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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1894)
' ' P IpPKi'Mff'Ji ' ° ' ' " " " "i fi " fS -J- 4S t i TflplOpfc | T .411,111 il ( . Aflr-- AJ . * - > , f - * - - , - - - * - = . THE OMAHA PALLY BEE : SUNDAY. MAY 6 , 1894 TW NTir PAGES. UNDER THE FLAG OF ERIN * Holed Sons of the Emerald We Gathering for the Contention. AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN IRISH HISTORY The Ancient Order of Jltlwrnlnn Conven tion Which Will ConTrnp In Thl < City .Aliuont Itrady to Itpgln Drill- ration * . The fortieth annual convention of the 'Ancient Order of Hibernians will convene In this city at noon , on Tuesday. A number of the delegates arrived In the city yester day and are m klng their headquarters at the Paxton. A large number will reach the city today , and between now and the time that the convention is called to order fully SOO delegates , representing every state and territory In the union , and all the prom inent provinces in Canada and Ireland , will be present. Many questions of national Im portance ore to be considered , and this will be one of the most interesting meetings which nave been so far held. Among the more Important members who hare arrived are ; M. F. Wiibere. Phila delphia , national delegate ; M. J. Slattery. Albany. N. Y. , national secretary ; T. J. Dundon , Columbus , O. , national clerk ; P. J. O'Connor , Savannah , Ga. , chairman national directors , and Directors Edward D. Sweeney , Cincinnati ; J. M. Clarke. Milwaukee ; J. P. Murphy , Norwich , Conn. ; T. P. O'Brien , Hamilton , Ontario. Delegates P. J. O'Brien , St. Louis ; J. J. O'Connor. , St. Louis ; M. A. Buttmer , T. J. O'Brien , Savannah ; M. J. Marsh , Washington. The Philadelphia Tourist club will arrive tomorrow morning , headed by Philip Dol- lard. as will C. P. Johnson of Atlanta , J. T. Konan , wife and daughter of Savannah , and Patrick O'Neill of Philadelphia. This li the fortieth session , the last meet ing having been held In New Or leans. The convention will be held In Morand's hall on Harney street , near Fifteenth , and will be called * to order by the national delegate , who occupies about the same position as president of the na tional order. The meeting will continue lor four or more days , and on Wednesday afternoon an open resslou will be held in the Exposition building. Among the speakers at this meeting will be M. F. Wll- here , P. J. O'Connor. O'Brien J. Adktnson , Tort Huron. Mich. . M. D. Fanslcr , Logans- port , Ind. : Ed D. Sweeney. Cincinnati ; "John FItzpatrlck. mayor of New Orleans ; Con gressman Weaddock of Michigan and J. A. Kilroy of Lincoln , who will be the chair man of the open meeting. THE LOCAL COMMITTEE. The local committee having the arrange ments for the convention In charge are James F. Scullen. chairman ; John Nangle , secretary ; John Rush , treasurer ; J. A. Kll- roy , S. D. ; T. J. Mahoney. S. T. ; Martin McKcnna , C , D.J Richard O'Keefe. William McKenna. Ed Qulnn , P. J. Rtley , Patrick Ford , John Powers. J. J. O'Rourke , T. J. Flynn and E. J. Dee. Before the conven tion is opened the delegates and local divi sions of Hibernians will march through the principal streets , and the marshal of the day. Pohn Powers , has Issued the following orders It will be necessary for delegates attend ing the Ancient Order of Hibernians conven tion to secure badges on May S , at S o'clock n , m. , in the cafe of the Paxton hotel , as the delegates will form on Fourteenth street south of Farnam street and march to St. John's church , escorted by the Ancient Order of Hibernian Knights of Omaha and military band , where solemn high mass will b& offici ated. ated.They They will move promptly at 8:30 a. m. west on Farnaai to Nineteenth , north on Nineteenth to Dodge , west on Dodge to "Twenty-second , north on Twenty-second to Cast west on Cass to Twenty-fifth and north ' on Twenty-fifth to the church. After the services the delegates will pro ceed to convention hall , where the business of the convention , will be taken up. Before the open meeting is held In the Ex position hall Wednesday afternoon a grand parade will be held and the marshal win" give the order to march at 1 o'clock. The parade has been arranged as follows : THE LINE OF MARCH. First division forms on Fourteenth street north of Harney , the right resting on Har- ' ner. and composed of platoons of police , division No. 7. Ancient. Order of Hibernians , "military" committee on arrangements , del egates to national convention , headed by Military band and In charge of John Glad- inlch and T. J. Mahonej- . Second division forms on Harncy street east of Fourteenth , M'lth right wing resting on Fourteenth , composed of visiting uni formed companies and Hibernians , Knights of Omaha , Philadelphia Tourist club and vis iting Iowa delegations' . In charge of P. J. Klley and J. G. Sullivan. Third division forms on Fourteenth street south of Harney , right resting on Harney , composed of Nebraska divisions of the An cient Order of Hibernians , in charge of Pat Ford and Ed Brennan. Fourth division forms on Fifteenth street 'couth of JIarney. right restlncrm Harney , composed of divisions 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 and G , Ancient Order of Hibernians , of Douglas county , in charge of T. C. .Douglas and M. Flaherty. The parade will start promptly at 1 o'clock p. m. from Fourteenth street ; going west on Harney to Eighteenth , north on Eighteenth to Farnam. east on Farnam to Eleventh , south on Eleventh to Howard , cast on Howard to Ninth , north on Ninth to Douglas , west on Douglas to Sixteenth and north on Sixteenth to Nicholas , counter-marching on Sixteenth to Capitol avenue , east on Capitol avenue to Exposition hall , where the open public meeting will be held. " The above named aids will look after their respective divisions , and see they are placed according to order. A big banquet has been arranged for in the Paxton hotel en Thursday evening. Be fore the feast the visiting delegates will be driven over the city and shown the sights In carriages , the drive ending in front of the hotel. The list of toasts Is a long one and speeches will be made by Congressman Weaddock. Messrs. O'Connor. Wilhere , O'Brlwi , Fansler and other prominent per- rns. OBJECTS OF THE MEETING. The most Important feature that will come up for discussion is the matter of insurance. At present it is optional with the states to either adopt or reject the Insurance adjunct. According to the sentiment expressed on the streets yesterday there will be an effort made to nationalize the Insurance and make It a binding part of the body politic. With this goes the recommendation that the insur ance be made $2.000 instead of $1,000. There will be In the convention many delegates Jvho will strenuously oppose the annexation -Insurance as a statutory requirement to became" a Hibernian , aiid on this question will bang a serious and complicated discus sion , Since the New Orleans convention the adoption .In some states of the insurance , as a necessary adjunct to Hibernlanlsm , has provoked various objections and they have become so aggravating that this convention will have to investigate and settle the con troversy. The revision of the constitution will not develop anything startling. There are some contradictions and omissions which w.Ul be corrected. Another ques tion that will concern the conven tion Is the feasibility of privately Inviting members , who lire remote from the meeting place , for the purpose of enabling them to create and organize new divisions. The election of officers will engross the attention of the. delegates. It Is generally understood that the present national delegate. Maurice F. Wilhere of Philadelphia , is not a candidate and would act accept the ] K > nitlon again. This month conclude * his five-term tenure In office , and his conduct has been entirely satisfactory. There are three national offices to be filled by , the convention national delegate , secre- ta r ; and treasurer. The present officers are : M. F. Wilhere , delegate : M. J. Slattery , Btert'tary ; T. J. Dundon. treasurer , and IU. Her. John S Fulej of Detroit , chaplain. Mr. Wilhcne is a citizen of Philadelphia ; Mr. Slattery belong * to New York , and Mr. Dundon. Columbun , 0. POSSIBLTS CANDIDATES. It Is the Intention of the Nebraska con tingent to uttetnjn. to secure one of tbe e tfficaa , ted It will work for John Rvuh for She portion of national dolrgate , or one of the oilier national otScec. Among those men tioned In oonnwUon with the coming electieti are John McCarthy , the Minnesota lumber king ; Martin J. Wa4e of lews City. John a F tzp lrlek of New Orleans. M. D. Fans- lar. Logansp rt , Ind. ; O'Brien J. Adkleoen , Port Huron. Mich. ; Patrick Sweeney , Ohio , and P. J. O'Connor. Savannah. Ga. These name * properly belong to the we t and Wrtith and their chief eastern opponent will be Patrick 0'Nrlll , county delegate of Phila delphia. An effort will be made to chinpe tli- title of national del gate to that of president , which position the delegate practically oocti- ple * . As this Is an honored position , there may be several candidate * , but BO far the man who li receiving favorable mention from eaitera and southern delegates Is P. J. O'Connor of Savannah , Ga. Mr. O'Connor has been an acthe worker in be half of the Ancient Order of Hibernians for the past twenty year * and has organised twelve divisions in thre * southern states which now have a membership of over 1.800. He Is one of the leading attorneys of Sa vannah , and graduated from a. law college In Washington. He has been a leading fig ure In the political circles of bis home city and has served In many official capacities In the Catholic orders. He Is a very pleas ant gentleman , and soon makes friends through his genial personality. His friends think that he will receive the unanimous support of the eastern und southern dele gates. It seems probable that National Secretary Slattery of New York will be re-elected If he so desires , as will National Treasurer Dnn- don of Ohio. Bishop Foley will likely bs requested to again accept the chaplaincy. Regarding Irish matters the convention will certainly pass resolutions that will not be delayed In their passage across the At lantic. The delegates will have nothing to do with factional contentions , but will ex press a i.trong and vigorous recommendation Uiat the wounds be healed in the parliamen tary party and that all factional disputes cease. HISTORY OF THE ORDER. Every true Irishman knows the history of the organization of the Ancient Order of Hibernians , which has for its standard motto : "Friendship , Unity and True Christian Char ity. " but there are many who have never heard of the hardship which the Irish pa triots had to undergo during the Infancy of the order. The Ancient Order of Hibernians was first organized In Ireland when the infamous penal code was in operation , and but little of its early history is known. This Is due to the fact that if any one of the patriots were caught carrying such documentary evidence they would be punished by imprisonment or else be put to death. Its founders were in spired with the purpose of keeping alive the spirit of Irish nationality , so dear to the hearts of Irishmen , and to protect the priest hood in the exercise , of the religious func tions. In the dark days of Ireland's past history , when the Catholics were aljowcd no place In which to worship and when a price was put upon the head of every priest and teacher of Catholicism , the Hibernians struggled for their faith and home land. After a protracted struggle a more liberal spirit began to prevail and toleration began to take the place of bigotry. Since that time the scope of the order of Hibernians has changed , and Its banners now bear the message of unity , friendship and charity , with peace end good will to all men. These are the true precepts taught by the Hibernians , and no true member of that organization will foster any spirit of prescription against his neighbor , whatever his race cr creed. The order was transplanted to the United States in 1S3C , but for years it was hardly heard of outside of New York. In a few years , how = ver , It began to branch out , as the Irish people began to settle in this coun try , and now there are divisions of the order In every state and territory in the United States , and Its members are numbered by the thcusands. The benevolent feature of the order marks Its strongest point. To care for the sick and bury the dead , and benevolence to all humanity has placed the order In the front ranks of charitable and benevolent Institu tions , and the contributions made by the Irish during great public calamities and toward charitable work and institutions has made the order all the stronger in every civilized country Inhabited by any number of Hibernians. The order is gaining great strength in the south and west now , and its membership Is rapidly Increasing. GPJCA51.YO O.V TILE COJLL STKIKE. Wide DifTercnce of Opinion Krgnrdlug the Outcome of the Conference , PITTSBURG.- 5. The coal strike con tinues , and it is exceedingly hard to Bay what the final outcome will be. Both sides are waiting. The operators who are friendly to a conference to secure uniformity of rates expect that A settlement will be reached at the Cleveland conference. They are notifying customers that they will be In a position to supply the trade as usual. This is based on the assumption that , though all operators do not agree to pay the price , the miners will be able to secure such a large proportion of mine owners who do as to justify their allowing the mines of the friendly operators to start and keep Idle other pits until the uniform rate Is secured at them. It is learned that this meets the views , of the miners' officials. They have sucoecded in totally stopping the output In western Pennsylvania and Ohio , and are gradually getting out all the miners else where. They believe all the miners will be Idle by May 15 and will co-operate in any agreement which might be reached. COLUMBUS , 0. . May 5. John McBrlde , president of the United Mine Workers of America , today issued a call to the organiza tion and those affiliated with it to send one delegate to rach five hundred members to a national convention to be held in Cleveland , O. . at 10 a. m. on Monday , May 14 , prepara tory to meeting In joint session with coal operators from all the states the following day.DECATUR DECATUR , 111. , May G. The miners in Decatur have decided to quit work by a vote of 143 to ST. DALLAS , Tex. , May 5. The miners in the Indian Territory , who number 3.000 , have been on a strike for several weeks. They have been peaceful and quiet until within the past few days. Now serious trouble is expected. The strikers are getting ugly and made demonstrations which had neces sitated the calling out of the entire Indian police. TRINIDAD , Colo. , May C. All the miners in thU region , except those at Agullor. have struck In sympathy with the eastern miners. Strong guards are maintained at the mines. WELLSUURG. W. Va. . May 5. The min ers In this section have decided to come out tonight. ThU means the closing down of four glass factories and several other factories employing 2,000 men. It will also cut off a part of the Panhandle's coal tup- ply. ply.GREENSBURG. . Pa. . May C. About 2 o'clock a number of striking miners from Madison , Arena and Ocean mines marched to Carbon and endeavored to force the men out , but with the aid of deputies they were driven away. Some bald and dangerous threat * were made by a number of them , but only two of the parties , Charles Oleson and Thomas McCartney , were as yet "ar rested. They are now in jail. KNOXV1LLE , Tenn. . May 5. The strik ing miners In the Coal creek district are gradually returning to work. Today all the men who originally held out against the strike were back at work. CAM1JU1A. IKON WOKICS TO STAKT UP. Work for I'lic Tliousaud M n Other Labor Items and Note * . JOHNSTOWN , Pa. . May D. Monday mornIng - Ing many departments of th Cambria Iron company , now idle , will resume operations and nearly 5.000 will be employed. CHICAGO , May C. The United Ordfr of Bricklayers and Stonemasons has decided not to join the international union of the trade. This action is based upon the allega tion that past affiliation has always left the Chicago organization with a depleted treasury , due to the heavy demands made for the maintenance of strikes outside the city and the fact that unions in New York city obtained the Initiation fees from Immlgrantit landing there and sent the immigrants on to Chicago with a traveling card. CHICAGO , May E. Five local union * of the American Railway union at Pullman favor a demand for a restoration of the wages paid in 1E91. Foiling to secure it they may strike. The averagu dally earn ings ot the men are said to have been re duced frutn $2.90 to $1.85. Lamplighter will not start In the Brooklyn RULES FOR FUR SEALERS President Pnblishos the Begnlations Which Are to OoTern the Sealers. DISCRETIONARY POWERS GIVEN OFFICERS Object of the Itule Kot to Work Hard- uhljw , tint to I'rotcct SrnK and Those Ignorant of ttir I'rorUlmi to lie Let Off WASHINGTON' . May C. The president today signed and promulgated the regula tions to govern vessel * employed In far seal fishing during the closed season of 1S94. They are as follows t Articls I Before the Issuance of a special license the master of any sailing vessel pro posing to engage In fur seal fishing shall produce satisfactory evidence to the collector of customs Uiat the hunters employed by him are competent to use the weapons au thorized by the law. Article II Fire arms , nets or explosives shall not be used for taking or killing fur seals in that portion of Bering sea described In the net approved April C. 1894. Article III Any vessel having a license to huiit fur &eals in the north Pacific und Bering sea ta t cf ISO degrees longitudr. be fore entering Bering sea and at Unalask. muirt report to a customs officer of the United States or to an officer of the United States navy , and have all arms and ammunition the-efor on board secured under seal ; such shall not be broken during the time seal fur fishing Is prohibited. In order to protect vessels found within the area of the award between April 13 and August 1 , but which have not violated the law , from improper seizure or detention , the masters thereof may , by applying to the commander of any cruiser or to a customs officer and declaring that she intends to proceed to a home port , have her sealing outfit secured under seal , and the officer placing this seal shall enter the date of the same upon her log book , with the number of sealskins and bodies of seals then on board , and said seals shall not be broken during the time fur seal fishing is prohibited , except at the home port. Article IV Vessels now in Japanese waters or on the Siberian coast west of ISO longitude , wishing to return to a home port , may enter the port of Alton and there have their sealing outfits secured under seal and the fact entered on their logbooks. Such seals shall not be broken except at her home port , and such seal and entry shall consti tute a sufficient protection against seizure while It Is within the area of award on its direct passage to such port. In case a scal ing vessel as described above shall , before leaving a Japanese port , declare her Inten tion of returning to a port of the United States , the United States consular officer of the port may , upon application of her mas ter , secure her sealing outfit as described above. Any vessel as described above may obtain such license to hunt for seals in Bering sea upan application to the United States consul officer in any port of Japan or from the customs officers at Attou , after furnishing the evidence required In article i. Article V Any vessel in a home or for eign port wishing to engage in fur sealing in Bering sea shall obtain a special license from a customs officer of the United States , if in a home port , and from a consular officer If in a foreign port. Before sailing the sealing outfit of such vessel may be secured , under seal , upon application as hereinbefore provided , and the fact noted on her license. Such seal shall not be broken during the time during which seal fishing Is prohibited. Article VI Vessels now at sea in the pur suit of fur seals and found not to have violated lated the law In reference to the taking of fur seals and which have not cleared from any port on or after May 1 , 1S94 , will not be seized solely on account of not .having spe cial license .or a distinctive flag. Article VII Every vessel employed in fur freal fishing as above described shall have , in addition to the papers now required by law , a special license for seal fishing. Article VIII Every sealing vessel pro vided with a special license shall show under her national colors a flag of not less than four feet square , composed of two equal pieces , yellow and black. jolneQ from the right hand upper corner of the fly to the left hand lower corner , luff , to the part above and to the left to be black and the part to the right and below t be rellow. Article IX The authority hereinbefore granted to United States consular officers , customs officers and officers of the Unfted States navy may be exercised by like officers in the service of the government of Great Britain , except in the ports of the United States. Notice Officers herein authorized to carry out the provisions of the act approved April C , 1894 , will observe that the objects of the foregoing articles are to prevent the unlaw ful destruction of fur seals and to protect from unnecessary seizure or loss sealing vessels already at sea in Ignorance of the provisions of the act or unable to comply strictly with its requirements. Should cases occur which are pot here definitely provided for , they must be dealt with by the officers with the above mentioned objects in view and as nearly In accordance with the law and regulations as possible. These regulations are Intended to apply only to the closed season of 1S94. and are not to be regarded as a complete execution of the authority conferred upon the executive by the act of congress. GROVER CLEVELAND. May 4 , 1S94. These regulations are in principle and de tails substantially the same as those the British government will issue. IN UXnCimVlS SESSION. After Some Unimportant Business the Scn- Hte Clum-fi the Doorfc. WASHINGTON. May 5. Owing to the fact that half of the session was to be held be hind closed doors In the consideration of executive business. Mr. Harris decided to make no attempt to take up the tariff bill. Immediately after .the reading of the Journal the senate proceeded to the consid eration of bills on the calendar. A bill for the relief of the citizens of Idaho , Oregon and Washington who rerved with me United States troops In the war against the Ncz I'erces and the Bannock and Shoshone In dians , and the heirs of thoi > e killed In that service , was passed on motion of Mr. Slump , republican oi Ohio. One or two unimportant private bills were passed , after which Mr. Hunton. dem ocrat ct Virginia , agalu called up the bill to remit the penalties on the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius , which he has made Inef fectual attempts to have passed for some days.Mr. Mr. Chandler opposed It as a "one-Elded and losing business for the government , " but It was passed. Then on motion of Mr. Harris the doors were closed and the senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. At 3:45 : p. m. the doors were reopened and the senate adjourned. AVllwm Content DlepoM'd Of. WASHINGTON. Way 5. The senate dis posed of the Wilson contest temporarily while In executive session this evening by referriug It back to the committee , And then took up the treaty negotiated between this country and1 Russia for the protection of the Russian seals. Senator Morgan made a statement an to the reasons for the treaty , and it was referred to the committee on foreign relations. ConUrnn-U by the Senate. WASHINGTON , May 5. The senate In executive session today confirmed the fol lowing nominations : Postmasters : California William L. He- drlck , at Fresno ; H. W. Brown , at Red Bluff. Washington John T. Laraway , at Centralia. _ _ _ _ Mall Iloblxtr Arrntrd. WASHINGTON. May & . Postoffice Inspec- tor-in-Charge Mason of Helena , Mont. , has notified the Postoffice department of the ar rest today of W. B. Marsh for highway rob bery of the mails at Houston , Idaho , last June. Marsh has , been held in $1.500 bail. Iluulau Treaty in the Sraitte , WASHINGTON , May 5. The treaty nego tiated by Secretary of State Qresham and Prince Cantacusne. Russian minister. It an agreement looking to the protection of the Russian seals 08 the con : of the island of Siberia , where seal ft thin IT will be pe rmittpj by rtttgcls of the United U Ui. It is under stood the limit Is fixed at ten ratfcs. The treaty was sent to the statute whllr It was In executive m-jftlon , end ) Lh only definite ac- tten taken upon It waiMlo refer It to ths committee on foreign , r > laUons. Senator Morgan took occasion tpjbriefly explain the document. . , TO OKANT KltftlTOF WAT. AHrn A k that North , and South Ralliray Itp Allowed to CrtwVthe Kroervatlon. " WASHINGTON. May 5. ( Special Telegram to Tb Bee. ) Senator Allan today Introduced a bill granting to the 'Eastern. ' Nebraska Gulf Railway company flcnt of way through the Omaha and Wlnnebaco Indian reservation In the state Of Nebraska. Senator Allen aim laid before the senate petitions of the officers and members of the following building and loan associations : Wohoo Mutual of Wahoo , Stromsburg Mutual of Stromsburg. Equitable of Grand Island , Cozad of Cozad , Dawson County of Lexington , and Schuyler of Schuyler. remonstrating against the clause in the Wilson bill proposing a tax on the Income of building and loan associations. The senateIn executive session today con firmed the nomination of William K. Fox as postmaster at Plattsmouth. Postmaster * have been appointed as fol lows : Nebraska Mooma , Sheridan county , J. S. Klff , vice J. P. Moomuw , resigned ; Nesbltt , Logan county , Lafayette Bolkom , vice J. H. Hasslnger , resigned ; Perdum , Thomas E. S. White , vice F. E. Brown , re signed. Iowa Frankvllle. Wlnneshlek county , James Conovor , vice J. J. Van Way , re moved ; Mercer , Adams county , A. J. Boyle , vice E. C. Shtmmin , resigned : Washta , Cher okee county , J. D. Parkinson , vice J. C. Brackney , removed. Commodore S. B. Coulson of Yankton , S. D. . has teen recommended to the secretary of the treasury for appointment as supervising inspector of steam vessels for the Fifth dis trict. TVESTKRN TENSIONS. Veterans of the Lute War Remembered by the General Government. WASHINGTON. May C. ( Special to The Bee. ) Pensions granted , issue of April ZL were : Nebraska : Original Edward W. Thomas , Grand Island , Hall. Original widows , etc Lucy McDougal , Nellgh , Antelope. Iowa : Original George Snell. Council Bluffs , Pottawattamle : Charles Mclntosh , Belmont , Wright ; George W. Rltnour. East Nodaway , Adams. Renewal and increase Joseph Detrick. llarshalltown. Marshall. Reissue Luther C. Barritt , Humb lit. Hum- boldt ; George O. Harrison , Manchester. Del aware ; Henry Carter ( deceased ) , Sidney. Fremont. Reissue and Increase George N. Price , West Burllnrton , Des Molnes. Orig inal widows , etc. Nellie Meyer. Burlington , Des Molnes. South Dakota : Original Daniel W. Buell. Sioux Falls. Mlnnehaba. Increase and reis sue John H. Barnes , Aberdeen. Brown. North Dakota : Original Thomas Hayden , Hanklnson , TUchland. Wyoming : Original Martin O'Connor , Cheyenne. Laramie. Original widows , etc. Harriet C. Parker. Lanfler. Fremont. Colorado : Original Jacob Darm , Trini dad , Las Anlmns ; William Covert. Gold Hill , Boulder. Widows , Indian wars Mar tha A , Hodges , Denver. . Arupahoe. Issue of April 22 : Nebraska : Original Rlley Westcoat. Wood'River. Hall ; Lewis Caley. Fllley. Gage. Renewal and Increase .yfred B. Wroth. Omsha. Dougla ? . Reis sue George W. Woolspy ; Superior , Nuck- ells ; Robert E. Patrick. vDmaha , Douglas. Iowa ; Original Theodore SI. Dunbor , Perry. Dallas ; Oren Thornton. Des Molnes. Polk ; Samuel B. Frost. Little Sioux , Harri son ; Georpe Knouf , Norway. Benton. In crease William T. Holmes. Elliott , Montgomery gomery- Reissue Jacob Hclcqmb. Com merce. Polk. Original widows , etc William WJiittemore ( father ) . Bowen , Jones. Res toration and reissue Margaret A. Small. MarysvIIle , Marion. South Dakota : Original widows , etc Belle R. Dempsey. Bristol , Day ; Carl Bar ton. Sioux Falls , Minnehuha. Montana : Original Charles C. Sargent , Nashua , Dawson. Colorado : Original Jonas B. Holmes , Baton , Weld. . Increase George W. Boll , Akron , Washington. Eastern Democratic JSonntom Not Satisfied with tlio Concessions Offered. WASHINGTON. May ' 5. The senate ob served the tariff armistice agreed upon be tween the democratic and republican leaders by going Into executive session , tak ing up the appointment of George W. Wil son to be collector of internal revenue In Florida. The promoters of the tariff com promise were not so busily encaged upon the new bill as yesterday , and It is under stood that practically all the amendments have been put into shape and are about ready for the printer. Some question has arisen as to the advisabilitv of the amend ments to the woolen schedule which have been requested by the eastern democratic senators , and it now appears probable that the concessions will not be BO large as were at first Indicated , If Indeed thev are ma terially changed at all. The members of the finance committee have not failed to call at tention to the fact that the high duty pro vided for woolen manufactures was In part compensators' for the duty placed on wool. their raw material. The advocates of the change are unyielding In their demand , however , and they are bringing strong party Influence to bear to secure the conces sions they have requested. They sny that no ad valorem duty can be named suffi ciently high to afford the protection neces sary to them and ore standing out stiffly for a compound duty. There has been considerable discussion or the attitude of Senator Irby on the tariff question , and some people have regarded his absence from Friday's caucus as signifi cant. He was In the senate today for the first time for about two weeks , but he- said today that his absence was due to Illness. When reauested for an Interview on the tar iff he declined to dls-uss the ques'lon. Uestroyiiiir the Smngclers * Opportunity , WASHINGTON , MayE. . Representative Grain's resolution calling on the State de partment for the negotiations between the United States and Mexico In regard to reci procity and the abolition of the free zone Is the result of an agitation in the south west for the removal of trade restrictions between the two countries. Mr. Craln says the free zone was originally established by Mexico .is a means of bulldlnir up towns on the Mexican border and retarding the se tle- ments on the Texas Bide. The zone is about twenty miles wide and extends the entlra length of the Mexican boundary. Within this zone the people are almost entirely ex empt from the tariff" tax of Mexico. This has proved very beneficial to the people of the zone , but It has failed of Its main ob ject In building up Mexican towns along the border. On the contrary , the American towns have advanced faster than the town ? south of the Rio Grande. The exemption of the zone from tariff taxes has made It the headquarters for smuggling. Duty-free goods are Imported from various foreign countries and are then smuggled across the border Into Texas , whera they compete with domestic products and with Imported goods paying Unl'ed States dutfes. Mr. Craln says the sentiment on this side of the border Is for the allolltlon of the free zone and the peculiar 'privileges ' Its people enjoy. His resolution Is with a view to bringing about the abolition. Recnlationn for S'eal I WASHINGTON. May 5. The Navy de partment today Issued the regulations for the government of vessels employed in fur seal fishing in the North Pacific ocean and Bering sea. There art ) nine articles. The first requires the masters of sealers to em ploy only competent hunters. The other ar ticles provide in brief against the use of firearms in sealing , for\placing tinder the customs seal firearms and sealing equip ment when vensels desire to pass through the clewed zones homeward bound ; for the Issue of special licenses ; to- hunt seal In Ber ing sea by United State ; * customs or consu lar officers ; for the exemption from seizure of vessels now at sea without licenses or distinctive flag If they hnVe not violated the law In reference to Healing ; for a distinctive flag far Healers of blauk land yellow diagon ally joined , and for the exercise by British officers of the authority-granted to our own naval , customs and consular officers. The regulations apply only tp the season of IKK , Count and fioodrUc Survey Transfer. WASHINGTON , May { . Considerable at tention is being given by the house naval affair * committee to Representative Enloe's bill , to transfer the work of the coast and geodetic survey from the supervision of the Treasury department partly to the hydroBi-aphlc ofn > e In the Navy department and partly to the geological survey In the Interior depart ment. The proposed transfer of the bureau has awakened the liveliest sort of Interest among those affected , and much time of the committee has len taken up In hearing ar guments pro and con. They have not yet Ueen concluded , but will , be resumed at the next meeting of the committee on TuewJay. Secretary Herbert Conmiff West. \VASHINGTi > N\ May -Secretary Her bert left Washington today on a trip of In spection of the Mare Island California navy > iBIII the naval station on Pucet sound Wash. With the secretary vrre Irts daugh ter * . Mr * . Herbert and Mrs. Mhro , till mVce. Mrs Edith Unfit and lil * naval ntde. Lieutenant Heed. The party probably wit be atxwnt from Wanhlnclon about a month and on the way to the Pactftr coat wit vlfMt the Yellowstone park ajx * other points of later-rt. _ Anti-Option Illll Itrmily. WASHINGTON , May -Chairman Hatch of the honw committee on aaricultur * lias his report on the anti-option Ml on by the rornmltte * . and will report It to the hou * probably early nxt week. It will b called up for conmderatlan when an opportunity offers , and Mr. Hatch hopes to see It enacted Into a law before congress adjourns. He expects to get the right of way some time next week and d"s not an ticipate that any protracted discussion will follow. He believes that It will be passed by the house with ri * on bl * promptness and that the senate will take similar action. "It looks. " he s ld. "as though the measure would this lime succeed in Retting UJKJII the statute books. All of the objectionable fea tures which have heretofore caused the anti-option bill to be BJitagontted have be n eliminated. The only sections which will now meet with any reriou * opposition are those relating to bucket shops. The regular dealers In futures arc pretty well satisfied with the bill. " _ Stamped 1'iiTrlojx * Contractor * Waiting. WASHINGTON. May S. The award of the stamped envelope contract Is pending and may be announced this afternoon. The award was expected to be made last Wednesday , following a hearing before the postmaster general on a protest to the con templated award to the lowest bidder. Mr. Purcell of New York , the lowest bidder , and representatives of the Plimpton-Morgan company of Connecticut , have remained In the cltj- awaiting the decision. Partial rujuirnts on Naval Vessel * . WASHINGTON , May S. The president has approved the joint resolution providing for partial payments on vessels partly con structed. under order of the secretary of the treasury. Doinmtlc. The shortage of coal has compelled the Peru , III. , electric railway to shut down. James Lee , a prominent cattle man et Lee's Summit , Mo. , has committed suicide. Mose Fair was hanged at Chester. S. C. . for the murder of Ike Wilson five years ago. Hugh McCormlck and his grandson were struck by a train and killed at Watertown , N. Y. The Jury In the case of T. C. Shaw , the Manltowoc , Wls. , bank wrecker , failed to agree. B. F. Beatty of Pittsburg has been ar rested for embezzling the funds of the Order of Solons. A silver nugget .worth J2S.OOO was re cently taken out of the Smuggler mine at Aspen , Colo. Trouble between Julio Hunt and Colonel Moon , rival ferrymen , near Albuquerque , is likely to lead to a shooting scrape. Simon Landecker , cashier In a New Tork men's furnishing store , has committed sui cide. He came from San Francisco. The assessors at Whltinsvllle. Mass. , has raiied a storm by assessing bicycles , of which there are SOO in town , valued at $25.000. The body of LelancI T. Crocker , the Denver newspaper man who disappeared March 22 , has been found in the Grumry hotel at Denver. Constable Lindsay of Comber , Ont. . was shot and killed while trying to arrest Jo seph Truski. Truskl then shot and killed himself. William Whalen has been convicted of swindling by a St. Louis court. He Bold a large quantity of mining stock which proved to be worthless. It now transpires that Mr. McCleary , who dlod , recently at Salt Lake , was really niroied Odea , and that he ran away from Coshocton. 0. , some years ago. . In the Meyer murder trial in New York numerous witnesses testified that Meyer col lected the life insurance money on the pol icies of several of his alleged victims. House committee on naval affairs has re ported favorably the amendment to the naval appropriation bill authorizing the con struction of twelve new torpedo boats. Attorney General Hancock of New York is engaged in an effort to break up the Tin trust. Frederick Haberman , who owns a factory on Long Island , put him up to It Final charter papers have been granted at Springfield to the National School of Electricity , an organization growing out of the electrical department of the World's fair. fair.The The Michigan supreme court has decided that the governor had the right to remove Warden Parsell of the state house of cor rection , and that gentlman will have to let go of the teat. The Colorado populist state central com mittee , It is claimed , fixed up a slate by which J. Warner Mills Is to be the candidate for governor and Wcite is to be the party choice for senator. Since the congressional salaries for Anril became due members have been busy filing certificates showing the number of days of absence , and < ew of them admit that they were absent at all. A colored man has been arrested at Salt Lake on the charge of murdering Charles Wilson in Chicago last Thanksgiving day. The trouble arose over a difference of C cents in a card game. Michael Schwab , the pardoned Chicago anarchist , Is to speak at a public. meeting at Sheboygan , Wls. . today. He Is now back at his old job , writing blood-curdling ed itorials for the Arbeiter Zeltung. Vacuum Fermentation company's rights , franchises and patents ore all to be pur chased by an English syndicate , which al ready controls many of the breweries of the company. The price is $1,000.000. Illinois prohibitionists at Bloomlngton nominated a full state ticket. They adopted a platform declaring in favor of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquors , woman suffrage and free coinage of silver. H. S. Boutclle , who was supposed to have ; one to Europe to escape giving testimony in the Oakes investigation now in progress In Chicago , has turned up. The investiga tion will be resumed on Tuesday , when It Is expected he will be present. Steerage rates to Southampton have been reduced to $1S and to Queeiistown to $14 by the American line in order to meet the cut of the German lines. English companies are now exported to be forced to follow suit. Ex-Councilman Armstrong has been charged by a member of the select council Jf Allegheny with offering him $300 to vote lor the appointment of Gustave Kaufman of the firm of Ferris & Kaufman to be en gineer of the new water works. He is under arrest Captain Sampson. Prof. Alger and Lieu tenant Ackerman hare been appointed a commission to Inquire whether there were any further Irregularities In the construction } f armor plate at the Homestead works than nave already been discovered and for which penalties have already been levied by the Navy department. Forty masked men visited a wedding larty at Lester. Minn. , and demanded $10 to buy drinks for the crowd. Only $3 was offered and a fight followed In which guns were freely used. Three unknown members of the visiting party fell , but it is not known whether they were killed. Some of the leaders have been arrested. 1'orrlcn. A cold wave has spread all over Scotland. Borley Bros. , cotton spinners at Man chester , have failed. Nothing Is known in well Informed circles n Berlin of any proposed conference over the 3am oan question. The Matin at Paris announces that Queen Victoria will go to St. Petersburg to attend the wedding of the czarewltch. Twenty workmen , who were arrested at Vienna for the May day disturbance , have been sentenced to imprisonment. Dick Burge of Newcastle whipped Harry Nicklet of Lambeth after twenty-eight rounds with four-ounce gloves at the Bollne- broke club , In London , for a purse of 00 and the ten-stone championship , Will Let In Sluny Kalooiii. DES MOINES , May 6. ( SpectU Telegram to The Bee. ) The city council last night , contrary to expectation , decided by a vote Of C to 4 to fix saloon licenses at $1.000 , which Is only HOO additional to the amount fixed by the state law. It was supposed .he amount would be much larger. Under .he above rule there will be a large number of saloons opened up. The ItOO is to be In advance , balance Quarterly. JOYS FOR RITCnEN QUEENS Simply Press the Button , Electricity Wfl Do the Best A REVOLUTION IN THE COOK ROOM a New Atlantic Cable Hlcctrlrat Ald In Gambling liuprotkns : the Storage Kattrry rrtigrciw In Other Unco. The transmission of electrtctty from Ni agara Falls to Buffalo promi * s to work as great a revolution In the kitchens as In the workshops of that city. Dr. Lucy Brown-Hall gave the Woman's club of Brooklyn some Idea the other day of what may be looked for. One of her exhibits wan a little electric stove which would cook breakfast for a ( small family In ten minutes. Another was an electric oven lined with asbestos , which will cook a twelve-pound turkey In tvo hours and forty- five minutes and have It done to a turn. Not a thought need be given It after It first goes Into the oven , explained the Irc- turer. and the whole kitchen l an free from heat and general unpleasantness as my lady's own boudoir. The oven is heated In from ten to fifteen minutes. The dishes for the table are warmed to exactly the right degree on the upper shelves of the oven , and not a thought need be given to them by the cook until they are wanted for serv ice. Bridget comee down stairs in the mornIng - Ing , touches a button , and the coCee Is steaming hot ; another button , and the ecgR are beaten , and still another , and the meat Is chopped. Breakfast , put on the table on little electric heaters , IE delightfully hot , and is served in a wonderfully short time- There are electric washing machines and Irons. Electric sweepers revolutionize housecleaning - cleaning , and there are no lamps to cleaner or gas bills to pay. Burglars are things of the past in Dr. Brown's model house. The audience nearly proved It by nearly having a nervous shock when someone accidentally Etfpjwd on the burglar mat , causing a long peal from a connecting electric bell. THE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE. The sailing of the Faraday from London with 500 miles of the new ocean cable on board Is an Important event In the history of intercontinental telegraphy. After 00 miles of shore end IE laid off the coast of Ireland , the Faraday will cross over to Fox Bay. Canso , Nova Scotia , whence the other 400 miles will be paid out and buoyed. The ship will thefl return to London for the rest of the line , and by the 1st of July the new cable is expected to be available to the public. This Is the third cable across the Atlantic owned by the Commercial Cable company , and it Is th& largest and strongest cable ever laid between Europe and America. Us special feature is that it gives a speed fully one-third higher than the pres ent cables. The ordinary speed of trans mission of cable messages heretofore has been about eighteen words per i.ilnute , but now thirty words a minute will be ptsl - ble. This increased speed Is made pi.sUble by Increasing the size of the coppsr conduct or , which velghs 500 pounds per mile , as against about 350 In the old cables. An In teresting fact In connection with this Is that most of the copper , which is of the purest and finest quality , is being supplied by an American firm. This is supposed to be the first time that American icpper has been shipped to England for telegraphic cables. The total weight of copper In the cable will be 1.100.000 pounds , and 111,000,000 pounds of steel wire will be used in nrmor- Ing it. One great difficulty la the way of high speed heretofore lias been the Impossi bility of obtaining material of sufficiently low specific inductive capacity. This hindrance has been surmounted by the manufacture of a higher class of insulating cavprnig The gutta percha which is used tor this pur pose has been subjected to a special cleansing process , which elimluutja dclnleil- ous substances und leaves a coiuparal.-ve'y fine and smooth grain of the maximum effi ciency as an insulator. Great care has to be taken in the testing of ocean cables , as a rupture at any point might entail most disastrous consequences. Although the ordinary working current for the new cable will be fifty volts , every Inch of It is sub jected to a test of 5,000 volts , and parts of It have been tested with 25,000 volts without showing the slightest sign of a breakdown. The reduction of the ocean cabling tariff to 25 cents per word gave a greet impetus to the sending of messages across the Atlantic , and the service has been proportionately .Improved. Only a few years ago it was con sidered quick work if a reply from England to an American message was received in two or three minutes ; but now a question can be asked of London and the answer can be received in New Tork In forty-five seconds. American manufacturers have not yet turned out submarine cables of greater length than twenty or thirty miles. This Is owing to the fact that gutta percha , which is the only material that can bs used for the insulation of long submarine cables , is in this country subject to a prohibitive tariff ; in England It goes in free. The length of the new cable is about 2.100 miles. ELECTRICITY IN GAMBLING. , Apropos of the recent exposition in one of our daily papers of the manner of dishonestly winning races through the agency of the elec tric current , we may recall several of the Ingeniously contrived ebpaUng dcvier * by gamblers , sharper * and ethrr * for the purpose of carrying on their nefarious traffic , says the metrical Review Among th de- vloM secured by the police dur'np a recent raid on a New York cambling < tablishment there was on device for stopirtnc the pas sage of a marble at a certain point which coald 1 * rhauc-d at the will of the operator In charge. Itacb compartment wa regu larly namt > cr d and had underneath It a small necTftod elvctro-magnot , the wires from which w * so connrrted with spring contact points placed under a footboard , which In turn was situated and hidden on the floor , that the lull could be arrested in Us progress at any point. Her * . Unwell , was apparently a difficulty In connection with Its BnccpMful operation. While It is true that the ball could tie stopped , the nuddennwis of the stop would Immediately attract the suspicion * of the players. It was evident that the stoppage must be jwrformed gradually , no as to ap pear natural. A quirk glance at the wheel Showed the operator \rhlch compartment was the most profitable one for him. The ball slowed up. sloped and h gathered In his 111-gotttn gains. The gradual slowing up was produced by a Euocencive number of wnak impulses sent through the adjoining electro-magnets. thu § retarding the progress of the ball , which was composed of an hiner sphere of soft Iron surrounded by a highly polished cellu loid coating. Great skill pn the part of the operator was of course required to avoid detection. But the men who worked this scheme felt so sure that dlnrovrry was im possible that their very boldness and audac ity furthered their work. Murder , however , will out. and the secret was finally laid bare to a curlout crowd. I'atal * rrn | > on n Public limd. BALTIMORE. May C. A special to the Sun from Welch. W. Va. , says : At the hmd of the Tug river Tyler Harmon met Evan B. Freeman and his brother , Hon. W. L. Freeman , 1n the road. Harmon car ried a Winchester rifle and the others had revolvers. A feud originating twelve years ago over some Imid was renewed and all three began shooting. Evan Freeman was killed outright and William Freeman fatally Injured. Harmon was unhurt and made hi * escape. William L. Freeman was a member of the last state legislature. AMUSEM hlNTS. I , L LE B E A C H Thyrsd Y A W BOYD'S THEATRE. EXTBA. = r _ May 14-15-16 ALEXANDER AND HIS COMPANY OF PLATERS UNDEIl THE DIRECTION OF MR. W. M. WILKESON. Repertoire of the ErsBBoment- Monday , May 14 , "The Thrte Guardsmen * " TuesJuy , M v 15 , "Itun Jila * " AVedne-.dny. May IBKamar. . " ISih Street Theater I ONE WEEK s ; ; ' vu , Tlio Greatest SucceHH of all Comedy Dramas , FA Prisoijer for Ctrrr TUE GREAT PRISON OUAKUY. OCiIIj THE OCEAN BY MOONL1GUT. Uatluoe Wednesday aiid Saturday. J. H. HUNGATE , Owner. RBSRRVOIR IOEI .EXCLUSIVELY. Office and Family Trade a Specialty. Office , 218 South 14th st. Telephone 4O9 Retail Millinery Dep't. New line of Sailor. New line of fancy Hats. New ' line of Misses' and Children's Hats * Just Received. . Prices Lower Than Ever OBERFELDER , 1508 Douglas Street , - Retail Department.