telegraphed the official details of 0t 0o .ho attack upon the czarowitch. From this It o ppcars that the czarowltch's assailant was a I lollceman named Thundn , who .had boon c tight year ? In the service. The czarwltch ( I nd his suite were leaving Otsu in n Jlnri- 1 : sha , having just visited n Buddhist temple. Both the czarowitch nnd Prlnco Gcargo wont , o the shrine with their boots on , nnd the C : hlof ponzo , on their retiring , complained to t .ho . Japanese guards noout this offense C gainst the national religion. The prlnco \ vas entering the jlurlksha , whcu Thunda , I vho was standing gutirdjdcalt the czarowlta It It blow with his sword. Prlnco George ro- t .urncd the blow with his stick nnd throw Thunda several fcot. The policeman r.oso nd rondo another rush at the czarowitch. A apatieso closed the front of the carriage , while another Jap wrested the sword from Thunda und cut him down , inflicting a so * vero wound. The chief with sovornl guards rrcstod the man. The c/arowitch's Injury ias already boated. The XIX Sleclo slates that com mercial advices have been received nt Mta-- olllos from Trcbisondo to the effect thnt a cw volcano has appeared in Armenia , at the umiiiit of Mount Nlmrod , iu the district pt /an , vomiting forth flames and lava. The Hinges nt the base of the mountain have been destroyed and many persons are said to have boon killed or injured. The fugitives nro getting outside the r.iugo of destruction. They nro almoU entirely destitute nnd the greatest misery prevails nmong thorn. The Turkish government has taken measures to relieve the sufferers. Although the chamber of deputies has de bated the tariff bill a fortnight , it has not ad vanced a step. The bouso is tired of the .vholo . business before the really business > art of the discussion on the articles of the tariff has begun. So much time has boon wasted that it will bo Impossible to deal with details this session unless they are rushed hrough , in which ovout the government file ivill bo preferred to the Increased tariff pro posed by the committee. In splto of tbo ap peals of free traders n reduction of the gov ernment's proposals is out of the question. The Kcmibllqu .Francaiso has a warlike article on England In Egypt. It contends that the French government ought to resent the English preparations to destrpy what Is left of French Influence in Egypt , and stiys the chamber of deputies nnd the country are willing to grant whatever may bo necessary to vindicate Ihe rights of Franco. The Chilian senator , Senor Matte , who is here as a delegate of the congressional party , has been received by the under secretary of the foreign ofllco , but not by Minister Cabot. Ho has also called upon a number of diplo mats , but bos nowhere boon recognized officially. Hon. Whitolaw Reid , United States min ister , and Mrs. Helu will give their first ball this season on Thursday next. Mrs. Reid is now in London. FIAT t\lilACMEil. PnoniA , Nob. , May 13. To the Editor of iip-BiiR : Permit mo the use of your col umns for the enlightenment of brother nllianco men on curtain topics which I cannot , gain a hearing for In the alliance organ. " Mr. .Bur rows refused to print belli sldoV , of these questions for the bb'ho'fU'of ' his'1 roliflorsf'-and' thus compels poor men 'to pay"for' two or three papers to loam what could as well as not be in ono. If ho does'not wish to Oporv his columns to the enemy ho could well af ford to to tried nnd true alliance members. Such treatment would bo more likely to loep { them in the now movement than the "gag- rule , " If Mr. B. is surd that his views are right , why should ho fear to lot his readers see the contrary occasionally , especially stnco ho can oppose thorn with all his strength In tbo same column ? Is error stronger than truth ? I wish to speak first of the flat fallacies , The land currency bill nnd the sub-treasury bill contemplate the issue of vnst amounts- paper money , not interchangeable for gold and silver , but to bo taken on trust. The holders of this paper cannot in any ttmo of financial distrust ex change it for land or for cotton , no more than John Smith' could exchange your note , when he desired , for the chattels which secured - cured the noto. John Smith might see that the chattels wcro losing Iu value and thnt bo wac liable to lese on his transaction , but all the same ho has no recourse. The uoto which ho hold would likely depreciate. Now iu such a case as this under those two bills the authority , croait and flat of the govern * mont Is expected by Messrs. Stanford , Pollt , Powers , Burrows and others to keep up to par the value of the paper. 1 know that Mr. Burrows repudiates the sub-treasury plan nnd that probably Mr. Polk denounces the laud currency bill , but the principle Is about the same in both. These are fiat money schemes paper not redeemable on de mand. Flatists say that paper money does not need to bo redeemed. Right hero they disclose. 1. Tno first flat fallacy "No such thing as intrinsic value , neither in money nor in any property. " By "intrinsic1' they moan in herent , inborn , created in , and seem to deny any other moaning to the word , They take the literal meaning and say that commercial value Is not created in things , but results from "demand" on the part Of men no value at all without a demand , which is true enough but not to the point. What causes demand i It is the utilitv or usablo- ncss of things. That thing winch can bo used greatly to profit , comfort , enjoyment , late. , has a high utility , nnd a strong demand results. Utility undiscovered ! creates no demand ; but utility is tboro just the same. Now , utility is Inherent in things , Inborn , created in , intrinsic. The value that results from utility Is said to bo intrinsic , and very properly. Nobody soys that there exists Intrinsic value In the literal sense denied by the fintlsts. They sot up a man of straw and then proceed to demolish him. They knock , him endwise with law books , encyclopedias , and political economics ; jump on him and tear him to pieces , grlng him into thocluatand scatter lilra to the winds ; dance exultingly about and hug each other for joy-and ; then are astonished beyond measure that there ore thousand ! ! who still believe In Intrinsic value. Their pity f6r them is pathetic. There is truly a little something nstouishlug about the matter talcing it as a whole. Gold and silver because of the uses to which they can bo put , their rolativ i scarcity , nnd yet their steady demand , have a high intrinsic and commercial uulue. It Is highly desirable to have n medium of oxobnngo , something to expedite trade because it will bo taken by all parties in re turn for all ether things. Time needs to bo saved. Something which is valuable to every buyer nnd to every seller , always in demand , nnd will bo accepted for all tilings offered and will procure all marketable things , makes a very convenient medium of ex change. Such a medium is gold and sliver ; and when coined it is called monoy. , 'i. The second fiat fallacy , No need , for money to have intrinsic valuo. Flatlsta say that government proclamation or fiat makes money , and tint there Is no money without the flat. "Monoy is a govermontal decree in dependent of tbo material used or the condi tion of convertibility. " And they further say that the government can make the sumo paper worth much or llttlo according to its tl at. I take my stand on tbo ground that money Is necessitated to have intrinsic value cither at first hand or borrowed , There Is no denying that in the beginning monov had intrinsic value U had to have Jor men would uot exchange something for nothing. And In these rude times wbut had no Intrinsic value had no value at all. Men at first exchanged silver and gold In lumpi or blocks as bullion. Why did not they continue 50 to dot Because I was Inconvenient to carry scales and weights about for weighing and because tbo value depended also on tbo Oneness or qurJlty o the metal. It was needful to the merchants to have the ililenbw nnd-nolght certified to. This was thdJ orlale of coining , and of course the colnsited to bo named. Hrnco wo read of shokoH tend talents nnd pounds , and wo uow have ] iounda , shillings , pence , dollars lars qunrtcrsnirrtfdlmoBl A dollar moans so many grnlnsteoli gold or silver of o fine a quality , H dois uot mean twenty loaves of bread , nor twnny pounds of sugar , nor eighty poundslof ivhcat , nor a sack ot oats , nor six poumisotof porterhouse , nor ten shaves. It means n certain umount of n cer tain quality--of the precious mot- nU. it Isq cleft for the people to say ttoxra much bread , sugar , wheat , oats , steak and shaves It shall ex change for ; nnd-thoy may change the quan tity as often a41ny wish' . Society asks the government to settle just ono thing for It and o certify to It on the metal the fineness and ho amount of the metal in the ploccs which are to circulate asmoney. This ono thing the government can fix , but moro than that about money It cannot fix , and moro Is not necessary to bo fixed. Government stamp does not put any more motnl than was In it before , unless tucro Is omo other coin on whoso intrinsic value It can lean. It is claimed that S3 cents about of lat value Is put by our government into thu ilvor dollar. This 1 true , but the silver dol- ar leans on the gold dollar ( whoso intrinsic or bullion value is 100 couts ) , and derives aluo from It , If there was no gold dollar to eau on , then what ! Whore would the fiat value bo ? There would bo nono. Calling ho now dollar worth but 7B per cent of the ornior silver dollar , its purchasing power vould Immediately fall off 28 per cent , nnd It vould circulate at its bullion or intrlnslo valuo. Would 'tho government utter a fiat tint the dollar should biiy as much as it ised to ? Thus only could It make 28 per cent of Hat monoy. This would bo only n repetition of the folly of Franco In 7'.y. ( Perry , Political Economy nnd Chnm- bors' Encyclopedia , ) Unless the old silver dollar of 100 cents bullion value was in ox- stonco on which to lean , it would bo Impos- > lblo with the gold dollar gouo to put nny fiat vnluo Into the now sliver dollar. If the gold dollar was gene nnd "tho old silver dollnr , also ho greenback dollar and the bank note vould drop to the value of the now silver dollnr. Thustbo value of thi dollnr Is its julllon value ; the stamp of the government ias nothing to do with It. It is Quid by some , hnt currency Is not "legal tender1' without a aw or lint of government. - Of course this is .0 . , and there may bo need of securing to the debtor the right to' pay In what circulating medium ho chooses ; but that Is far from naklng fiat monoy. But there are some on- huslasts of such blooming Imagination that they think they can see how paper with no coin or metal base whatever will muko the best money. To their glowing minds all this rlorious government has to do is to arise in ill its aueust majesty und say ; "Lot there > o dollars , " nnd thcro shall bo dol- ars. Suppose the fiatlsts should got con- , rol of our government nnd announce , bolr intention of abolishing coin as money nna substituting paper based on nothing but ho government's readiness to receive it for mstomi duc.s , revenue nnd taxes and on its oeal tender fiat , what would bo the effect ? Cho expected change would alarm Wall itrcet and at once silver coin would drop to ts bullion value , Then the vast amounts of gold nnd silver thrown on the trade market vould lower the hiilllon valuo. The govern- nout treasury would hnvo to sell Its store of coin and bullion for old treasury notes or tow money at a loss or keep it unsold , n dead oss. After contracting the currency so Frightfully by iiBbTWhlng our metal and bank lotos , the only 'way ' wo could get enough lapcr Into immediate circulation to prevent a inanclal crash would bo to lend money out on good security moderate rates. Of course multitudes would bo eager to borrow , and wdiild call it a Godsend to "tho iconic. " But -whlto many would have faith .n tno paper , the.capitalists and others would distrust it. The latter is a cold fact that must not bo lost , sight"of. They would ex pect a failure of the scbomo and a business -rasli , and the. * Would hoard metal , both to save their -u fortunes and to got gain when tnctal should again come at an ex cct/id premium. , Foreign trade balanuup.would bosettled in bullion as now.jMany would distrust the paper and wouldjtajco tbo least of it they baa to. AccordinRlyjiroporty owners would not sell freely. Real ostata , would ut once rise in pnco in order'to compensate for. the risk , nt.yvasjtt . d. , . ' " ' t.H , ' - Sp othoD proporCf wmifdriso and yet would not ' sell freely. Rwoilu. the prlco of com- mo'dltio ? would fj'll/ow. / , No transactions on long time would occur eXpPP1" hfph rates. Uncertainty as to the future and fear of loss wpuld hamper trade , and tbus-les'son employ ment. There wpuld be dull times. Tbo common pcoplo abe would lese that confi dence in the pa'per-which they at first had. Also , as commodities rose Iu price , workmou and farmers would have to receive higher pay , to live in the same comfort. Rise of wages inight not bo readily granted by the employers. Then the poor would'suffer. Government , If necessary , could compel the sale ot the necessaries of life , but could uot avoid the rise of prices. Experience h'as-proved this. As the cost of living increased our government would have to pay Its employes moro and Its officials. This would mean Jargcr appropriations and correspondingly heavier duties and taxes. The paper would bo depre ciating in value would not buy as much as at first. Many pcoplo would not notice this , however , for there would bo no longer any "par value. " What would there bo to determine the par vnluo of the paper ) The bullion or Intrinsic value of coin Is its par value. A constant demand for gold nnd silver for use in trade and at the mint , and u constant supply glvesja relatively stationary value to thorn. I say relatively stationary value , not an absolutely stationary value ; but' relatively stationary is enough for all practical purposes.This is a point which llatists attack , but-thls attack falls. With out a commodity or Intrinsic value wo are all afloat , on ' the financial sea without a chart , steering 'without , a compass , tossed on the panicky waves without an anchor. There is no commodity or Intrinsic Value to paper dollars , except ono'so very small that it cuts no llcruro. How Is It possible to fix the purchasing power of a paper dollar ? On the start the paperwill , bo glvpn the pur chasing power which the gold dollar had. But after a few years who will know wnothur that power should bo the same era a llttlo moro or a a llttlo loss ? How will the government .know un less It goes back to the intrinsic value of tha precious 'metals ? But it'Is sold the government's tatting tbo paper for a dollar lar and paying It but as adolar ! in the place of , and as a Hubstituto for coin , compels pco plo to use it and honor. It us a dollar. All the same do I contend that the value of the dollar lar is adrift.when the value of ooln money is lost sight of. It must' have something to tie to or it will shift about. , And it will dopro- elate ( by rise in'prices ) Until it gets down to its commodity value as a simple price of en graved paper. This wyl como about by the constant need of moro money for business : for as prices go higher , after publlq distrust tins started them , it will require moro money to transact tha c ntryjs business , aud moro money , and moro'mouoy still. And the gov ernment will kavjcUP raise moro taxes and revenue because , .employes will bo unable to llvo on their o > ; ! f1U1 ' salaries. When pa per money got datvil to IU commodity value then there would bo relative stability of val ues. But the volume of mouoy paid over and taken in on comn ovbtransaction * would bo so grout as to become a. nuisance. Thons would bo a cry for a mow compact currency , and a Teturn would" * Bo made to metal. So it was after the rovdutlonary war wbon I took a gig-box fuJJiU purchase a $20 cow. Our fiat frlonxUiisay that tlio continental paper was different Trotn "what they would have. Of coursoWwas different ; but it the dlfforonca 'between tweedledum and twoodledeo. If money does not require in trlnslo value at Ibrs Jiand or borrowed why did not our forefathers discover it ? Why did prices go mi " 1.000 percent and highoi until finally too mUR'for paper to reach them , Robert Morris , Hamilton , Jefferson , Frank- lia and tbo continental coueross worked hard at the problem of money and finance.- And further , why did not-tho question solve itsel inasmuch as the paper was in broad clrculu tlori ? Why did not the common people dls cover that It was just as good if never re deemed ? Why did not the idea occur to an\ of these brainy men who devised our const ! tution , that progressive instrument whlcti after ever a century Is still a model for thi nations ! The roiwon of the , repeated failure of flat money is that-all money must have ' Intrinsic value , either at first hand or bop rowed , and government'Hat cannot mulntair i that vnluo. Thus the second fallacy Is ox posed. N.H.Bi.ACiolEit , Assistant County Lecturer , Itiivo Drowned. May 17. Mrs. Susan Pas- coo and her Infant son and Miss Mary Carr lost their lives this afternoon bv tbo upset ting of a all boat on tbo Schuylklll. ALLIANCE AND PROHIBITION- Speculation as to the Oourao of the Iowa Independent Convention. INTERESTING INSURANCE STATISTICS , Showing n Gratifying Stnlo of Affairs Among the niirurcnt Companies Taxing Bleeping Cnrs OH Inspection. DBS MOIXBS , la. , May 17. [ Special to TunAs -As the time for the alleged indepen dent state convention ncars , vlz : Juno 8 , BOino curiosity Is manifested as to the course of the gathering on the liquor question. Its power to attract votes from the ranks of either of the old parties will almost entirely depend upon Its attltudo upon this subject. The call for the covontlon was signed al most exclusively by these who huvo hereto fore adUlatcd with the democratic party , consequently Its deliberations will largely bo controlled by the projectors of the move ment , and It Is pronablo this will give a cue to Its platform utterances. The National Farmers' nil I an co has generally been sllout on the prohibition question , and as this con vention will bo largely composed of alliance men , It may take the snmo courso. IOWA ixsuitAxcn .STATISTICS. The annual report of the insurance depart ment of the state auditor's odlco Is about ready lor the public. The proof sheets show a gratifying state of affairs among the companies doing business in Iowa. It show- ) thnt 120 Arc , ono joint llvo stoclc , ono mutual hall , two steam boiler , two pinto glass , two fidelity , two accident , nnd ono employers' liability company wcro authorizad to trans act business In the state last year. Thrco companies mndo voluntary assignments and were closed up. There wcro also thlrty-llvo llfo companies ( two doing accident business also ) and ono exclusively accident company doing business within the stain. Of the 11 ro companies twenty nro Iowa corporations , nnd of the llfo and nccldont companies four were organized In Iowa. There were also thirty- six mutual bcnollt associations doing bus iness on the assessment plan , of which nine teen nro Iowa concerns. Concerning "under ground" nnd Brokerage business Auditor Lyons says : "Believing as I do that the failure during the past year of the Roll an co Mutual Flro Insurance company , the Mutual Guaranty Fire Insurance company and the Citizens' Mutual tire Insurance , was almost entirely due to underground and brokerage business , which business Is only n species of what Is commonly called "wild cat" insurance , douo by the companies , I doom this u proper time to refer to a recommendation made in my In surance report of 1S87 , from which I quote as follows : Idoslio to call your attention to the fact that them Is no power given the auditor of tliostuto , under uuv section of the law , whoio- by hu o-in compel state companies to oenso do ing what Is known ns brokerage or under ground Insurance business In states where they hnvo not compiled with thu Inurauco laws. Tiililus Jnto consideration the vnst In terests of the pcoplo who pluco their Insurance with homocompanies with the assurance , as they brllove , that thov nro being protected from vicious and mmfo buslnqss by the su pervision of the stnte , I am llrmly of the opin ion that the law should bo so amended ns to empower the auditor , under \\lioso chnrRo the insurance Interests of tlio people Is placed , when ho bus knowledge that any company Is doing such nn unauthorised business to com pel It to cease thn same under penalty of a revocation of.tholr right to do business in this atato until sn111 company shall honestly com ply with the luw. "Tho uniform fatality that attends the do ing of brokerage business has been proven by the experience of every Iowa company that has attempted It. " A table in tbo report gives in detail the business of the 12(1 ( co-oporativo lire and tor nado associations which reported for 1800. Many of these are small , their business oon- lined to a township or nt mojt a"county. In the aggregate , however , they ueld risks amounting to $ JlOJ4,8)5 ! ) , un increase of $30- 000,000 for twelve months. During the year they paid losses aggregating ilon,7u > 3.7. > ; their total expenses were 543i77.12 ! ! , and It cost 51.80 to carry each § 1,000 In insurance. The eighteen Iowa 11 ro Insurance com panies wrote during thu year risks amounting to $70G01,4'.I4 ' , received premiums amounting to $1,304,030 , and paid losses amounting to fT > 57C21. Foreign 11 ro insurance companies doing busi ness in Io\va wrote risks during the year amounting to $ l4."i,871,551 { premiums received , $3,007,873 ; losses paid , $1,03,091. : ) The total tire insurance written in the state excessive of co-oporattvo insurance was thus , SJ10,47G- 045 ; premium collected , SJ,47i,910 ; losses paid , ? 1,5SO,710. The amount of llfo insurance reported in force December 80 , 1890 was $03,518,184. Premiums were received during the year amounting to 51,8111,17. ) ; losses were paid amounting to $534 , ' > ( . TAXATION" OK SI.REPIXO CAItS. The United States supreme court decision handed down last week Involving the consti tutionality of the law of Pennsylvania taxing sleeping car companies on n basis proportionate tionate to the nvmbor of miles of railroad within the state over which said company's cars run , compared with the total number of miles of road in the United Statocovor which the said sleeping cars run , \Vlll moan a reve nue for the Iowa treasury of nearly $35,000 , and the future taxation of- said cars. Up to within llvo years the stooping car company paid their taxes through the railway compa nion which operated them , the assessment being made by the state executive council , and the amounts being collected by the county treasurers. Then the Pullman company en joined the council through the federal courts from making the assessments , nnd also en joined the county treasurers from collecting the taxes. The council has disregarded the injunction , making the assessment regularly cnc.li year , and as regularly hnvo the county treasurers been enjoined. Bull was brought- by the state to enforce the collection , but the matter was hold in abeyance to await the result of the Pennsylvania case. Attorney General Stone now says ho will push the cases at once , as the Pennsylvania decision is a practical sottlcmcnt of the question and a victory for the state. The railway compan ies that have resisted the tax are the Jlur- lingtou , Cedar Knptds & Northern , Chicago , liurllncton ft Qiilney. Chicago , Itoclc Island & Pucillc , Illinois Central , Iowa Central , Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City , and some smaller companies. The Milwaukee has paid the tax under protest. KAIIMKHs' AI.I.IAXCi : Oil. AOKXCIK3 , Tlio state board of health has had much difficulty of late with the fanners' alliance of the state in regard to kerosene ml. Some of the local alliances have boon bringing Into their communities oil which had not under gone Inspection and wjilch would flash nt us low n point ns gasoline , and was for more dangerous because of Its explosive qualities. This oil was kept ns community property , for Halo to members by some other member or ngont. One cnso was that of a man ut Aliens , a sample of whoso oil was tested and found wanting. The offender pleaded Ig norance of the law and Innocence of any criminal Intention po strongly Unit the board waived prosecution. Another case was found at Leon , nnd the majority of offenders were found to bo Ignorant of 'ho provisions of tbo law. The board has de termined to enforce the law vigorously , and has already stopped the contraband trade In several counties. President Furrow , of tbo state farmers' alliance , has written to the board promising his earnest support in the matter , TIII : AMKXIMIBXT MANDAMUS. Attorney General Stone was recently res- quested bj Secretary of State McFarland to give his opinion In rojrp.rd to the mnnaatnus suit brought by President Harvey , of the state tomperunco alliance. Two questions wore asked : Pit-it , should the demand for c certified copy of the constitution bo compiled with , and second , whether in the event the demand should bo rotusod , It win in the province of the attorney general , acting as a state ofllccr , to defend the suit. In regard to the rlrst question tbo attorney general says : "It will bo seen on consideration of the matter that this Is not only n suit t > y a pri vate Individual , but that It Is a ult for n pri vate purpose. As to the manner In which this ccrtlticate shall bo made , that Is a mat ter between you und him , except that o course yon are to bo governed alone by the law and your own conscience in the perform unco of your oQlulal duties. No ether state oRlcor can control you or direct you In the matter of the discharge of your dutloi , nor cuu any ether state oQlcer commit ula do- lartmcnt to the support ot or opposition to our opinion at to hotf you will perform your uticv You nlono nro responsible. " Concerning the second question , the attor ney general doflncAtho duties of bis office , nnd concludes ; "From thh It will bo seen that It li onlv \horotlio state is n partv or is Interested lint the attorney general ha * any authority onct. In the PASO under consideration the stnlo Is not a parly. It U not interested. If t worn It could Inter vono In the notion ami iccomon party to It , No ono will contend hat the state could Intervene in the action vhich Mr. Hnrvoy commenced ngnlnst you. Chore Is no Issue involved which the court could penult it to bo heard upon. Every officer having the custody of n publlo recorder or writing Is bound to give any person on domnnd a certified thereof copy on payment - mont of the leir.il fees thcrofor. If you should refuse to perform this duty any person who rightfully made the domnnd could apply to ho courts for nn order to compel you to do t , but It would not bo the duty of the state or of the attorney general to defend your conduct In such refusal In the courts. It vould bo Iu substance n private milt- , brought by n private Individual to compel you to do your duty In a matter In which 1m had nn In terest , and in the event of your defeat the costs would fall on you personally nnn not on ho state. 1 think it must nppo.ir , therefore , that I cannot in this controversy Hit tbo state In such an attl tudo as might put it in debt for costs , or ns would lead it to support either ono side or the other of this private controversy. The attorney general has no moro authority to lefond in this cnso than he lias to prosccuto t. As to the ether matter you present , ns to .ho extent of your duty In making such cer- iflcnto , I have to say : You should , on do- naud , made according1 to thu statute , cause in accurate copy of the record in question to jo made , nnd then you should certify that it was such cony. You could not bo legally re quired to determine nnv question ns to the validity or legality of the record. Such n lucstlon would bo ouo for the court in which t was sought to use It to decide. " STIllKK SI1VAT1OX. Indications That the Miners Will Soon Itcturn lo Work. OTTU.MWA , In. , May 17. ( Special Telegram o Tun BnnJ The Indications are thnt the cool miners strike in Iowa Is close to the end. The miners in many cases ore dcsti- , ute and need financial aid. It Is said that 3.50 per week has beoii paid the striking miners by the minors' union of ether tat 03 but this Is not enough to upport the Inreo families characteristic of ho minors of this vicinity. Their r ! prosent- itlvos have boon hard at work endeavoring o got a conference with the mine operators it OsK'aloosa enrl3In the week , and while hey claim tills movement Is mooting with uccess the operator.- ) hero dcclaro there is lothlng to arbitrate and they will not attend. t Is very evident that the strike Is about over and thnt the mooting will develop some ) lan whereby the minors will resume work. UallH for n Now Traok , FORT MAWSOX , In. , May 17. [ Special Tclo- rram to Tun BISK. ] Seven cars of steel rails lave arrived hero to bo distributed along the lno of the Chicago , Ft. Madison & Dos .lolnes railroad. A track gang will go to vork nt once brondonlng the guaco of the oad and putting it in first class shape. This s the western extension ever which the Beard town , Fort Madison & Sioux City iroposcs to run , passing through Dos Vl iofnoa to Sioux City. Duel In Iinly. ROMK , May 17. A duel growing out of a dispute originating in the stormy debate in tlio chamber of deputies on May day , when radical mombcra blamed the government for the riot which occurred on that day during the labor demonstrations , was fought today. The principals were Slguor Baraillal , a mem ber of the chamber of deputies , who was wounded Iu the riots , and Captain Bozzl. The former received wounds in the arm und head as the result of the duel. Frost n mill Sleet In Knfelftlul Lo.snox , MIIJ 17. Sharp frosts and storms of sleet and snow were experienced through out the kingdom last night and much Injury vas done to the fruit crop. In London to night the weather is worm und ruining. 3IU. VAUOHAN'S AIM. He Will Soouro n Pension for All Kx-SluvcH. There was only n small nudlcnca nt Boyd's opera house last evening to listen to W. U. Vaugnon lecture. The slim attendance was accounted for by the counter attractions nt several of the colored churches. Mr. Vnughan spoke for a few moments , stating the object of his work to bo the passage of a bill through congress authoriz ing the payment of a pension to each ox- ilavc. The speaker also told of his reception n Chicago recently and the interest taken u his tvork by the colored people there. The following named gentlemen wcro appointed a committee to arrange for another meeting nt a later data and o endeavor to form un. organization : > Iessrs. A. D. White , Dr. M. O. Hickotts , E H. Overall. J. C. Ilubbr.nl , H. P. Watson , M. r . Wilson nnd Judge D. L. Lnpsloy. The next meeting wilt bo held In ono of the colored churches , nt which time Mr. Vaughan will deliver the address Intended , for lost evening. A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Vaughan , to the manager * of the opera house 'or the usa of the building , and to Hon. E. Ilosewoter for notloas In TIIK BEE. fA HAG MIA PUS. Loran Clark of Albion U at the Dellono. Miss L. 'Price of Lincoln is ut tbo Dellono. H. J. yinton of Big Springs is ut the Mil- lard. lard.P. P. J. Kilpatrlck of Beatrice U at the , Paxton. John Walters of Crolghton Is n guest at the Millnrd. Hon. T. H. Benton of Lincoln Is nt the Mlllard. .T. H. Farthing of Sun Jose , Cal , Is nt the Murray. , George W. McGill of Kearney Is a guest at the Puxton. T. T. Armstrong of Kearney is a guest at ; ho Paxton. Colonel J. E. West nnd II. A. Chnuibor- stoln of Hushvlllo nro ihoPakton \ , San ) Dn Ncnlray , well knowu In. Omaha , low In the nowspapar business jn Spokauo Iftillu , Is here on his wny to the aquiial con- , vontlon of the International Typographical union , which mcotH atBoston.ncxt month. Hood's S Is prepared from Barsaparllln , Dandelion , Mandrake , Dock , Flpslsscwa , Jimlpor Jior- rlcs , and other well-known ami valuable vege table remedies. The combination , proportion and preparation ant peculiar to Hood's Harso- parllla , giving It cunitlvo power uot possessed by other medicines. It effects remarkable cures where others fall. . " I consider Hood's Barsaparllla the best medicine I ever used. It Rites mo an appetite anil refreshing sleep , and keeps the cold out. " J. S. Kooa , 100 Spruce Slrcct , I'ortland , Me. Purifies 1 " When I bought Hood's Snrsaparllla I made a good Investment ot ono dollar In inrdlclno for the first time. It has driven off rheuma tism and Improved my appetite no much that my boarding mistress says I must keep It locked up or she will bo obliged to ralie my board with ovcry other boarder that tnfccj Hood's SarsaparlUa. " THOMAS BUUIIBLL , W Tlllary Street , Ilrooklyn. N. Y. " I find Hood's Sarsaparllla the best remedy for Impure blood I over used. " M.1I. UAXTBII , ticket agent , I' . & II. lid. , Bound Irook ) , N , J. Hood's Sarsaparilla B ld lijr Ml drugrtiU , 51 ; Ix for f3. 1'repared t > f 0.1. HOOD & CO. , Apotliecarlei , Lowell , Mail. IOO Doses Ono Dollar j r BOYCOTTS ARE GREAT THINGS , The Ono Instituted Against the 0. & A , Already t Jlad Letter , PASSENGER AND TRUNKS GET SEPARATED , Orcrzonlnu * Autinn on the Part of o West Shore IliiKKnKPiiinii to Homo UniilcnHiint llu- cloHiircs. NRW YOHK , May tThat the boycott ot the eastern railroads against the Chicago & _ Alton would prove an Ignomluous fnlturo has long bton taken for granted , but the board of rulings has continued to protest that nearly all of the original sixty companies which signed the death warrant against commis sions wcro maintaining a solid front. The Sun hns said that several of the companies , after Issuing the order to their trainmen to boycott the tickets and bnggngo Of Alton passengers , Issued a second otttor quietly an nulling the first nnd directing their trainmen not to disturb such people. There Is now cvldcnco thnt every ono of the trunk llno.s , except possibly the Pennsylvania and Now Vork Central , is Ignoring the ukase of the bo.ird of rulings. In other words , the boycott is a dead letter , but Messrs. Blnnchard , Uoddnrd , Farmer nnd Donald will probably not declare It ofl until cold weather comes. The example that follows looks as If n bad blunder had boon committed nnd probably two of the companies are liable for dnmngoa. , Mr. Louis /olkol , the general ngont of tho' Equitable Life Asiuranco society at Denver , nnd his daughter left that city on May 7 for New York on the Union Pacillo. Thov had secured state roonn on the stennislilp Colum bia of the Hniiiburg-Amerlcnn line , which soiled last Thursday for Berlin. Mr.Colkel was going to Uormany for his health. The Union Pacific agent nt Denver gnvo them coupon tickets reading ever the Chicago & Alton to Chleneo and ihonco ever the Grand Trunk and Wast Shore rends to Now York. ThoU U rand Trunk nnd U'ostShoro roads publicly claim to be boycotting the Alton by order of tbo board of rullugs. Thov were also or dered to boycott the Union Pacific und any ether company thnt continued to deal with the Alton. The coupon ticket Issued by the Union Pacific bore on the stub part ot ft the phrase. "On account of the Chicago & Alton , Chicago & Grand Trunk nnd West Shore railways , " nnd oven after the Union Pacific und Chicago & Alton coupons had been torn off it was ns much an Alton as ovor. If the boy cott has any foreo the first Grand Trunk con ductor out of Chlcugn should have refused to accept the ticket * . The sevoralGrundTrunk conductors punched nml ropunchod the tickets and made no complaint as Mr. Zolkol rode on toward Buffalo. At BulTalo their sluopor was attached to n West Shore train. None of the conductor * on this road objected to the tickets , but they treated them llko any ether tickets. Mr. Zolkel and his daughter reached Now York on Sunday last without atmsplnion thnt there was a boycott In force and thnt they had had a mighty narrow oscnpo from being thrown off the train. AH n matter of fact the Dig force of detectives employed by the Alton road has not succeeded yet in finding a slnclo cnso where ono of its tickets has been re fused. Mr. Zulkol called at the bacirngo ofllco at the foot of Forty-second street for his bagw gugo as soon ns ho arrived , but it had not come on that train. He called the next day ; and the West Shore ofilclnls still know noth ing about it. Then ho wont to tb/ > local olllco ot the Union Pnclflo nnd the gen eral pastern acent telegraphed for informa tion to nil the Junction points along the line between Denver \Vcohnwkon. . Finally ho suspected that tno boycott hud Mjnp off at half cock nnd that some baftffubflTnustotnfad been a llttlo more conscloutlpus than the trainmen , or 'that'll ' bagittigomaitolind for- gOttori the subsidiary Brder notao'boycott any ono. Such was the cnsb. ! 5Uha"Grand Trunk baggagomostor did ttOT'c roj'ib't/t'Ji West Shore baggageman nt Buffalo * dfa. When ho came ncross the brass chock with the initials Chlcaao & Alton on it ho nailed it on the spot. The Grand Trunk had to take the trunk bf.ck and it stood in the tor- nge room nt Buffalo whllo Its owner was In New York worrying about It and much inconvenienced. Mr. Zolkcl und his daughter had n few things In their grips , but thev had to buy mnnv iirtlclos of cloth- itig. The Union Paclllc had the trunk sent on from Buffalo by express and it reached hero Friday night. It came over the West Shore , it is said , which is .boycotting Alton baggage. The Alton payed tlio express charges , but probably they will como out of' the West Shore sooner or later. ' Meanwhile' Mr. Zoikol had missed steamer which soiled on Thursday nid ho was worked up about it on account of the disappointment. Ho applied at the ofllco of the "steamship iigeut to got the tickets changed , but tbo agent did not seem inclined to graut the favor. Mr. Zeikel know Car ! Schurz , who Is a director of the company , und the latter used his iullucnco to got the tickets changed to next Thursday's boat. Mr. Zclkol docs not euro much now whether ho gets loft or not next , Thursday. Ho Is Interested iu the rnilrojid affair , and ho is going to sco it out if ho lias to stay all - summer. Ho i-ou'ulted a laivyor and swore out an affidavit. Ho Is modest in his do- mauds. All that hu cares for , ho told n bun reporter yesterday , was that the company wnlch is liable sloald pay the hotel and mis cellaneous expenses that t.hoy have con tracted during tno time they have boon de layed. I He estimates them at $15 a day or $150. . This Includes several articles of ap parel which thov had to buv because they did not have tno trunks. Thny were at a modest hotel yesterday , but will go to the Fifth avenue hotel tomorrow.If the board of rulings takes no action In the matter it ill bo a tacit admission , the Alton people say , that the boycott Is deud. Argentine Fliinnces. BUHXOS AVIIKS , May 17. The senate's re fusal to assent to a committee of inquiry into the position of the state banks has caused an Improvement in the market. On the bourse reports nro current to the effect that it is In- ovltnblo that the provincial banks will liqui date ) and the national hanks will bo converted into a concern with the monopoly of the Issu ing of notes. Onthollo < orncr Stouo IVilil. Nuw YouK , May 17. Forty thousand per- sous attended the laying of the corner stone of the new Ilomnn Catholic seminary of St. Joseph at Vuloiitlno Hill , Yonkcra , imta.fr The building will cost $ M > 0,000. ; Is the beat blood purifier before the pnhllo. It eradicates every Impurity , and cures Scrof ula , Salt llheuin , Uolls , Pimples , all Huinoni , Dysppptla , Biliousness , Sick Headache , Indl- Kcstlon , ( Icnoral Debility , Catarrh * Illieiima. tlam , Kidney nnd Liver Complaints. It overcomes - comes that extreme tired fccllsg , und builds up the system. " Hood's Snrsap.-ulllrx was n ( Jod-ncnd to mo , for It cured pie of dyspepsia nnd liver com plaint with which I had suffered 20 years. " J. H. IIouxiiuuK , South Pallsburc , N. V. the Blood " Hood's Sarsaparllla takes less time and quantity to show Its effect than any other pre | > - uratlon. " MICH , C. A , HupnARD , N. Chili , N. Y. "Sly wlfo had very jitfor health fof a lone time , suffering from Indigestion , poor appe tite , and constant headache. SliQ tried every thing wo could hear of , but found no relief till she tried Hood's Barsaparlli.i. She Is now taking the tJ.Ird bottle , nnd never felt better In her life. Wo feel It our duty to recommend It to every ono wo know. " dronai ; SOMKH- , Jloroland , Cook County , III. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggist ! . 01 1 six for t > . Ij C. I. HOOD A CO. , Apotheeartii.Lowell.MMa , IOO Doses Ono Dollar .