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.
From the Moment
*
of Birth use
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I
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