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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1894)
THIS ( BrAITA PATLY BEE ; SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 17 , INVESTORS HAVE LOST FAITH OHO of the Fruits of Peculiar Handling of Immense Property Interests. AMERICAN RAILROADS ARE DISCREDITED Foreign Financier * Aru I.e Heady to Fluce Their Money In Securities that They Once Bought For Dan to MlMimimgfincnt , WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. Frank H. Mason , United States cointil general at Frankfort , In a special report to the State department , states that American railway cmirltes ! have fallen Into bad repute In Germany and he endeavors to point out the reasons therefor and suggests measures for rehabilitating them .In the financial world , Ho Kays thit In Frankfort , which was the first European money market to accept United States bonds during the dark days of our war , not only arc our new securities refused because of American origin , but these railroad bonds and stocks held for years have been returned to America and their proceeds In vested In less remunerative Prussian consuls and other standard securities backed by gov ernment credit and supervision. The consul general says ; "Tho cloud which overshadows American railway securities In Germany has been raised mainly by the revelations of the past two years concerning the management jot several leading railway properties. Ger- ' 'man Investors were heavy losers , and their losscj served to call the attention of the people and press more sharply than ever be fore to the usurpations of power and evasions of responsibility which , It Is claimed , have become so frequent In American railway man agement. European bund and shareholders have been Informed that the power of the president and directors In many Important railway companies has become , practically omnipotent and Irrr spotulble. They have sent over protests and proxies to bo used for the purpose of wrrstlug the control of corporate properties from the hands of officers who v&ro said to bo abusing their trusts , and they have Been these- and every other effort toward a change easily and hoplessy ] defsatol. That the accounts of an entire railway system may be falsified and Its securities sustained In the market by fictitious statements of earnings and concealment of rebates all of which Is believed here are discoveries of compara tively recent date. " The consul general speaks approvingly of an able monograph by Dr. Alfred von Der Leiden , an expert official of .high rank , on the financial and operative management of American railways In which the defects and weaknesses of the present system are probed | , with a skillful hand and says It would be a national misfortune to further -deprive our legitimate enterprises of the aid of foreign capital , which Is likely to happen unless a remedy Is applied. Continuing he says : he uniform reply of German financiers , hen asked what Is requisite to restore Eu ropean confidence In American railway se curities , Is that such corporations should be brought under the control of a comprehensive federal law. " Consul General Mason says that the Ger man railroad license system Is not applicable In Us entirety to America , but adds In con clusion : "It Is believed by many whose ex perience and Intsrests In bath countries entitle their opinions to respect that It should be possible to frame and adopt n statute ap plicable to at least all railway companies ol . the class now subject to the Interstate com- | wmerce law , and which shall be clear , precise and Inexorable on the following topics : "First , regulation of the elections of rail way officers , so that such elections shall be free and open and represent directly and fairly the wishes and Interests of security holders , ' . 'Second , creation of a national bureau ol public Inspection and control , providing fet the regular publication at stated periods ol , certified reports , showing fully and accurately S Vtho earnings , expenses , acts of directors and I ' 'all business results which effect the value ol corporate property. "Third , making each violation of the la\v by on act of usurpation or willful mismanage ment a crime punishable by imprisonment and requiring federal prosecuting officer : to Institute and conduct prosecutions for sue ! offenses. "Fourth , providing a thorough revision o : the system of proceedings under which court : of Justice appoint receivers to managi railroads , and making the president and dl rectors of a defaulting corporation Incllglbh for appointment as receiver of the sami property. "Until some general measure can b adopted and enforced , and foreign Investor can have the assurance they ask for .that th published statements of American rallwa ; companies arc correct and true and that sucl maladministration as has been revealed li the affairs of certain systems Is no longe possible , all such Invcitmcnts In United State securities will be more or less discredits and county , municipal and Industrial securl ties of American origin will suffer. " riUMTlNU 1'OS'IAOU STAMPS. DlrncnltU * the llnronu Han Hncountcrctl li It * Noir Work. WASHINGTON , Nov. 1C. Officials of thi bureau of printing and engraving think tba the complaints of the Inferior quality of thi new postage * stamps printed by the bureai are disproportionate to the grounds for dls " satisfaction. Mr. Chuido M. Johnson , chic of the bureau , admits that some of th product of the establishment was not up t the standard , but says : "Today wo ar printing as good-stamps after three month * experience tn the work as the America : Bonk Note company did after twenty yean There was naturally more or less difficult In teaching the new workmen nil th processes , of stamp making , so that part c the product was nioro or less experlmenta but all difficulties have been overcome , th bureau Is using the most modern machine ! some of them Invented here. Is putting th ' best materials Into the stamps and Is BCCUI Ing the best results , as wo can demonstrat to any fair minded person , \Vo have re deemed All stamps which have been re turned and stand ready to exchange an others which do not prove satisfactory , " Tho. American Bank Note company , Mi Johnson explained , kept a large supply c ntanips printed ahead of the demands an it was able to retain It printed In Its vauli until they were put Into use. The bureai on the other hand , was for some tlmo oblige to send out the stamps as fast as they wei printed , before the workmen had becoin thoioughly famllliir with all the processe ; Now much of the first output Is comln back. The colors of different lots vary accordln to conditions of the temperature and otht factors which cannot be controlled , but at fast being brought to the utmost practical uniformity. Homo tlmo was required for the workei to become expert In the use of the gummln machines , but Mr. Johnson Is sure that the have become as efficient as could be o : pected , and that there will be no furthi if trouble because stamps fall to stick. M Johnson Is confident that the pottage stami of the present and future Issues will bo i the Mine high quality as the bank nates ar Internal revenue'stamps * which hare glvt the bureau a worldwide reputation for skll fut and artistic work. ISLUKFIKLDS' Ni\V GOVKHNMHNT. Governor Cabr * Formally Installed HII Pvare Asiured. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16 , Dr. Quintan , tl Ntcaraeuan minister here , has received r ports from IlueflelJ which are Very cratlf ; Ing to him and to'our own government , as ti Heating n most satisfactory settlement i the troubles which' Have for so lone affllcti thi Mosqu'to reservation. On Septcmbi S9 last the new constitution was proclalmc firmly asserting Nlcaraguan supremai there , and Cabez. as the first constitution governor , was formally Installed In ofbe All nlgiiR ot opposition had disappeared at thi American' residents , notably 'lltbank who had been called and later pardone voluntarily gave "their adhesion to the ne government and assisted In Its Initiation. The British .war ship Mohawk , then In port , took no notice of the observances on shore , but the United Statea ship Marblehcad fired a salute of nlno guns , nnd Captain O'Neill addressed a most nattering letter to dov- cnlor Cabcz , congratulating him upon the success which had attended his efforts to restore . peace. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CONDITION OPrilKNCII TKADK. dullness Han Keen I'nr from fmtlsfuctory During the I'mt Year. WASHINGTON , Nov. 1C. United States Consul J. M. Wiley at Bordeaux tends to the Department of State an Intwestlng report on the trade depression In France , In th ; cour&o of which he seeks to find a re.'fon for our guidance. He cays : "It the In habitants of the United States have had reason to complain of hard time * for a year or more past , the French , to n certain de gree , have been their companions In mis fortune. Not that Franco cannot suffer and endure the most pronounced financial de pression and still thrive. On the contrary , I doubt if , taking all things Into consider ation , she Is not today better oft than any of her foreign neighbors. For utatlstlcs show that thers still remains more money per capita In circulation In the republic of Franco than In any otner country In the world. The tables recently published by the customs house giving an Itemized resume of Franco's exportation and Importation dur ing 1893 , however , show that there has been a dtmunltlon In her receipts amounting to C2,000,000 francs. This reprc'Sinti ' , compared with the previous year , a falling off of 263,000,000 francs In Importations and 250- 000,000 francs In exportation * . Many reasons may be ascribed .for this condition of affairs. First , the prevailing business and commer cial depression experienced throughout the world ; pecond , as regards importations Into France , the country , n little over two years ago , also Increased the duty on nearly all ruw and manufactured articles discharged at her ports or brought across the frontier , and as goods , to employ an old aphorism , an paid' for with goods , either directly or Indirectly , Franco may explain the decrease of her exportation by the application ol that theory. " \Vo may , In a certain measure , take It'for granted , however , that the merchandise which has heretofore gone abroad la now consumed at home , offering thereby no less employ- mint to skilled labor or to the manufacturing Interests. " WOKIC OF ISAIMVAY MAIL , SKUVIOU. Changed Conditions Itvnder u ICeorgnulz.- tlon Xnrssury. WASHINGTON , Nov. 1C. Captain James E. White , general superintendent of the railway mall service , has made his report to the postmaster general. The main facts and figures of 'the report have been given In the report of the second assltant postmaster gen eral. Captain White , however , devotes con siderable space to the Interruption of service on account of strikes during the past sum mer. The general superintendent calls at- tratlon to his recommendation of last year for the ifilssago./j/ law making It a pen alty for any organT2aTWn * n JU(1ljvIdual ) to delay , obstruct or prevent the pa VJfi& , Ql any train on any railroad upon which malls are carried. He also says the clerical force should be reorganized. liy comparing the nmOir.it of work done , the mllca traveled and the number of clcrka tn 1804 with the same Items In the report for 18S1 , the date of the last re-organization of the service , It Is shown the clerks are now requited to perform nearly 60 per cent more work per capita than In 1SS1 ; the service has become moro complex and the distribution for the various states is much more dlftlcult. The clerks are required to learn wore , re main on duty longer , take greater risks on account of the Increase In the speed of trains nnd assume greater personal responsibility than In 1831. The organization which was sufficient to meet the necesstles ot the service then , It Is claimed. Is entirely Inadequate now , and the general superintendent holds that Justice to the men and Justice to the Important duties which they are called upon to perform , require the service shall bo re- orgnnlzed upon a basis calculated to cover Its present needs. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IJll'OUTANT 1'ATKNT CASK ON T1U.VL , . ICffoct of the llxplriitlon of Foreign on ! Dnnicntlc Patents Involved. WASHINGTON , Nov. 1C. Arguments were begun In the United States supreme court In the case of the Date Refrigerator company versus Schwarzchlld & Hlncshberger. The case Is considered a very Important one and It Is expected to decide the question of how far the life of a patent In this country Is affected by the existence -of a patent In a foreign country. The en BO comes to the supreme court from the court of appeals foi the second circuit , the question being "whether the Invention for which the patent was Issued had been previously patented In a foreign country , within the meaning ol section 4,887 of the Revised Statutes , and whether the patent expired under the terms of this section , before the expiration ol seventeen years from Its date. " The qucs. tlon thus raised has long been a question ol controversy and affects many patents , in eluding Edison's Incandescent lamp patent. d Western I'ostnmstcrN Appointed. WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. ( Special Tele gram. ) The following postmasters havi been appointed : Nebraska Alford , Boyt county , A. J. Braley , vice W. B. Bassett resigned ; Midway , Cheyenne county , Samue Neeley , vice C. E. Grlswold , resigned ; Quln ton , Thurston county , Harriet L. Pllchcr. vie Virginia Pllchcr , resigned ; Smyrna , Nuclt oils county , Nels J. Swanson , vice Matlldi Robinson , resigned. Postmasters were commissioned .today a follows : Nebraska William M. Stewart Mayweed : William Mead , McCann. Iowa William B. Lakln , Fayetto ; Homo L. Stafford , Hull ; John F. Page , Mystic. South Dakota Leila llamlll , Seneca. Nebraska William E. Colvln , Pawlct William M. Stewart , May wood ; AVlllian Mead , McCann. Iowa George H. Stclnhllder , Pochahontus Howard E. Swope , Campbell ; Henry Booher Holoday. Badger , Webster county , Sablna M. Hughes vlco Thomas Cain resigned. Furnlturci fur Fremont's I.oitoOlco. 10 WASHINGTON. Nov. 1C. ( Special Tele gram. ) Bids opened at the Treasury depart mcnt today for supplying furniture for th new public building at Fremont , Neb. , ar as follows : Wallace & Co. , Omaha , $1,353 the Keyless Lock company , , Indianapolis JM8.75 : II. Lauter , Indianapolis , $490.50 Mathews Bros. Manufacturing company , M.I waukee , $516.75 ; Sextro Furniture company Cincinnati. $537.02 ; A. H. Revell & Co. , Chicago cage , $567 ; Mldctletown Furniture Manufac turlng company , Mtddletown , Pa. , $571 ; Cat sell & Son , Peorla , JG01.50 ; Otto Duker & Co re Baltimore , $670.50 ; L. Harbach , Des Molne ! $725. Wallace & Co. , Omaha , also bid $2.61 on furniture at Cedar Rapids , la. , for publl ig building. , Nona of the Indluii Acini's Concern. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. The Indian offlc Is doing nothing In the matter of telegram received from the Indian agent at Muskcgo < I. T. , regarding the Cook gang of despcrc does. Ho has been Informed that the troop so loudly demanded cannot under the law b sent Into the Indian territory. It U state at the Indian office that the whole affal Is one with which the agent need not cor ecru himself , as It is under the Jurlsdlctlo of the courts. The Indian office has give him- permission to use Indian- police In c < operation with the United States marshal : but further than this he has no Jurlsdlctloi Komi ) Morn PoMmasters Appointed. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. The preslder today appointed O , W. Hlchards as assls id and Eurgeon of the navy , aUo the .followln postmasters : S. T. Padgett , at Grocsbscl Tex. ; Charles E. Roetlner , New Rlchmom O. ; James T. Lewis , Applcton , Mlnn.'WI ; Ham E. Montgomery , Apalachlcola , Fla Frank L. Keeper , Los Angeles ; Job Mill Lodl , Wlf. . < ! lr m Ills Liberty Through Mistake. WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Walter Hodi a British subject , who was sentenced I sixty days In the Washington Jail for lanceri ; recently was released by mistake by U Jail warden and afterwards recaptured by Jail guard. Tpday Mr. Calderon Carllse , U attoreny for the British embassy , secured writ ot habeas corpus" and. the man w brought before Judge Cox. Mr. Carlisle , coi tended the capture by the Jail guard hadVen without warrant of law , and Roda was re leased , notwithstanding the opposition of Assistant District Attorney Anns. I'ernecntlon at Ailtenti. WASHINGTON , Nov. 1C. An Interesting feature of the Seventh Day Adventlsta con ference In session here , was a recital In the report of Secretary B. 8. Horton , which was read today of the persecutions to which the denomination Is subject In certain localities. It was reported two members are in-Jail at Ccntcrvllle , Md. , for chopping wood on Sun day. In come places It has been Impossible to Induce I nsurance companies to Insure churches on account of the threats ot In cendiarism , and the secretary 'said he had often been served with white sap notices when trying to conduct meetings. The re port showed a membership ot 854 In good standing In the United States. Routine bus iness occupied the conference today. Fhonk Hand * with Cleveland. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. The delegates to the annual convention of the agricultural experiment stations , numbering , with their ladles and families about sixty , called upon President Cleveland at the- White house to day. They were Introduced personally to the president , and each received a hearty handshake. Visiting the Great I'lithcr. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. Major John M. Kelly , acting agent at Fort Belknop , Mont. , Is In Washington with a delegation of Gros ventures and Asslnabolnes , who have come to Washington to see the "Great father. " They have no grievance to present. Danger from Cntnrrti. The most Important feature about that very common complaint , catnrrh In the head , is Its tendency to develop Into some other moro serious and adngerous disease. The foul matter dropping from the head into the bronchial tubes or lungs Is very liable t8 lead to bronchitis or consumption , that de stroyer which causes moro deaths in this country than any other disease. As catarrh originates In Impurities In the blood , local applications can do but little good. The common sense method of treatment Is to urlfy the blood , and for this purpose there s no preparation superior to Hood's Sarsa- arllla. The powerful action of this modi- Ine upon the blood cxpols every Impurity , nd by so dolni ; cures catarrh and give : ealth to the entire organism. Ol' lUt. M'COSII , 'cncrnhlo Kx-1'resldcnt of 1'rlnceton Unl- vrrsltv I'ns es Peacefully Away. PRINCETON , N. J. . Nov. 16. Dr. Jnmes IcCosh , the venerable ex-president of 'rlnccton university and a lending educator f the nge , departed this life at 10 o'clock onlght. He had been unconscious noarlj all day , and died In that condition. His on , Dr. Andrew J , McCoah , his daughters Irs. David Mngle und Mrs. Alexander laltland , and his wife , Mrs. Isabella Mc- : osli , were at Ills dcnth bed. He has mif- crod no physical pain , and aside fron weakness brought on by old age , has been n perfect health. Ills physician , attributes IB | death to heart failure , Induced by ok LONDON , Nov. 1C. Carollne A"eTw-Uirr- ! ! ord , dowager duchess of Montrosc , Is dead. ho expired at her London residence , 45 Bel- javla square , S. W. The duchess was a aughter of the second Baron Dectessa. Slid was born In 1818 , and was married three Imes ; first In 183G to the fourth duke of Montrose , who died In 1874 ; secondly In 187C o William Stuart Stlrllng-Crawfurdcsh , who died In 1883 , and thirdly In 1S88 to Marcus lenry Mllner , esq. She was a remarkable haracter. She maintained a splendid stable , and raced horses under the name of "Mr. Manton. " Owing to 'her ' favorite costumes > elng of fiery colors she became known as the 'Red Duchess. ' _ Death of J. M. liuckloy. SPOKANE , Wash. , Nov. 16. A telegram rom Hot Springs , Ark. , reports the death here of J. M. Buckley , formerly assistant general manager of the Northern Pacific , and no of the best Known men on the Pacific coast. The remains wilt be brought hero for mrlal. He leaves a wife and three children. : ho funeral will be conducted by the Masonic ratcrnlty , Mr. Buckley having been a mem- jer of the Scottish Rite. Ho was born in Ohio In 1833 , and worked his way up from a section hand to assistant general manager. ilo leaves an estate said to be valued at ; 250,000. _ Jnurnallit for Fifty Years. GALVESTON , Nov. 16. Hamilton Stuart , state editor ot the Galveston News , died here his morning. He was 81 years old. He was he oldest American editor actually In the larncss. Ho came to this state tn 1838 , two years after the Independence of the Texas republic , and has been Intimately associated with Texas history since that time. He was a worm friend of Sam Houston , the hero ol Texas , and was himself ouco a candidate for governor. He has been an active journalist Ifty-slx years and did his work regularly up to yesterday. _ Death of IIIshoi Nerez. SAN ANTONIO , Tex. , Nev. 1C. Rt. Rev , Bishop John Clauslus Nerez , bishop ot the San Antonio diocese of the- Roman Catholk church , died In this city. He was 66 year : old. Bishop Nerez was born at Aux , France , January 12 , 1828. Had Preached for Slity-l'lvo Tears. MIDDLESBORO , Ky. , Nov. 1C. Rev. Rich ard Carroll , a prominent Baptist .preacher hanged himself near Maynorchvllle. Ho wai 89 years old and had been preaching sixty , five years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r. ,1. Doiiachne. NEW YORK , Nov. 16. P. J. Donaghue well known as a writer on sporting topics died at Lakewocd , N. J. , today , aged 34. Dr. Price's Baking Powder Is the acceptei standard. U Is used for the army , the imvj and other departments of the federal govern ment. JEI..K7.V .I.S.I V.IXO1UATK. Ono of Ills Rival * ' Kloctlon Might \Vllsoti it BALTIMORE , Nov. 16. Mr. Stephen D Elklns , ex-secretary of war , discussing thi political situation In West Virginia , said tha whlto he was a candidate for the Unltei States senatorshlp from that state Just a this time he la paying- moro attention to hli private affair * than to a canvass for thi position. There were several candidates In the flsli besides himself , he said , and the Impres slon Is that sonio of them were suggested b ; democrats rather than by republicans. Re fcrrlng to the candidacy of Judge Nathai Goff , Mr. Elklns said he had not heard dl rectly or Indirectly from Judge Goff or an ; ot his friends that Judge Goff Intended t enter the contest. "It Is almost certain to follow , " he con tlnued , "that If Judge Goff Is selected Prcsl dent Cleveland will appoint Mr. William L Wilson as his successor on the United State circuit bench. " V01K FOU M1SSOUIU. 3 Itepubllcan Plurality on the Head of th Ticket Over Three Thousand. JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. , Nov. 1C. Th ofllclal vote of the state was opened toda ) The vote on Judge of the supreme court hea of the ticket li as follows : Black , democra 226,5(1 ( ; Robinson , republican , 229,641 ; Jonei populist , 42,463 ; Robinson , prohibition ! * 3,093 ; Sanderson , social labor , 1,572. Core pared with the vote cast two years ago , th democrats lost 41,853 and the prohibitionist 1,164. The republicans gained 1,975 and th populists 1,269. ll' Hurrlson Acnlnst the Field. SPRINGFIELD , 0. , Nov. 16 , . Hon. Thoma Taggart of Indianapolis , chairman of th democratic state central commute * of In dlina. who Is here today visiting his brothei ln-law , stated that Benjamin Harrison woul unquestionably be a candidate : for the.Aomlni tlon as president. He added thit U was Hai rfson against the field. HOW JAPAN WILL JfflSWER MikauVa Ministry Will Meet to Dis cuss Peace Propositions. - i JJ AMERICA'S PROBABLE INTERVENTION Her Answer to Cleveland's Offer Jlto Arbi trate to lie Made Boun Will Insist oil Knowing Ilonr Much Indemnity Clilnn Will I'ny , § WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. Thq State de partment has received Intornmllqn , that a special meeting of the Japanese ministry has been called for tomorrow to consider a Una ! answer to the offer of the United States to mediate between Japan and China. What the nature of the reply Is Is not known , yet strong Intimations have reached the officials here that the cabinet will ask that China make her offer direct 1o Japan or else free It from all doubt as to the exact amouut of Indemnity she will pay. The fact was developed today that the Tsang-11-Yamen of China , which Is the coun cil cabinet of the empire , made a direct re quest to the United States that this govern ment offer its services AS mediator. Hereto fore It has been understood that the request from China was that this government Join other powers In Intervening , to which this government responded In the negative and offered to act alone. It now appears , how ever , that the Independent action of this gov ernment was formally requested by the Tsang-11-Yamon. It was also developed today that the sub- stanstlal features of the proposition made by the United States to Japan Is as follons : If the United States were In a position to exer cise Its good offices In bringing about an un derstanding between China and Japan , would Japan feel that It would be prejudicial to her Interests to have such Influences exerted ? It Is pointed out that this diplomatic Ian guage makes no offer to Japan , but merely Inquires how she would entertain mediation In case the United States was In a position to offer It. DU1CU OF AKOYI.l , TO WHO AGAIN. Ills Itngiigcmont to Mist Knot I.title An tionnccit by Ills Daughter. LONDON , Nov. 16. The Realm , of which Lady Colin Campbell Is the editress , ap peared today and was favorably received. In Its first Issue Realm announces that the duke of Argyll is engaged to Miss Knox Little. Mr. George Douglass Campbell , eighth duke of Argyll , " was born In 1823 and Is the father of the marquis of Lome , who mar ried the princess Louise , fourth daughter ot Queen Victoria. Lady Colin Campbell , edi tress ot Realm , was the wife of Lord Colin Campbell , fourth son of the duke of Argyllt from whom she obtained a Judicial separa tion In 1881. The duke of Argyll has been twice married ; first In 1844 to Lady Eliza beth Georgtana , 'Sutherland-LeVescm-Gower jvho died In 1873. She was the eldest aughter ol thu t tituml ; tUjV.cof Sutherland n 1881 the duke of Argyll .laria . , daughter of the late Rt. Rev. Thoiifits- elgh Claughton , D.I ) . , formerly bishop of St. Albans , and widow of Colonel Augustus lenry Archibald Anson. She dle'd In 1892 Ml the children of the duke of Argyll , four and seven daughters , were'by his flrsi wife. , , _ _ LYNCHING 111CE IN liUItUl'K. 'lemlsli Mob Makes u Desperate 'fttart to llesciiu n Murderer anct lliingilllui. BRUSSELS , Nov. 16. A dispatch fron- Most , East Flanders , says tliat ia serious onflict occurred today between tllel populace and twenty gendarmes. Thetrouble } brok' jut along the road to Herzrtle.1 Several men vho are accused of the brutal niuifUer ot an nnkeeper were being convcyedtcT.the , prisoi ' .t Herzelle by the gendarmes'vjhen a mob attacked the escort with the- object of ee curing the prisoners and lynching them , the crime having excited deep Indignation nmoiif ho people. The officers resisted tlio mob an ; a desperate fight occurred , during which several on bolh sides were wounded. The crowd was finally dispersed and the officers odgcd the prisoners tsafely tn Jail. Chinese General Kcheudcd. LONDON , Nov. 16. A special from Shang- ial , says that General Wcl , one of the Chinese commanders at the battle of Ping Yang , where the Chinese were utterly de feated with heavy loss , was belicadcd today for cowardice during that engagement. Dispatches from the headquarters of the Japanese army operating against Port Arthur say that Field Marshal Oyanm was expected to attack that place yesterday or today. The Chinese force defending Port Arthur Is estimated to amount to 10,000 men of all arms. Kreta Knroiilo to S.m Franclaco. CITY OF MEXICO , Nov. 16. General An tonio Ezeta has left this city for San Fran cisco. He says ho proposes ; n invade all Central America. General Eznta will return within two months with his two daughters , who are ut present In the United States , and who will take up their residence : In Mexico with their father , who will probably enter the Mexican army as a commissioned officer. Fighting In Knit Afrlr.t. LONDON. Nov. 1C. Mall advices received here from Wltu , East Africa , dated the mid dle ot October , say that sharp fighting has taken place on the Tana river between a party of 200 Somalls and five Europeans , who were accompanied by twenty-five natives. A largo number of the Somalls were killed. I'rrinlnr ItliotlpH Visits Kuglnnd , PLYMOUTH , Nov. 1C. Hon. Cecil Rhodes , premier of Capo Colony , nnd Dr. Jameson , the administrator of the. South African char tered company , arrived here today from Capo Town and were welcomed by the mayor and corporation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Guatemala' * Kiivoy to Un hliigton. GUATEMALA , Nov. 16. Preparations for war continue hero , and recruiting progresses all over the country. Special Envoy Do Leon lias left for Washington. He will stop several days In San Krancltco. Health of the King of Stun. 1 BANGKOK , Slam , Nov. 1C. The king ol Slam last evening received In state the United States minister , Mr : John Ilattett The king's health continues to Injprove. Women know best what tTJVy want when they find something that fills ovpry lieed , like Dr. Price's Baking Powder fpliptance. . Stole the Doctor' * Dr. Mcrrlam came very ncaiyjlaslng | a fins gold-headed cano yesterday ) Vjb/vpit ) knowing anything cbout It. Last rilght > about 11 o'clock Detectives Savage and1 iJsfnpsey mel a fellow on Tenth street triln'e.to dispose of a cane In a pawnshop. They examinee the stick and found the name ! of ,11. P , Mer rlam engraved on the head. They sent tin man to the station , where he KfVo' the nami cf Albert Craig. Dr. Merrlam. wjtjjlelephonci for. He had not missed the cano until I was brought to his attention. , JIB Identlflei U as his father's cane , given iq.htm In 1884 on the occasion of the flttlethaiiniversary o his wedding. . , * tj Craig said that he stole the , cane from hli partner. Where the latter got It ho couh not tell. It was probably stolen some tlmi yesterday afternoon from the doctor's office CralK also had a pair of buckikln gloved 01 his person. The owner's name on them hai been obliterated. Ilrnuinlng the Steamer Service. PORTLAND , Ore. , NoV. 16. It IB statei that the Oregon Railway and Navigation' coin pand will re-estbllsh the steamship llni between Portland and Puget Sound , touching at British Columbian points. The etcamei Eller , which IB now discharging a cargo o coal and. freight from Puget Sound will 1m mediately load with a cargo of grain foi San Francisco , and on her return from thai trip will probably be put permanently am regularly on the Portland-Pueet Sound run. N : B. FALCONER ; SATURDAY WE WILL COMMENCE AN EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF Silks and Velvets The like of which has never been seen in die city of Omaha. Read every word of this adver tisement it means dollars to you. It tells of things rich , new and rare , of marvelous fabrics from foreign markets. We have just opened something like 100 pieces of new imported Silks during the past week , and the entire lot goes on sale Saturday morning. Greater values were never shown. Come early. We have marvelous values in other departments for tomorrow , and some extra good things for our Saturday evening sale. SIUK SALxEi. LOT 1 Sntln Duchcssc in 10 different shades and black. The richness of this silk is indescribable ; It will make a dress fit for royalty to wenr ; $1.75 is a low price for it for this sale $1.25 u yard. LOT 2-CoiisIsts of Figured Almas , Faille Franchise and Figured Glace , each one a gem pf rare beauty and excellence ; $1.50 is what you pay for them cast for this sale. ! ) S ; a yard. LOT 3 Dlack Armurc , Black Faille Francaisc , a special lot of Figured Surahs and TafTctas ; $ KOO is wlint they are worth for this sale 75c a yard. VEiLxVEXTS. VEXLxVR'TS. LOT 1 Silk Velvets In a full line of colors ; stish goods ! such prices ! not 75c , but for this sale 30c a ynrd. LOT 5 Another lot of Silk Velvets ; we won't say how we can nIToi-cl to sell them at such a ridiculous price ) nothing better for $1.00 for this sile : 75c a yard. THIS IS WHAT WE WILL OFFER FOR venino AFTER 7:30 : P. M. J Dress Patterns , Sl.OO 7 yards to a dress , In over 40 different combinations ; the same Identical styles have been retailing at $1.75 , $2.00 and $2.50 per pattern. We consider this one of the greatest bargains ever offered. YOU have only to come and look at the goods to agree with US. Positively none at wholesale and not over two dresses to one customer. Look in our windows. A COLD WEATHLR BARGAIN : 25 Ladles' Long Ulsters worth from $7.00 to $10.00 , will be closed out at $1.48 each. i2SLndies' Ready-Made Dress Skirts , odds and ends , worth from $5.00 to $8.00 , will be closed out at $1.98 MEAN'S FURNISHINGS After 7:30 p. in. we will place on sale 50 dozen pairs Men's Heavy Merino Socks , mixed colors , at IGJa pair , worth 25c. Men's Neckties in Tccks nnd Bow Ties , new , neat and nobby designs , regular 35c grade , they go at 10a each. ARE YOU A LOVER OF GOOD TEA ? Here is your opportunity. Saturday evening after 7:30 : p. m. we will place on sale 100 pounds Lip ton's $1 Ceylon Tea ; this is positively the finest tea the world can produce ; the grocers ask $1.25 a pound for this tea , but tomorrow evening we will offer it at 58c pound. Only one pound to a customer. Jegotlatlorm are also In progress between he Oregon Hallway and Navigation company nd Sulton & Beebc , owners of the steamer "ortland , by which this steamer may ba put _ n tlio run between Portland and Puget Sound under contract -with tha Oregon Railway and Navigation company. 'KXSIOXS. Veterans of the I.nte War Remembered by tlio ( Seiieral < > vrrnmcut. WASHINGTON , Nov. 1C. ( Speclal.-Pcn- slons urnnted , IFHUB of October 30 , were : Nebraska : Reissue Jotham D. Taylor , Gibbon , Buffalo ; Hennls Uanks , Hlvcrton , Franklin. Original widows , etc. Ella S. Stone , Gerlnf ? , Scotts Bluff. Iowa : Original William Stlllc , Klemine , Hancock. Increase Asa Wren , Webster City , Hamilton. Kelssue Samuel S. Clem ens , Centervllle , Appanoose. Original wid ows , etc. Minnie Guellch , Burlington , Ues Molues. South Dakota : Orljdnal Jnmcs Q. Bo'd- man , Hdgerton , Charles Mix. Increase- Amos Poiter , Ilevllio , Grant. Original wld- own , etc. Mary O'Uonnell , Mitchell , Davl- Bon. Colorado : Original Giles A. Sheek , Canon City , Fremont ; Henry Fellows , Pltkin , Gun- nlson. North Dakota : Original George N. I ane ( deceased ) , Monnngo , Dickey. IRSUO of November 0 were : Nebraska : Original Nathan Dye , Alliance. Box liuttc ; A. Deforest Whltford. Allen , Dlxon ; Jnmes V. Carter , Ohlowa , Flllmore. Helssue John Dalllng ( deceased ) , Gnnlson , Butler ; KHJali Heller , Ponca , IJIxon. Original widows , etc. Jennie R Dalllng. Garrison , Butler ; Helen L , . Acree- , Blue Hill. Webster. Iowa : Original I'lillo S. Morton , Clarion , Wrlg-ht ; Solnmon Benrd , Battle Creek , Ida ; Wlllsoii F. Corwln ( deceased ) . Viola Center , Aiuliibon ; Gabriel Johnson , Perry , Dallas ; William K. Mill , Rchaller , Sac ; John Ilohr , Cambridge , Story. Increase John A. Ileamer , Perry. Dallas. Original widows , etc. Margaret A. Wallace , i'eorla , Ma- Imska ; Prudence Hawthorne , Illverslde , Washington. Colorado ; Original Peter Gainer , Pueblo , Pueblo ; Jumes Holland. Glenwood Springs , Garflehl. Montana : Original William Churchill , Fort Keough , Custer. South Dakota : Original George I. , . Bar- den , Wesslnuton , Beadle ; Henry L , . I.eroy , Piedmont , Meadc ; Christian Uulil , White , Brookllngs. Increasc William II. I.cSuer , Aberdeen , Brown. Prof. Kedzle of the National Doard ol Health reports In official bulletin No. C that after examining fourteen of the baking pow ders now In the market ho finds Dr. Price's superior In leavening strength and purity to all others. ir/f r.v i/.vio.vs JIKQVIMT. Legal right Itctwecn Telegraph Companies In the Unltril Stntrs Court. LOS ANOELKS. Nov. _ 10. In the United States circuit court the. case of the Mer cantllo Trust company vs the Atlantic . Pacific * Ilallroad company was argued by counsel and submitted. This U the Important suit In which the Postal Telegraph-Cablo company U closely concerned , and tn which the Western Union Telegraph company , through counsel , Is en deavorlng to compel the receivers appointed In the. cause to honor the supcrseilcu claimed to have been made , and to stay all proceedings under the decree that wn entered In favor of the Postal Telegraph Cable company until the final hearing of th appeal taken by the company In Intervention H was further asked that until such flna hearing and determination of the appea the court should refrain from hearing am granting any of the relief dulred and prayei for In the petition of the Postal Telegraph Cable company , Hliort I'ollco Stories. Richard Kngleman wai arrested last nigh on a charge of Jarceny. A few days ag Engleman had a suit In a Justice court eve a bag of sped , valued at $12 , and the case went against him. Out nichard , It Is at leged , shouldered the fteed end went off Now ho Is In Jail. Frank Cole reported last. night to the pollc that an overcoat , suit of clothej and a goli natch belonging to him , all valued at | 3S were stolen from a barn at Fourteenth ant Sherwood avenue yesterday. GIGANTIC SILVER TRUST lovement that Will Give Added Interest to the Tree Ooinaje Plan , SCHEMETOCONTROLTHEWORLD'S ' MARKET lyndlcnte Hacked by Ilockefrller and tlio ItothschlldK , According to Ono Story , to Hay Up All tlio Smelters umt lrli the 1'rlce. DENVER , Nov. 10. The Rocky Mountain ews today says , that a eyndlcato Is scheming to obtain control of the sliver market and dictate the price of the metal to all sliver using countries. A conference was held In .his city last week , It Is said , at which were iresent Daniel Guggenheim ot New York ; Messrs. Barton and Nash of Omaha , Mr. ilanaucr of Salt Lake , and Mr. Allen of the i'hlladclphta Smelting and Refining company at Pueblo , and representatives of the local smelters and the leading silver producing mines. Two reports are current as to the ile- : alls ot the proposed plan. One Is that a syndicate backed by John D. Rockefeller and * the Rothschilds obtain control of all tha smelters In the United States and Mexico and arbitrarily fix the price of sliver regardless of the supply and demand. The proposition was made , eo It Is stated , that the smelters should bo taken at an appraised valuation equivalent to cost. This was to be paid In cash. Then each was to have a oroportlon- ate block of stock In the > new deal. The Grant people , so It Is stated , wasted their plant paid for at Us real value , not Its cost. This hitch has Ettll to bo adjusted. According to the other report the proposition Is to have the silver of all the smelters handled through one man or agency. At present the Guggcnlietms have n certain house , the Grant people another , and so on. Theio would be a saving to the smelters of possibly a quarter of 1 cent an ounce , having It handled by one man Instead of halt s dozen or a dozen , but the main object would bo to prevent sudden slumps In the price of silver. TRUTH OP THE STORY ADMITTED. NEW YORK , Nov. iC. Isaac Guggenheim of the firm of M. Guggenheim ft Sons sail today : "Tho story you have shown me from the Rocky Mountain News Is In the main true. My brother has been out there and Is now on his way home , but I cannot say wlm arranecmccts he has made. There Is a scheme on foot to control the silver pro duct of the United States , but neither the Rothschilds nor John D. Rockefeller have anything to say In the matter. " John D. Rockefeller was not to bo fount today , and at his office his whereabouts were unknown. Mr. E. W. Nash of the Omaha and Or an Smoltlne and Refining company was seen last night at his residence In this city am confirmed In part the Denver dispatch. II denied emphatically , however , that John D Rockefeller or the Rothschilds were In any way connected with the scheme The object of the meeting at Denve was to effect a mutual understandln among the smelting companies , through whlc they would be protected aga'.nat sudden flue tuatlons In the silver market and obtain belter price for their product. The meetln was purely Informal , and no definite actlo was taken toward- the formation ot the syn dlcate. The matter was freely discussed am a committee was appointed to recommend course ot action at a subsequent meeting which will probably be hela in Denver at an early date. Mr. Nosh stated that the pros pectlvo syndicate had no Intention to arbl trarlly Influence the silver market , but elm ply expected to protect their own Interests , 1'resldent Gutei' Lecture. President Dates of Iowa college , Grinned la. , has bjen secured by the Congregatlona Church Extension society for a lecture dur ng his visit to the city to supply the pulpll t the First Congregational church. President Gates while attending the Con. ; regatlonal club last winter Ipoke on "Th4 Clngdom" and so Impressed the membcr < vlth the breadth and freshness of hU bought that they eagerly seized the. oppor- unlty ot securing a lecture from him a ( his time. Ho will speak at Y. M. C. A. iall Monday evening on "The Call ot th 'wentleth Century. " Don't fill your stomach with spirits which wreck It. Cook's Extra Dry Champagne tone * t up. Y. AI. C. A. Announcements. Sunday afternoon the big choir of thi Vestmlnlster church under the direction ol Mr. Williams will sing at the mcn'a scrvlca at the Young Men's Christian association at o'clock. This scries of choir recitals haa proved to bo a very attractive feature. riio singing at the big meeting has been o | a most Inspiring nature. Two hundred anil Ifty new hymn books have been purchased ! or this meeting. Rev. W. K. Beans , D.D. , delivers the address Sunday. The outline bible studies for the blbli class of the association have arrived. Thesi , cssons are the practical development ot th < j bible classes held by the Young Men's Chris * Ian association for many years , and prepare ly their best students. They are especially .daptcd to the use of associations. Tin classes nnet Sunday at 0:15 : a. m. and 3 p. m. Sunday school teach era are beginning t < show their appreciation of the class by Dn Iclllngs , for teachers , held Saturday at { p. m. , in th ; association parlor. Charles E. Morgan addresses the youn ( men's service this evening. 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