Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY'BEE : 17. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGER.
AID FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR
It Was the Subjict of Much Debate in
the House Yesterday.
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST GIVING IT
Covert of Nrw Yorli flbjcctn to Kxtriiitlng
I'nrth'-r Oui rciHloiml As < Ntiiiico
llrndrriiin'H tro'ig 1'lr I for C'lll-
cugo Si'iiuto I'rovL
WASIIISOTOV , D. C. , July 10.-Tho World's
fair appropriation bill was the snbject of do-
I ) a to In the house today , but , ns usual when
It Is known that a vote will bo reached , the
speakers were not complimented by largo
attendance. At no tlmo during the day were
moro than 100 members present and the gal
leries could not muster the usual number of
jpcctntor.s , The prosi irnilorlos were deserted -
sorted , und the press gallery la thn thurmom-
stor of the house. When business Is brisk
tbo pro < gallery U crowded. When It is
( lull the "printers , " as Mr Culbewon ol
Texas terms them , nro ubiont. They were
nusent today.-
.iimlrycmi : Hill.
After routine business the house went Into
committee of the whole. Mr. Lester of Geor
gia In the chair , on sonata amendments to
tbo sundry civil appropriations.
Mr. Tailor of Illinois offered mi amendment -
mont , which he said ho would hetoaftcr call
vp , pro\ldlng that if the World's fair bo
kept open on Sunday , no machinery shall bo
run , or anv labor not absolutely necessary
performed , and that n hall shall bo provided
for the conduct of religious services by min
isters of nil denominations.
Mr. Hopkins of Illinois earnestly urged the
adoption of the senate amendment , making
nn appropriation of $5OJOOJO. No pledge , ho
said , made bv the city of Chicago , hud been
unfulfilled. Tbo bouse should follow the
leal of the senate and say to the people of
Chicago that they had done nobly and that
"
congress would "patriotically und ungrudg
ingly aid thorn in making this the grandest
exposition over held.
Mr. Livingston of Georgia Jenled that the
proposed appropriation was n question of
jiatrlotisiii. By a private contract the lia
bility of congress uus limited to ? 1,500,000
for the government exhibits , and there was
no precedent for the government going into
partnership with < i private enterprise ,
llc-iidrrsoii I'lixois the Aiiir | pi liitlon.
Mr Henderson of Iowa said that tbo house
was called to face n question which touched
the reputation and honor of the American
people and their great irovornmont. Taero
wns but one question involved in thU debate
the honor of the Amcricin republic. Ho
did not care whether the $ r > , OOJ.OOO was n
Iran or n gift. The only question wns ,
"Shall wo mukt' a success of the great exposition -
position to bo given under the American
Jlngl" For the pirtictilar form In
bleb the appronrihtlon was made ,
bo cared not. This \\as not a paitv question ,
nnd ho wns proud of his country , and bo was
nblo to say tlmt n decided majority of both
parties wns in favor of the imposition. If
the exposition was a eueees'J every nation
would honor tne Hag that Ilu5jd over this
rapi'.ol. This was a common interest , and ho
l > rncd that congiuss would lift it outs.do of
the nirrow channoK of partisan debute.
NV \ Voile IH Not .Ii-ilous. :
Mr Covert of Now York , referring to n re
mark madu bv Hopkins of Illinois that New
York was jealous of Chicago , entered nn em
phatic doniul to the statement. Imperial
Now York did not entertain feeling of
jctlousy towards any municipality on this
continent. Hut Now Yoik stood today Jeal
ous of this : A faithful performance of a sa
cred compact , s.iLredly and solemnly entered
Into. Now York bud noord ox-
inpl that of kindness towards Chicago ,
but on behalf or Now York
lie said mat Chicago , having assumed
the obligation of making the fair n success
nnd ol doing all necessary In iho way of
ilnunclul aid , tbo compact should bo adhered
to and the contract should bo kept. [ Ap
plause. ] If It were true that the covernmenl
iigcnts la charge of the exposition hud gone
bcvond tluir autboiity it would bo a dis
honor to bolster up whr.t they bad done in
violation of law. The tlmo had cotno to put
the stamp of disunproval on these attempts
nt speculation. Tbo next thing would bo
that congress would send a committee to
Wall street to partake In the speculation
llicro. lie failed to son how the honor of tbo
government uas assailed when It refused to
bciomo a partner in u stock speculation. The
function of the govorulKculwus to give exact
justice to all nnd special ptivlloges to none.
( Applauso. |
Other Sp < > ikurH on th Slll > | rot.
Mr. Atkin-on of Pennsylvania offered an
amendment prohibiting the sule of p.to-deal-
iut ; liquors in the lair grounds except for
medical , mechanical nnd scientific purposes ,
nnd ho npokn In favor of the adoption of his
proposition.
Mr. Dolliver of Iowa ( favoring the appro
priation ) welcomed the opportunity to do
what should bo dona to mtku the fair a great
national success and to give the management
Iho encouragement which it require. ! .
Mr. Chipnmn of Michigan opposed the
sonata proposition to close the fair on Sun
day nnd Mr. Atkinson' ) amendment to pre
vent the sale of liquor on the grounds.
After further duoato the committee rose
nnd the house adjourned.
IN TIII : siNAn : .
Dellclrnry Appropriations Occupy the Tlmo
Almost u Itinv.
WASHINGTON' , D. C. , July 10. The last ol
the appropriation bills that to supply tbo
dollcicncos for the tlscal year ended Juno 30 ,
IbtkJ-occuplod about half of today's session
of tbu senate. All the amendments reported
by the committee on appropriations were
acted upon and the bill was then offered for
general amendments. Only u few such ,
however , wcra offered , and the bill wont
over until Monday.
Among the committee amendments was
one requiring tbo socratary of the treasury
to pay 'o the 1'aclllc railway companies tbo
fiUin they should llnd duo to them for govern
ment transportation. Tbo amount earned on
the aided lines is to bo paid Into tbo treasury
on account of the Indebtedness of the com
panies and the amount earned on the unaided
lino' is to bo paid to the companies. No ob
jection was mudo to tbo amendment uud it
uus agreed to without question.
Money lor Inilluu l > | irvilntlon .
An amendment was also agreed to appro
priating nearly $500,000 to pay judgments of
the court of claims in Indian depredation
cases ,
riio only other Important amendment
offcicdwnsa provision for payment ot the
Judgments in the French spoliation claims.
These , It was said , uggrcgated about $1,000-
[ too mid \\oro uproad over forty pages of the
bill ; but action was deferred until Monday
on about half of ihom , on the ground that
they had been referred to the house committee -
too on claln-i , which committee had not yet
reported , All iholtema for the claims of in-
lurauco companies were struck out.
Just before adjournment there wus , In re
lation to a district railioud bill , a display of
migry fooling between Souiunn Harris and
Sundcri ) . The threatened storm , houovcr ,
passed over without any serious cause-
ijucnccs.
After 11 short executive session , tbo senate
mijouriifd ,
MltS. IIAllUISO.Vri IIKAI.m.
( Secretary lliiiruril Drain * u Cruel Kejiurt
Washington Notes.
WAsiiixnTos. 1) . C. , July 10. Today Pri
vate Secretary Hulford was shown the
\S uthlngtou dUpatchl n u Philadelphia pnper
to the effect that Mrs. Harrison Uayln * of
quick consumption , uud that her friends have
abandoned hope of her recovery. Ho said
the report was cruel und central/ all In
formation received from the attending
Physician und others who are now with Mr * .
HurrUon. The president received reports
f i oin Leon Ink n every day from Dr. Gardner
end relatives with bis wife , uud they were all
Of a favorable aud oacouraglng character.
The president will join Mrs. Harrison in the
mountains soon after the adjournment ot
congress. This action is in accordance with
his original plans and Is In nowise duo to any
unfavorable change in Mrs. Harrison's con
dition. The fart that President Hurrlson
and Private Secretary Hnlford left hero this
afternoon for Capo May Is. In Itself , very
positive evidence that Mrs. Harrison is not
dangerously 111 ,
KctnliUlotM Introduced In the lloiini .
In the senate today Mr. Jones of Nevada
from the committee on contingent expenses
reported back a resolution ( which was
agreed to ) Instructing thu committee on Im
migration to inquire Into tbo workings of
the laws on the subject of immigration from
foreign countries , the Importation of contract
labor nnd the laws nnd prevailing methods
of naturalization since the year 1MK )
Representative A. C. Hopkins today intro
duced a resolution in the house asking the
attorney general what stops. If any , have
been taken to indict and punish the members
of the Amorlcan Sugar Refinery company of
the Sutrar trust und the Wholesale Urocers
Association of Pennsylvania and Now Jer-
scv , recently organized ns an adjunct of the
trust , and thereby , says the resolution , formIng -
Ing an Illegal combination to false , control
nnd arbitrarily regulate the price of un ar-
tlclo of food.
Confirmations : K. K. Johnson , receiver ot
public money nt Del Norlo , Colo. ; It. W.
Hoggs , register ot the land ofllco at Ncllgh ,
Nub.
Untidy County Prospects lleltcr Tluiii IJier
Itrluri ) Kiioun.
BRXKKI.MVV , Neb , July 10. [ Special Telu-
gram to Tin : BIE. : ) Ddiidy county crops ate
nourishing. They never bu"o looked so well
since the settlement of thu county as they
do this your. Wheat harvest will open In
full blast next week. There are thousands
of acres cf wheat In this section that will
sell lor nn amount equal to double tbo mar
ket value ot the land on which the crop is
growing. Corn promise. ! to do splendidly.
The tassels in some Holds tire ulready ocglri-
nlng to show. The quantities of old corn
that can bo secu In tbo farmers' cribs und
the growing crop of chlcllv young porkers
which udorn the barn yards is tungiolo evi
dence that the man who staid by this county
is now reaping his rnward.
The esteemed nnd effective boomer hero ,
L. Morse , suggests to Tim Bci : correspond
ent that the general passenger ugunt of the
B. & M. railroad itnmcdiatcl" utrtingo n ser
ies of harvest excursions. Ho further ad
vances thu opinion thatono-half of those who
would bo bioucht to this country by such nn
excursion would never return to the land of
mud , but would locate hero nnd wiito
for tbolr families to como as soon ns possible.
Uundy county oilers crand Inducements to
homo seekers and they should aval them
selves ot iho opportunity before it is too late.
Land will advance in price rapidly during
tbo coming year.
LiiNOTONob. : . , July 10. [ Special to
TIIK Due. ] Splendid rains bavo fallen
throughout LJawson county the past forty-
eight hours , making un Immense wheat yield
a certainty.
HIM NOUH , Nob. , July 10. ( Special to THE
BiiK.J The wheat crop Is being hnrvostod
and is the best over raised in the county and
the largest acreatro. Corn will be below the
average as a wbolo , while some lields are
reported as extra good. All other crops are
in coed growing condition There will not
bo over one-fourth of last year's fruit crop.
Bu i : HIM , , Neb , July 10. [ Special to
Tin. UBC.I Thno was n gooJ rain poster-
day morning. Corn is .somewhat late but IB
doing lineiv and ptoapects are good. Fall
wheat Is good , also rye and barley. Oats
and spring wheat will bo light generally.
except whoiM seed has been plowed In , or
sown \\iih n prtMs drill. Fields so planted
are dolnz well.
Ni. \ \ MGnovn , Nob. July 10. [ Special
to'JiiE Bp.u.J Yestcrduv was the warmest
of the season , tbo thermometer registering nt
12 m. 11 'J = In tbo shade. There \\ero some
indications of ruin. Crops not suffering.
There never were better prospects of "a
bounteous harvest than now.
GxNin , Neb , , 'uly 10. [ Spooial Telegram
to This Uin. : | L.ogan county wns visited by
three hours' rain last evening. Small grain
crop is assured.
jj.M1 ov AH i\tsuiisiox ,
Delegates to the li.iptUt Yoiini ; Puoplc'g
Contention lOnJoj Tlit'iineUeH.
DCTIIOIT , Mich. , July 10. This morning's
session cf tbo Baptist Young People's union
convention opened with an open parli iment
on lecal methods conducted by Key. S. A.
Northrupof Fort Wayne , Ind. , nnd partici
pated in by many present. Following this
thcro was a general discussion of various
subjects. Hcv. David Spencer of Haclne ,
Wls , followed with an address. Questions
fiom tbo question box were read and
unswored , and Hcv. L ) . U. MacLauren of
Now York cltv spoke on the "Baptist Young
People's Union of America. "
After thu unanimous passage of tlu follow
ing resolution , MI adjournment was taken to
enable the delegates to go on an excuislon to
Lake St. Cluirj.
KesoUed. Th it the llaptlst Young Peoplo's
Union of Amerlc.1. In convention assembled ,
inost euinesty eiilU the attention of tbu
C'hrKtlun people of America lo the Importance
of closing the World's l/'oluiiiblun expotltlon
on Sunday , and requests the house of rcpre-
faentutlviK to pa < s the tin.ilu bill uontalnln.
Iho provisions for closing the fair on buiuliiy
nnd prohibiting the s.ilo of Intoxicating
liquors un thu ground.
Ol helentllle Intercut.
Ciucioo , ill. , July 10. The uetlvo sun
spot'in hluh south hcllo raphlo latitude ,
which crossed the sun's central meridian on
July 13 , was the seat yesterday of a very re
markable phenomenon. A photograph taken
with tbo spcctro-hollograph of the Kenwood
observatory at 11 o'clock July 15 showed
nothing remarkable In tbo focuhu around
the spot. A photograph tnko'i ' about 11 : ' . ' !
( central tlmo ) showed , however , an Intensely
bright booK-shapcd form extending across
tbo bridge In tbo spot. In twenty-seven
minutes later the brilliant muss hud become
very complex In form nud nt 1:31 : It hud
practically disappeared. This phenomenon
is n very extraordinary ono und possesses
consldorablo scientific iutcicst , centoting
chiefly in the question what effect will bo
shown in Iho dully records of terrestrial
magnetic disturbances soiurod at various
observatories throughout tbo world.
Alcohol Irom .Moluiict.
Nr.w HIVKV , Conn. , July 10. The Old
Colony Distillery company , which went into
insolvency about a year ao , Is reorganizing
and will soon stuit the plant for tbo purpo < o
ot distilling alcohol from raw molasses , or
"black strap "
The distillery first started distilling liquor
from grain , but owing to high freight rates
was driven out ol the inarkot by western
dlstllluiH. The raw material will now be
brought hero direct from tbo West Indies In
tank bouts. The now company will start
'
wjth n capital of WO.OOO and wll'l bavoumong
its members several well known Uow York
cupltallsts.
Ooniollilituil Their Interenln.
AUUNV , N. Y. , July 111. The Pough-
kcopslo Bridge company , under a certificate
lied with the secretary of state , is organized
under the name of the Pouifhkoop.le Bridge
and Uallroud company , with a capital of
C.r > ,000OJO. Tbo reorganization agreement
contemplate } that tbr New England I'c West
ern kallroad company ulll bo consolidated
with the now corporation. An agreement
attached to the certificate of Incorporation
shims ibat tbo Heading road'is to control the
properties of the consolidated oompiiiiles.
ItaUhiK thu Price of Fruit.
SvxJosr , ( Jal , , July 10. Oivltij to the
shortness of the fruit crop , ospcc.ully aprt-
cms , prices have gonu up coti.ldurably In iho
lust few duys , und orchardUts who held
tholr fruit are netting goon prlooj , Apri
cots , ublch were selling u few days utto tit
IJ-j cents per pouud or WJ per ton , now bring
ftkj per ton ; prunes which told for flO per
ton now bring f30 , with corresponding in
crcaso lu prices for other varieties of fruit.
llen\y Kleotrleal Storm.
CINCINNATI , O. , July 10. Electricians In
tbo Western Unlou telegraph ofllco hero re
port an unusually heavy electrical storm
passing over the country from east , to west *
it was observed first about 10 a. m. on tbo
Now Yoric wires , later on wires to Atlanta
and then at St. Louis. If it were night tbo
fctorm would bo visible la au unusually
bright aurora display.
Prepares to Secure Safety Appliance * for
All Trains.
THEY WILL MLET IN CHICAGO SOON
r.llorts Will Ho Muilo lo lliuo the Uniform
Coupling Hill ) Niitt ItoCnri' CongrcM ,
raised Other Dutlcrn to Ho
WASHINGTONBfncvuoF Tun Den , )
GUI Foi'UTKRVTit STIIKHT , }
WASHINGTON- . C , July 10. \
At the last annual mooting of the Hallway
Ynrdmastcrs association , hull ] In the city of
Lincoln , NOD. , Juno S , 1) ) uud 10 lust , n coin-
in I ttco of ttiroo members on safety appliances
was appointed. Augustus D. Shaw of In-
dlanapolts was selected as chairman of this
committee and was authorized to ask for n
committed from each of the following organ-
Izulons : Order of Uallroad Conductors ,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Unglucor.s ,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen , Broth
erhood of Ititlway Iralnmou , Brotherhood of
Hallway Conductors and Bralccmeu's Mutual
Aid association ,
Mr. Shaw snid this evening : "Tho pur
pose of this action on the purt of the yardmasters -
masters Is that thcso rcpresontatlvcs of vari
ous organisations named should bo called
together as soon as passible , and. Uko some
action rolutlvo to the bill now before con-
gicss , which ielates to the equipment of all
railroad cars and engines used In Interstate
coinmerco with a uniform draw bir and air
brake.
All Drrply Interested.
"This ccrtnlnlv Is a matter that all are
dceoly interostcd In. 1 therefore request
that the railway omplojo organisations
namoi appoint tholr committees without
delay to meet In the city of Chlcaco at 10
o'clock n , in. , September 15 , 1S9J. The sub
ject matter to bo discussed Is , lirst , what are
the most practical and suest : dovlccs lor
use on all railroad cars and engines ) This Is
n matter that concerns us so much that wo
should Interest ourselves in it. Wo demand
n volco on a subject that concerns the rail
road employe to the extent of Ufa and limb. "
Mr. Shaw says that If the railroad em
ployes will only bestir themselves at this
time and lake an Interest In the Chicago
mooting the uniform car coupling bill will
bo passed by congress and , where needed ,
legislation for the protection of lifo and limb
will be had by congioss.
IteiMibllc.iMH Well S itUllud.
With perfect satisfaction tbo selection In
Now York today of Thomas H. Carter of
Helena , Mont. , to bo chairman of the repub
lican national committee , and Chris Magcn ,
editor of the Pittsburg Times , to be secre
tary to succeed the former , who ft-a * selected
secretary bv the national coujmittoo sorao
days ago , wcro received by republicans in
Washington. They are unanimous In the
belief tnat the work of the executive com
mittee could not have boon Unproved upon if
it had had the entiio republican Held to
select from. Both are young , vig
orous men , with n wide ranee
of experience in political management
besides being to the manner born politicians
They are something moro than politicians
ana political managers. They are statesman
and have the power of creating issues. They
will introduce now life Into the eampiign
management , and under their direction thcro
will not only bo harmonious action , but real
republican ability exercised. The election
was made entirely upon the judgment of the
executive comml'ten member * , who used
their best judgment in choosing the character
of nbiliiv spjelally deslied to secure success
for the partv.
It W.IB believed hero that cilhor L. T.
Mlchencr of Indiana or Honrv C. Puyno of
Wisconsin would bo chosen , but Mr.
Michonor has all along insisted that his pro
fessional and other engagements forbade bis
acceptance and the sucrlllco uould bo for
him personally too great unless the vital In
terests of the party seemed imoerilod ,
in which event ho would have ac
cepted. Mr. Payne id at the head
of a syndicate which has recently purchased
the street car systems of Milwaukee and is
now engaged putting in an electric system
under his personal supervision and so his
reasons for not taking the chairmanship
wcro upon business crounds and good.
Him-tho I'liinVII1 Work.
No man has dcclii.cd to eorvo upon the
committee except for some amnlo reason not
connected with politics. Mr. Mlchenor
said this evening of the now officers chosen
today ; " In mv Judgment thopaityisto bo
congratulated on thescleatlon or Mr. Carter
us chairman and Mr. Ma eo as secretary
Tbcyworcoarnestand prominent frlonds of the
president in the management of his cam
paign lit the Minneapolis convention whcio
each nehluvod drsrvcd distinction in the
Held of convention politics. Mr. Carter's
experience in conm-oss and ns commissioner
of the liuiil oftlco has given him n wldo
acquaintance 3 with public man and a
thorough kno.vlcduc of political questions
and issues. He is cool , cautious , bravo and
u man of excellent judgment.
"Mr. Mngeo is conceded to ho ono of the
best politicians In the country. Ho is
shtcwd , tltclcss , easy to approach ni.d has u
marvelous faculty for rightly readme human
nature. Both the chairman aud the secre-
tiirv are strong and actl\a men of good
habits and will provo themselves capnblo of
standing the boavv nervous and physical
strain which nunits them. "
I'liiidn Properly Impended.
Heplying to Senator 1'ottigrow'B resolu
tion calling upon the secretary of the Interior
for information as to what disposition ho has
mndo of thn moneys appropriated to pay the
'
scouts and soldiers of the Sissoton , VYa'hpo-
ton and other bunds of the Sioux Indians ,
etc. , Secretory Noble today sent to the sonata
a statement upon the subject from Commis
sioner Morgan. The commissioner says that
fiorn the appropriation ot ? 1'JO,020 , appropri
ated for these Indians , f-.i'iO wua deducted
to pny necessary expenses Incident to prop-
arutlon of the rolls , embracing 1US
scouts and soldiers , which given each fMl ! ,
which amount Special Agent Elrod is pro-
Ruined to have paid to tbo claimants them
selves Ho says further that Elrod was not
instructed to maks any deduction for at
torneys' claims and that none had been
made , although three or four such claims
hud been tllod In the court of claims and 10
per cant had been withhold till tbo question
of payuiont of attorneys' fees was deter
mined.
Indian Doproilntlon Claim * ,
The first fruits of tbo legislation secured
largely throuirh the efforts of Senator Pad *
dock during 1800 , In the passage of the act to
provide for the adjudication uud payment of
claims arising from Indian depredations ,
wnro rcall/cd , so fur as the sonata is con
cerned , today by the adoption of the amend
ment of the coimnltloo on Indian deprecia
tions , presented and In the charge of Senator
Paddock to tbo general deficiency bill , appro
priating MTS.'iY. , in payment of Judgment
rendered by the court of claims for a largo
number of such claims , the tint ones taken
up and adjudicated by the court. Tbo north
western senators are naturally greatly
pleased with the uotloa of the icnato
Senator Paddock toauagnd the matter in
bit usual quiet and effective way , and
secured tbo adoption of the proposition after
a horl content. Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire has boon a flrmund most valuable
friend throughout all this legislation. Senator
Shoup. chairman of the committee of Indian
depredations , has been a most faithful
guardian of all these Intercuts la charge of
his committee , Tbo deductions under sec
tion U of tbo Indian depredation act are
tbo amounts which may bo cuurced
to funds In tbo treasury belonging
to tribes that committed depredations which
can only bo charged when In tbo judgment
of the secretary of the Interior tbo require
ments for money for educational purposes ,
etc. , for thn triboc affected will adroit of It.
This 1s to bo immediately ascertained br the
secretory of the interior and deductions , U
nuy , cerrlllod to the secretary of the treasury
and judgments paid at teen as possible.
.MlKiullanouiu.
Walter Irving Stout of Friend , Saline
county , ban been recommended by Senators
Puddock und Maudorson for the naval cadetship -
ship ut Annapolis , to till the vacancy caused
by the failures of appointment bclnrf made
in tbo Third district by want of applications.
Young Stout U tbo son of a t riend vdltor.
Secrotury Chandler today dis
missed the contest of ifeaao Hnos against
Lewi * Allen from Ilapttjf4 y , S. .
E. demons was tou y * appointed postmaster -
master at Pine Mills , Auscatlno | county ,
Iowa , vlco II. Hehbovn , resigned.
A. C. Pancoits of Asyjutd , Neb. , Is at the
St. James. 'n ] j , "
The nomination of Frank , , W. Uopgs , regis
ter of the Ncllgh land oQlco , was confirmed
by the senate today. . ,
In the CMIO of Ossa J. Boll , from Blackfoot -
foot , Idaho , the asslstaut secretary modlllod
the commissioner's desisujn and directed
that there bo n rcadjadlcxi ipii. Should Boll
fall to furnish nccessayy proof bis declara
tion will stand cancelled. , j , P. S. H.
M\VS : run TytAitMV. )
Complete ! , l t or Changes In the Itcgiiliir
Jc-rtlce.
W iitN-oTov , D. C. , July 10. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : BEE. I The following nrmy
orders tvoro Issued todays
Leave of ubjonco from Angus' , 1 to include
November 0 was granted Captain Kichard
Vance , Nlntcenlh Infantry. A board of
ofllcors is appointed to meet at the call of the
president thereof at the presidio of San
Francisco for the examination of such
ofllccrs as may bo ordered bcfoio it to deter-
mlno their Illness for promotion , Dotiill for
the board : Colonel William U. Shutter ,
First Infantry ; Colonel William Al. Graham ,
Fifth artillery ; Lieutenant Colonel Finncls
L. Tower , surcoon ; Major Charles Brontronl ,
First Infuito i Captain Leonard Wood ,
assistant surgeon ; First Lieutenant
John McClollan , Fifth arttllorv , recorder.
The following named ofllcors will
report In person to Colonel William U.
Shaftor , at such tlmo as ho may designate ,
for examination by the board us to tholr Ill
ness for pro.notlon ; Captain U.ivld H. Ken-
zle. Fifth artillery ; Second Lieutenant John
K. MeMnuon , Fourth artillery ; Second Lieu
tenant Gustavo W. S Stevens , Fifth mill-
lury. First Lieutenant Christopher U' . Har
old , Tblrd artillery , havlne uoen found phys
ically disqualified for tbo duties of a captain
by reason of disability incident to the ser
vice , is retired from active service as a cap
tain of artillery. The transfer of Second
Lieutenant Frank A. JJarton , Twenty-fourth
infantry , at his own loqucst , to tbo cavalry
arm , with the ran.c there , irom Juno 1 , mid
his assignment to the Tenth cavalry are an
nounced and ho wilt proccol to join his
troop ( II ) , lit Fort Buford , N. 1) .
Leave of absence on account of disability ,
granted Captain Thomas F. Qulnn , Fourth
infantry , February 15 , Is extended tbroo
months on surgeon's certilieato of disability.
Leave of absence for ten days , to take * effect
about AueustS , Is granted Captnln Henry
G. Sharpe , commissary of subsistence. First
Lieutenant En D. Fenylc , Second artillery ,
.vill report to the commanding ofllccr ut Fort
Ulloy , Ivan. , for assignment to duty August
1 as adjutant of the light ni tlllory battalion
nt that point to relieve Fi.st Lieutenant
Alexander B. Dvor , Fourth artillery , of that
duty. Lieutenant Hoylo will oo entitled to
thn pay and allowance of a mounted ofllcer
while serving ns battalion adjutant , his
duties as such requiring him to bo mounted.
First Lieutenant Stephen M. Tootp , Fourth
artillery , U relieved from duty under the
Intercontinental Hallway commission ap
pointed under the act approved July 11 , Ibl'J ' ,
and will join his propar tat ion. Leave of
absence for ono month with permission " to ap
ply for extension , is gronted"First Lieutenant
Stephen M. Footo , Fourth artillery.
Captain Hugh O. Bro.vn , Twelfth in
fantry , will vis.t the camps of the Missouri
National guard nt C irthago during the weeK
commencing July 17 , and at Brooklleld dur
ing the week commencing August . Cap
tain Edward J. McCIornand , Second cav-
nlrv , will visit the several compinios of the
militia of Ail/ona territory at auch time
as may be designated by the governor of the
territory. First Liculcnant Aleck D.
Schenctf , Second artillery , will \islt the
camp of battery A , St. LoAus Light artillery ,
at Merimac Highlands during the wceK
commencing July in for Mich duty ns may bo
required of him by tbe gavornor of Missouri.
AmoiiK ; .Military AIoii.
General Brooke and Captain Avers loft
yesterday for a tear of the posts in the west
era part of the department.
Captain P. H. Uay is demonstrating the
fact that Indian soldiers know how to snoot.
Although his company has been orcanued
only about ono year , hd has six men who
bavo earned the distinction known as sharp
shooters. In all probability some of ibe In
dian soldiers will bo among tbo distinguished
marksmen at Bellevue next year.
"Indians are naturally good marksmen at
short range , " said a prominent oQlcer at the
department headquarters today. "They are
accustomed to shooting with guns that have
fixed sights and then they guess at tbo dis
tance. They are very accurate at estimating
distances but they have never learned to
maniuulate the adjustable sights on our
modern rifles. Thov can't do much with the
long range guns with adjustable sights but
they may learn In time to bandlo thorn.
When they do learn the proper use of the ad-
jdbtublo sa-hts .hen the paleface soldiers
will have to look to tbctr laurels In the de-
pai tmcut of marksmanship. "
General Biooko wns asked yesterday if ho
thought the striking minors and the soldiers
in Idaho would have a clash of arms.
'That depends very largolv , " be ronlled ,
"upon the amount of whls.ty these miners
got hold of. Whisky under such circum
stances can make a grout deal of tioublo. "
Will Ki-purt JUi-xt. Wt'i'k.
WASIIIXHTOV , D. C. , July 1(5. ( The com-
mittco on the HomaMcad troubles -vill report
next week andnsklcivo to investigate the
Pinkcrtou system during recoss.
Want Xi'\v DlriTtorn Aip | lntoil.
GitASi ) FOIIKX , N. D. , July 10. The Cham
ber of Commerce mot last evening and in
structed a committee to memorialize Gov
ernor Bourlio to appoint u nc'v board of
World's fair manager * to succeed the board
resigned. Other cities and towns in the
btato .vill bo urged to unlto In the memorial.
Similar action was taken by the North Da
kota Millers association now in session hero.
Anxlniig lor a Itaco.
Piiii.Anci.iMiM , Pa , July 10. The Mc-
Bridge Bros. , the owners of the steam
yacht Yankee Doodle , have issued a challenge -
longo to any boat in the world for a rnco on
the Delaware river , ono or two mlles , for any
prlzoorpurso that may bo offered. In the
meantime they claim the championship of
America of the record of thn Yankee Doodle
for ono tnllo In 3:01 : 3-5.
Another KlU'ct of thn Turin .
MAVKAIIP , Mass. , July 10. Notion was
posted in tbo mills of the Assibot Manufac
turing comnany this morning notifying the
operatives that on and after Julv 11 thulr
pay would bo thn game for fifty-eight
hours as heretofore for sixty hours , and that
wages tor piece work will be advanced 13
per cent.
Thn tax rolls of the city and county of
Now York for 1891 shows a total real estate
valuation of $ liO-M4 ! ( , ( ' > oi : , and of personal
property , $ 'Uir : : 0OT.V mm total valuation ,
real and personal. Is * liB S'JOI,27.r. , uf.ich Is
an Increase of $42 , KW.SW over tbo assess
ment of IS'JI. Tbo tap ( fate which Is to bo
fixed for tbo vear on , tbo first Monday of
September will bo but fl.S5. Last year It
was $1.00.
_ _
An English scientist ihas made a calcula
tion about the tlmo it ; , ivlll take to fill the
world with all the poqplQ It will hold. Tbo
present population of the glebe Is supposed
to bo about l,407,000ftO. ; ( und ho estimates
that the maximum' OT the Inhabitants
that can bo sustained upon the entire land
surface of the earth H > 3,0'H ' , 000,000. and that
this figure will bo readied A. D , 'JOTJ.
Cblc 70 has 1,208,000 Inhabitants , It contains -
tains 180 square mile * of territory * Itlm 7.10
hotels , .VII newspapers , " ( miles of line boule
vards , ' . > , ! % ) miles of public parks ( moro than
anv cltv In the world ) , live union depots and
thirty-five railway line * varying in length
from 7,000 to M miles ,
DKA fllS.
Kiitlcet i > f jlrt nnc * rltt wnlfrthti ht.nl ,
crnt ; c cli < iil < tUlnn < ll line ten crnt .
K'IllHr.lliU-liirIeH : ! : J , bchr'ebor , aued 17
years , 10 mnntliH.
LAI'S llnby LRP , nso 1 day.
KO\V VAUNKKK-AKU : 5 months.
MAIUI.NUiU-Ano : I month , & days.
Niitlttfuf firellnttar lai unittr thlt Ittal.ftftv
ntt ! ftich ( Ktdltfainul lltieten ttiiti ,
01iilHiiMAN-To : : the wife of William Olor-
sulm in , n dituchtur.
YANIKN8TKINEll-To the wife of Otto Van
duimfluvr , u daughter.
IN REVIEWING A REVIEWER
Secretary of Agriculture Rusk Pays His
Respects to Ohnccellor
SCORCHING REPLY TO A CRITICISM
Strictures on llnlletln No. 8 , Uhlrh Con-
crrnril Prof. Millings' HOK Cholrru
I'nn icru , Itrlni ; 1'orlli Char
acteristic Letter from Mr. Ktisk.
\V\MIIVOTOV , D. C. , July 10. [ Special
to TIIK BUB. | Secretary of Agricul
ture Husk has written to Chancellor
Canflold of tbo Nebraska university n letter ,
of which the following is n copy :
Dr.i'iUTMn.NT or Aoiticui.Tnir , WtMiivn-
TON , D. C. , Julv 11. To Mr. James H. Can-
Held , Chancellor of the Statn University ,
Lincoln , Neb. : Sir Senator Paddock tin *
Just rofonod to mo , for my views thereon ,
certain statements made in your corre
spondence \\ith him In record to farmers'
bulletin No. 8 , Issue 1 oy this department ,
which statements are coupled with the ex
pressed disiro on your part to know
"whether the head of the department has
rnally given the matter aav thought ntull. "
\ouc.\prcsscd your views in ieiard lo
this bulletin quite fully in your letter to mo
of the ! ) d ultimo , in which you cover till the
points which have been brought to my
attention In your correspondence with the
senator , nnd also alt contained in the news
paper letter of Mr Charles 11 Walker on
the same subject , u copy of which you en
closed for his Infuiimuion , the whole subject
can bo sufllciontly considered by ttnnsmll-
ting nn answer to your letter to mo through
the hands of Senator Paddock.
Your loiter would have been answered
sooner had yo.i not stated explicitly that you
wished mo to understand that It wns rot to
ba the ground of lengthy or nraumontatlvo
correspondence , nnd that \ou would bo satis-
lied to know that it was in mv hands and re
ceiving duo consideration. As , in spite of
this statement , you have not boon satis-
lied to Icavo the matter in
that condition , I shall" now reply
nt such length us scorns desirable to demon
strate the misleading nnd Inconsistent posi
tion which you ussumu , and the untenable
character of jour suggestions.
Ahont IMItlilK Kueli Other's Iteports.
In your letter to mo you complain because
bulletin No. 3 was not submitted to you for
revision before it was printed , and you cntl-
clso the statements made In some of the let
ters from citizens of Nebraska which weia
published in that document. Under any cir
cumstances vour complaint might bo consid
ered ns extraordinary , since it has never been
nnd is not now the custom for tins depart-
m nt to submit its reports or bulletins cither
to tbo ofllcors of thu stnto unlvoisillos or to
those of the state experiment stations to bo
revised or modified In advance of publica
tion. I am not nwaro of anv reason why
this should bo expected. Tnc reports of the
Nebraska experiment station cortalnlv have
not been sent to mo for revision or modifica
tion , although the relation of the experiment
stations to this department might readily
suggest such a course , and some of tbo
bulletins issued from that station bear upon
many pages the evidence of needed revision.
So lar from adopting such a friendly
course , the publications issued from your
imtho-biolog'cal laboratory arc lilted with the
most glaring misrepresentations of the valu
able scicntillo work done by the bureau of
animal Industry , nnd apparently no cffoit bus
been spared to express disparagement in the
coarsest and most offensive language. After
these assaults , insulted by jealousy und
egotism , hud been carried on through the
bulletins of your station and for the news
papers for yours , the director of the
patho-biological laboratory assailed me per
sonally in stinlliriy abusive lansuago be
cause I would neither turn over u pan ot thu
bureau's appiopriation for his use nor per
mit bun to dictate in to the manner In which
the investigations of this dcp irtmcnt should
bo conducted. Considering these facts , you
need not DO surprised at my astonishment
when you seriously proposu that I submit
the bulletins of the bureau of animal
Industry lo bo revised nt your stu
tlon In advance of publication.
If a moro preposterous propo
sition was over mndo to the department it
bos certainly not been brought to my atten
tion. 1 might have applied tor information
in regard to the inoculations made in Nebraska -
braska as you intimate , but If the malignant
hostility shown toward this department oy
the par-ion In chargn of your patho-blologlcal
laboratory had not prevented mo fron ? apply
ing to that source , tbo unrcliaolu character
of the statements Issued by him would have
been sufficient. Comparing bis statements
made from timeto time with letters received
Irom the unbiased citizens of Nebraska , I
have no hesitation in raying that even if
the latter were made from memory they deserve -
servo the creator confidence.
.Mlht | > l.lttli ) Itooni to Kle ) ( .
It must havo- been evident to you when
your letter wns prepared that your criticisms
of the bulletin In question did not touch any
essential part of it , nor did \ou point out
any inaccuracies or errors in tbo statements
mudo by its author. The greater part of
vour communication is devoted to proving
that thcro wcro Incorrect statements in four
of the letters published which werj written
by Nebraska lurmers. As thcro wcro about
ilfty-livo letters printed , most of which were
written from memory , the writers n.ust
have been unusually uccuruto if there are
only four of them in which you und Mr.
Walker can find statomenu to criticise.
Whoroyou both misrepresent nnd try to
mislead your readers is In the studious en
deavor to convey the impression that the
loiters mentioned were used In dr.iwlnir the
deductions of the bulletin as to the fal'uro of
Inoculation. For this tharj can bo no ex
cuse , as the object of publishing this corre
spondence , Is verv plainly stated , namely , to
snow that there had been many horns Inocu-
la'cd during IbsS nnd It-b'.l and that many
looses Irom inoculation occurred dui ing tnoso
years , of which the public up to this tlmo
tins hud no information , nnd to Indicate that
tno sentiment among the farmers In the
districts whcro inoculation bus been most
thoroughly tested Is overwhelmingly ugainst
the practice. The lirst two conclusions con-
not bo contested , nnd from the correspon
dence of tbo department I feel tmro that the
lust ono Is equally correct. It may suit the
purposes of the half do/on persons who are
Interested In sustaining Inoculation to draw
the attention of farmers from Ibe fncti u bich
provo ft to bo u humbug , by assuming euch
unbounded Indignation over errors In a low
letters which could bo excluded without af
fecting in tbo least the general -conclusions
of the bulletin. Uut unless I nrn greatly
mistaken ns to the intelligence of
Nebraska farmers , this plan of throwIng -
Ing dust lu their eyes will not succeed.
SurprUInc KUdeiico of O\eriljlil.
What I full to understand is , how you , nn
educated man , accustomed to the examina
tion und analysis of written nnd printed
documents , could deliberately ieiioro the evidence -
donco of the failure of inoculation as pre
sented in the bulletin , and , selecting this
correspondence for your text , ask me : "Is
this the best ovldonco that , can ba socuted
for the establishment or tbo overthrow of
scientific experiments ) Is ttiU n sclcntiUc
method of invomzatloni" With the bulletin
before you , did you not know that tbu neces
sary ovldonco from scientltlo experiments
was contained In iti And If you did know
It , what was the objool of asking such misleading -
loading questions ,
Concerning your intimation that letters
favorable to Inoculation were omitted from
the bulletin , I have only loiofcr jou to the
letters of such man as J. W , Coulter , D. P.
Aehburn , S. ( J. Bassott , Hugh Gibson and
Thomas Pelfer , all ot whom siata tlmt they
tire believers in Inoculation and whoso letters
appear in the bulletin. There were a largo
number of letter' , both for and ogaiiut iho
practice , which were omitted because they
were written entirely from a tbeoiotlcul
point of view , and made no reference to any
facts In support of the position taken , or for
other equally food reasons.
buino Singular htiitomunti Pointed Out.
Ono of those , elgncd by S. W. Porln , the
foreman of your state farm , was so evidently
written with tbo Intention to deceive the
reader that It wns not given , and out of con-
tldsratlon for your state it wan not oxpotuu.
Mr. Pcrln does not hesitate to make tbo
positive aisorlion that , no hogs had been
lost on the farm after inoculation , und yet I
fool sure you will not question tbo statement
that in August of last year forty-eight beud
of swlno were Inoculated on tbo
state farm , thirty-eight of which
afterward * died from un outbreak
of disease set up by tha Inoculation , nnd thnt
three out of four not Inoculated contracted
the disc tie from the Inoculated animals and
nlso died. Can you explain why this un
truthful statement was made by the foreman
of vour state farm I
You uro qulto debt In your imumptlon
thnt I am not willing to lo : untruths or half
truths appear on the record of the depart
ment during my administration. Are joil
equnlly particular In regard to the state
ments made from yourpalho-blologicnl labor
atory I If so , bow can yo i sustain the di
rector lu his assertions that Inoculation tins
been an unqualified success I Why do vou
Ignore tbo main points In bulletin No. 8 ,
which proves Inoculation to bo a failure and
dangerous lo the stock Interests of the coun-
tiy , and confine your criticism to dutnlts of
correspondence which do not affect the gen
eral conclusions n pirilclel
You admit that iho Inuculntlou of the Hess
herd wns u failure ; but when you assort that
"No ono hna ever denied that it was n fall-
lire , " you ceitalnly nro In error. Did not the
director of your laboratory assort bnloro thu
National Kwlno Brecdois association , No
vember II , isxg , that his assistants hud inoc
ulated 1,000 hoes in Nubiaskn , nnd thnt theiro
had been no fulluiol Did not the sninu per
son asset t In his lirst pamphlet on Inocula
tion , published abotil n year lutor , that over
1,000 hogs had been Inoculated In Nebraska
since ISM ) , with n toported loss of but rlrvon
out of tha whole number ) Did ha not say ,
over tils own sicnaturo in 'Inr. OMMU Bir : ,
under date ot January T , isui , unit "Uvory
ono who Is acquainted wltti the true
facts knows that these herds reported
ns killed nt Surprise , Neb. , lu lib1 * , were all
disoised at tbu tlmo they woie Inoculated I"
How do you Imrmonl/n these different state
ments with each other , or with the letter
of Mr. Hess which stales that the boss
wcro perfectly health when Inoculated , und
only showed sickness eight or ten davs
nftorwnrd , or with the explanation which
you now deslio mo to ninko ! o the effect
that the inoculation was n failure , bill llmt
"It wus an early oxpoiIment , nnd tu bo
weighed us such i '
It is thcso Inconsistent nnd , In some
cases , plainly untruthful statements , which
bnvo oinanatc'l from the patho-biologtcal
laboratory , which hnvo caused mo to losu
nil confidence in the work which is done
thuic , or the iccoulshlch are kept of It.
For this reason , If no other , I should doi'llno
to huva the bulletins of this department
modified so us to ngroo with those records.
Itccnnl Is Agin Him ,
But these are bv no means nil the Incon
sistencies which I might point out. I will
only take the time to refer to ono other. In
the letter in Tin : OMMU Br.n already men
tioned , it is stated : "This year over JI.OOO
have been inoculated in Nebraska " * *
Of the H.OOi ) I do not kno-v of ono being in
jured bv Inoculation , though ona such case
In sucking plirs is reported , and ono failure
in the same herd , " etc. AI the tlmo this wns
written the writer cirtalnly know of the
failure on the str.to farm , nnd within llvo
weeks ha published a statement from his
records admitting a loss of lib head as having
occurred in herds which wcra hcnlthv
when inoculated. Docs it not oi'-ur
to you that it might bo well for
vou to oxpuiimcnt in revising the statements
made from jour pntho-blologicul laboratory
before you undertake to edit tbo bulletin !
Issued by this dcp irtmcnt I
Again , you nro Indignant because there Is
n "blank silence" in the table on page 11 In
regard to tbo experiments at Gibbon ,
although any ono cr.u see from a summing
up which follows ttio table tnal no lossoi
wura counted ugainst tha hord- located at
that placo. If you were examining this
subject Impartially , why did > ou not call my
attention to iho fact that Iho author of bul
letin No. s omitted to give tha
numbers that were lost in Mr.
HinckleVs herd ! How do s It hip
pen that In all of the efforts
thnt have been made to elucidate the ques
tion u ! inoculation nnd to enlighten this de
partment you have fulled to quote vour roe-
ords In rc-innl to this easel From n bill
Introduced in the Nebraska Ingisluturo ask
ing compensation , I learn thai Mr. Hlncl-
lo.\'s loss wns oighlv bond. This would
make tbo total loss nti : , Instead of10' ) as
given on pngo 11 of the bulletin the per
centage of loss being fi't'j InsteaoVof Ti'-f.
In other words , the lalluro was even moro
disastrous tnan was cl timed in the bulletin ,
Somu I.OH8CH Xot Chill Kt'd.
Another example of generosity on the pirt
of the author of bulletin No. S is seen in his
summing up of the losses which followed
the inoculations mudo under the direction ol
your patho-biologlcal laboratory during IS'JI.
In this summing up ( pigo.'IT ) the heuU
which II was claimed wore nllectcd before
Inoculation were excluded from the
calculation , but in n comparison of
tha loss among inoculated and tinlnoc-
ulatod nerds in thu state it is plain
thai no such exclusion should hive been
mado. Taking all the herds Inoculated in
Ib'.ll from which figures have so fur been
given , and 1 Und the loss foots up 12 } per
cent. , instead of 10 per emit , as given In bul-
lolin No. S. In addition to thb there nro at
least six or noven herds In which losses oc
curred from which Ihu llgurcs nro nol nl
hand. No ono can consider inoculation 10
hnvo been n .success from ibis nnowirg , when
tbo losses among Iho inoculated herds of the
state onlv readied per cent. In otbor words
tno inoculation of il.OJ , ) hoes In IS'JI , Instead
of reducing the percentage of lo'B , Increased
It three-fold.
I have ulrendv written man tlrin I In
tended , but in concluding I would remind
you ngnin that the falluiuof inoculation was
sufficiently demonstrated in bulletin No. 8 by
incontestable evidcnca not contained in any
of tha correspondence to which you and Mr
Walker rufor. This failure i demonttrnted
by the careful scicntillo tests made by the
bureau of animal Industry ; bv the inocula
tions mndo in Nobraskn in ISbS , whore over
half of the animals opcrntcd upon afterwards
died ot cholera ; by tha complete fnlluio to
introduce inoculation ns a nrivaio enterprise
nt Chicago ; by Iho loss of half of tbo single
Inoculated hogs tested In the Poorln distil
leries ; by Iho still moro disastrous experience
at Davenport ; by the communication of dU-
cnso to tha experimental hogs inoculated nt
Ottawa , III , nnd by tbo Nebraska inocula
tions of Ib'JI. ' There can bo no dispute nboul
the fuels In these cases , and the attempts to
explain nwav these , facts have only made the
weakness ot the cnso moro apparent.
TniHlH No Doillil U Iell.
If you considered it a duly to Inform mo at
such length of Iho supposed errors In detail
contained In the Iccteis published in bulletin
No. 8 , why do you not consider It n still moro
pressiine duty to inform the fanners of No-
brusku and of the country of the misleading
statements which have been Issued from the
iiatbu-blologlcal laboratory in regard lo
Inoculation t They bavo boon misin
formed not only In icgard to
details. but by broad statements
that Inoculation was n great success , al
though II has proved a miserablu failure.
Mnny who have accepted these statements
nnd acted upcn them have lost their hogs by
so doing , und tinny others are llablo to moat
with similar misfortunes from tbo same
cause. In publicly sustaining your labora
tory , In nraising ils work , In endeavoring to
show that this dcpattmunt Is wrong on this
important question , you assume a very grave
responsibility tor tba results.
Hoping thnt thin letter will relieve your
mind of doubts as to whether "the baud of
tbo department bus really given tbo mutt or
any thouuht ut all , " I am , very icspoctfully ,
J. M. HUSK.
II.IA'JN III * till.tltlt ,
Count Arthur Dillon llrlnft Suit AgiihiHl
thn Hennett Culiln Company ,
Nuw YOHK , July lit. Count Arthur Dillon
of tbo duchy of Luxembourg has brought un
action in the supreme court growing out ot
the Commercial C < iblo company. Dillon says
ho Interested John W , Mack ay and James
Gordon Bennett In the enterprise , and bo
brings tbo present suit on an alleged agree
ment by which the company was to Issue
1,000 shares of preferred stock with an
assured dividend of 15 per cent. Ho ,
Mnckay and Bennett wcro to get among
them 6UO of thuso shares in cquul proportions
tions ,
The plaintiff states the capital of the com
pany has been Increased , 11 rat to W.OOO.OJO
und then to $10,000,000 , und bo wants bin
Sharon of tbo preferred stock , which Dillon
claims bavo never been Issued originally , and
ho further wants tbo proportionate ! Increase
by occasion of the increased capitalisation.
ratal llullroud Accident.
fir.i.ii , Cul. , July 10. A freight
train was wrecked near hero this morning by
running Into a number of cattle , liraliomati
Donnelly won fctally scalded , two tramps
killed , and It is uollcvcd two were uio under
the wreck ;
IT WAS A GREAT SCHEME
How n Ohicigo Oompiny Proposed to Maka
Mouoy Rapidly ,
WOULD DEAL IN HONDURAS FRUIT
Hut ii .N'ehnnkix Cltlirn railed to Aiiinsi n
rortinio anil n Thnronch luxrutlK'itlou '
lcMlltod Compromised t lilted
Stutei Consul.
Armmi , Neb. , July 10. ( Special to Tun
Bii.J : : Tin ; Br.i : of July 14 contained n telo-
iram from Washington staling thnt W J
Stevenson of Aurora , nctltie through Sonu
tor Mjndenon , had tiled formal charges
against thu United Status consul at Huntui ,
Honduras , Central America , allowing that
the oftlclal obtained money ut Amoilcftii citi
zens by fraud and deceit under cover ut pre
tending to open a largo platittulon on n rivet
in Central Amoilcu , and thnt tliu Oop ivtmont
of State would caiuo an Investigation to ba
iiuau ot tha consul's action. The story ot
the attempted fraud , ns learned from Mr.
Stevenson , is ns follows :
Nearly n year nno there was barn In Chicago
cage u coiporutlon which was clulstcncj
"The Burcliurd-Hondurus Fiull company , "
which bud for its object the cultivation and
marketing of tbo osoulcnt banana.
ItViis it tirtmt Schrmi' .
Shortly prior to tbo orguuiuiloti of the
company , lion. William C. Burehard , for
many years United States consul ut Htiatan ,
Central America , arrived in Chicago , uud
presented to an eager public n great schema
for quickly mmmlng a foituno. By hit
statement it appeared that bo had secured
Irnm the Hondurancan government a ifranl
of10.UOJ acres of choice banana lands on Uio
north const uf Honduras , title to which would
bo secured by the payment to the government -
mont of ' , ' 5 cents per aero.
A ciroulnr issued by Mr. Burehard Illus
trated the plan ot operations and thu rapid
ity with which glittering millions would uo
acquired.
Among the many who were Induced to taka
stock In Iho concern wus W. J. Stevenson , n
lawyer of Aurora.
Before investing very heavily , however ,
Mr. Sluviinson concluded to thoroughly In
vestigate the matter , and for that purpnso
sent W. W. Shonburger , ox-shorllT of this
county , to Honduras.
Among tbo many advantages claimed by
Mr Burehard was that Singrolayii , at tbo
mouth of the Sungrelaya rlvar , on the
Burehard concession , " was iho best natural
harbor on the north coast of Honduras , ana
that the river flowing through the grant
would afford excellent facilities for lha
transportation of fruit , lumber , etc , from
the Interior to tbo ooast. When Mr. Shon-
berger arrived at Sanirolaya ( now culled
Purl Burehard ) ha found n low shelving
const absolutely destitute of harbor facilities ,
the water boinir shallow for n distance vary
ing from u half mile toiimllu from the ooacn.
Ho nlso found thu Sangrclaya
liver to bo u narrow stream , so
crooked that It was difficult to ascend It in a
iall tow boat. Upon Mr. Shonhorger's re
turn Mr. Stevansoti demanded a return of
tbo motioy which ho had invojlod In the on-
terpri'-o.
Pioinplly Itorumlud tin * Monry.
With commendable promptluulo tils do-
mind was complied with. Mr. Stevenson
then filed with linn. Ch.irln.i F Mundorsou
specific chatxtH against United States Con
sul Hon. U'ilMain C. Burehard , in wh'cb ' ho
alleges that thit gentleman bud used hl.s of
ficial position so defraud Amoilcan cllUoi.s.
He further charges him with 'Mtundlng in"
with the Hoaduranoitn uovornmont "lo his
own udvuntago and to tha disadvantage of
the United States. "
lie refers to the case of an American citi
zen who bus bjcn confined in Jail ut Truxillo ,
oil u charge of murder , for iwo years , to
whom tbo govoinmcnt dnnv iho right ot
trial. That Mr. Burehard , although knowIng -
Ing the fact , bus never made any demand
for bis iclcuso , or trill , nnd has never re
ported tbo innttor to Ibis government.
Senator Mandorson linmoJIulcly brought
the mutter to tno attention or the secretary
of state , who at once took tbo necessary
stops to have a thorough Investigation.
Dniiily CountJ'H I'air Kxlilhli.
BIXKII.MVN , Neb. , July 10. [ Special to
Tin : BEII.J W. W. Cox , superintendent of
agriculture , caused u moating to ba hold
Thursday morning in Buiikclmnn for tha
purpose of organizing an auxiliary World's
fair association for this county. The meet
ing wus well at tended by Dundv county's
best citizens and was an enthusiastic one.
Tha orgam/.ition wns perfected und the fol
lowing gentlemen ulcctod as offlccis : L.
Morsu , piesidunl ; J. H. Kingsecretary , nnd
S. I ) . Forsvtho , treasurer. Coinnilttccmon
to repicsent each precinct wcro appointed.
The objjct of tins imociitio.i 1's lo hnva
Oundv county represented at the World's
fair bv a magnitluont inhibit of her oirricul-
lurul and horticultural products. The citi
zens of this county nro progressive , public
spirited und ahvo lo their interests and tba
counties of custom Nubrusku will bo com
pelled to got up early in the morning if they
equal or uxcol Dundy county's ' World's fair
exhibit.
f.ittliiKton'H City Council \Viir.
LKMNOIOV , Nob. , Julv 10 [ Special to Tn
BII | Luxlngtnn U Indulging in an city coun
cil warof largo proportions , ovcrtbo construc
tion of city water woiks. Tin voters of the
city liuvu nxproiscdlhcmiulvei almost unani
mously lliroo different times in favor of tholr
piompt completion. Al tha last council
meeting two momhor.s , desiring lo leave In
order to break the quorum , u-'io forcibly de
tained while thn bulunco of the council preceded -
ceded to sell tha bonds. The morrv light bus
now reuchud lliostugo that u quorum cannot
bo secured , nud such feeling tins duvetoped
among tbo council members that Iheir resig
nation and a now election scorns to bo ttio
only wav for Iho long Buffering cill/cns to
have their wishes for Improvements carried
out.
Chiidron'u DUiistroiM I'lro.
CIIAIIIIOV , Nob. , July 10 [ Special Tclo-
gram to TIIK BKK. ] The Joiry Muhoner
Furniture company's ' store was today tbo
sccno of tbo worst ( Ira in this city's History
for some years. Lois on the building is
aboul 510,000 ; Insuraneo'as follows ; Spring
field , ; . ' ,0l)0 ; London and Lancashire , f..OOJ ;
Fireman's Fund , ( lOoU. Loss on the stoutt
about $15,000. Insurance : Norwich Union ,
SJ.OJO. Commercial Union , ? i.00a ; North
British , $1,000 ; Liverpool , London und
Globe , fi.OOO ; Hoyal , fJ.OOJ ; Connecticut ,
(1,000 ; Hartford , * 1,0JO ; Gorman American ,
Jl.OOJ ; Sun Fire , $ JOOJ ; Continental , Jl.OUJ.
Captured un l capecl l.unatlr.
NiiiiUAsici Crrr , Nob. , July 10 { Special
Telegram to Tin : BKK.J An escaped lunatlo
numedS Illlam Hickion , from tbo Lincoln
asylum , wus captured in this city and re
turned to tbo asylum today.
HK.ll'V WK.tTIIKIt OA 111K L.llCKti.
\VrccliK ol V 'H C | unil I.OIK of IIf i ) Ito-
imriixl I'roiu On Ko ,
OHWKOO , N. Y. , July 10. Ono of the se
verest midsummer storms that over swept
over Lake Ontario began last night at 3
o'clock und continued until this mornlnir ,
when It amounted almost to a hurricane. A
largo number of vessels und barges wcro ou
tbu lalto and all suffered severely.
The schooner Lady McDonald of Kingston
wus blown ashore near Fair Iliivon und will
be a total loss.
Thu tug Chieftain , with four coal laden
barges und u tow , undertook to make Oswovo
for sholler. Thu tow purled aul : all tba
barges went ashore a short distance cast of
Iho harbor.
An unknown votscl U reported ashore llvo
tnlli-s down tha lake.
The tow of flvo bargca bo/onjlnt' to tb
tug Wilson broke uway from tur rif.jj
miles up the lako.
Tbo tug I'roctor lost her tow at VS o'clock
this morning oust of Charlotte.
Three tow boat * , with four coal-ladon ,
barges , bound tor Montreal , loll here at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Nothing bu *
boon hoard from them , and It U fouiou thai
the low und ull bund * are lost.