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    THE OM : AHA DAILY BEE : DAY , FEBRUABY 19 , 1807.
SHERMAN AND THE TREATY
Ohio Senator Wanta the Question Settled
During Present Session ,
WILL TRY TO BRING IT TO A VOTE TODAY
Nelson of MlnncNoln Mnvci o I'oM-
C'oiiMili-riitliiit I'ntll March
KI mill Hl 'Million Aniicnrn
IJUely < o 1'ri-MilI.
K'ASHlNaTON , Feb. IS. The senate ad
journed nt GSO : after spending nix hours in
executive session , dovotcd to the considera
tion of tlic nomination of II. 0. Amldon to
bo dlnlrlct Judge ot North Dakota nnd ot the
nrbltratlon treaty. Tl.u treaty was not
reached until about G o'clock. It hnd been
Intended to make an extraordinary effort to
secure Itn disposition before adjournment ,
but the plans were frustrated by senators
who were more nnx-louos to secure action
upon nominations. Thcrovero two yea and
nay votes during the dny bearing on the
. treaty. In the llrst , which was a contest
between the treaty nnd the nominations as
to which ahnuld have precedence , the treaty
lost. In the second , on a motion to adjourn ,
which was antagonized principally by the
friends of the treaty , the treaty won , as ad
journment nt that tlmo was prevented. Uolh
votes were close- and neither was specially
significant , as In the lira I vote f.orno frlcmlu
ot the treaty cast their ballots against It ,
and In the second some of Its opponents were
ndvcr.se to adjournment , saying that they
were aa willing for the test today as any
other tlmo.
It was not long after this vote that Senator
Sherman himself moved an adjournment.
In entering this motion -Mr. Sherman said
ho WUB actuated by a destro to consult the
convenience of the senate and that , recog
nizing the fact that much of the day had
been given to another subject , he conceded
It was hardly fair to ask the senate to take
the treaty at that hour with n view to , con
tinuing UK discussion until It .should be
disposed of. Ho gave notice that ho would
tomorrow , nt 12:30 : , move an executive ses
sion for the purpose of considering the
treaty alone and that ho would ask that the
bcEsIon behind closed doors be continued
until the futo of the treaty should be known.
Upon this the senate adjourned.
There were no speeches on the merits
of the treaty during the day , but all that
were made worn devoted to a motion by
Senator NoUon of Minnesota to postpone the
treaty until the 5th of March. The speeches
In favor of this motion were made by Sen
ators Nelson , Allison and Frye , and those In
opposition by Senators Sherman , Lodge ,
Hoar and Vest. The first three were with
out exception friendly to the treaty , but
they urged the pressing character ot other
business and the apparent futility of try
ing to get u vote on the treaty at the pres
ent senslon. Messrs. Sherman , Lodge , Hoar
and Vest contended that n vote could bo had
If the friends of the treaty who , Mr. Sher
man nald , embraced three-fourths of the
senate would only show their devotion by
maintaining a quorum day and night until
n vote could be reached. It Is conceded
on all sides that tomorrow's session will be
the final ono on the treaty during this con
gress. The most probable result is the adop
tion of Mr. Nelson's motion to postpone.
roil TIII : enow UUKISIC SKTTII < : US.
Mnnt > x to Piiy tin1 I.nut C In I HIM lii-
rlml.-il In the Dftlolciiry Hill.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 18. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The general deficiency bill reported
today contains the following of local Inter
est : To pay amounts duo the Uivlon and Kan
sas 1'aclflo companies and settlements In
favor of tlio Contra ! Branch , $10,272 ; to re-
imhurso certain settlers for balances duo on
account ot damages sustained by reason of
their removal from the Crow Creek aud Wln-
ncbago reservations In iiouth Dakota , $001.
The confirmation of Judge Munger was by
no means unexpected , both Nebraska sena
tors nt tlio last inomapL being found sup
porting the nominee. Senator Thurvton In
stating his position said that Judge 'Munger
was his personal friend and that ho could
oppose him upon none but political ground : ,
which ho did not desire to do , and without
division being taken ho was confirmed
Members of the Nebraska delegation are
pleased with the confirmation and wired their
congratulations to the ucw judicial oflleer
Mrs. Thurston gave her last Thursday ai
homo today previous to the dawning of Lent ,
being assisted by some young ladles , in
cluding the Omaha girls who have added
much to the charm of tlieso occasions. Sen
ator and Mrs. Thumton leave tonight foi
Bridgeport , Conn. , whole a state nlcet'lng
of republicans Is to bo held.
Spnator Allen has Introduced n bill to
roinovo the charge of aesertlon from the
military record of Frank Ferrln of Omaha.
Representative Hainer Is confined to his
room with "grip. "
W. Ross Cooper of Iowa has been ap
pointed assistant inspector at $1,200 In the
bureau of nivlmal Indus'.ry , Department of
Agriculture.
" Joseph U. Drennon has been appointed
I/ watchman-fireman In the public building nt
DCS Molncs , la. , vlco Harry Kuehner , re
signed.
miTIIO.H ON" COAI. TO UK IIAISISI ) .
AVorU of Hi'iMilillriiiiM on Wiiyn inn !
Mi-lliiM ( 'olimiHtri' .
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18. Tlio republican
members of the ways nnd means committee
took an Important step today In their work
on the now tariff bill , by deciding to restore
the McKlnley rates on coal nnd coke. TheD1-
rates were 7C cents per ton of 28 bushels on
bituminous nnd shale , and 30 cents on con )
slack , such as will pass through u half Inch
screen. The prtoent rates are 40 cents and
15 cento. Coke Is advanced from 15 to 20
per ccnti nd valorem.
The changra were made In response to a
g'oncral demand from the coal Interests ,
whose representatives declared the Wilson
rate had Increased Canadian competition to
greatly that American mine owners had
been obliged to reduce wages to keep In the
Held.
Held.Tho
The conference first dealt with the tobacco
schedule nnd no final agreement has been
reached , but It Is understood they will return
to the SIcKinloy rates , except on filler. The
rate on tl'Is will be 70 cents n pound , double
the McKlnloy duty , which was 35 cents. It
was represented by the tobacco manufactur
er that moat of the tobacco Imported from
Cuba no filler was used for wrappings and
that this evasion of the law gave the Key
West factories an advantage over these us
ing Sumatra tobacco. The McKlnley diitltM
on wrapper tobacco were $2 per pound on
stemmed nnd $2.75 on unsteinmcd. On snuff
the ratti watt fiO cents , on cigars and cigar-
cure $1 and 15 per rout ad valorem and en
tobacco not enumerated , 40 cents ,
The committee will devote most of thin
week to ths schedule of mimlrkM , which
includes buttons , explosives , matches , muu | .
cal Instruments , furs , jewelry , gloves nnd
miscellaneous manufactures , nnd on moot of
thcso the McKluloy rates will be restored.
Vote * o Spilt the lloiiil lli < nii.
WASHINGTON , Fob. J8. The house today -
day , by a vote of 197 to 91 , reversed the findIng -
Ing of a majority of the elections committee
end decided the contested election case of
N. T. Hopkins against J. M , Kendall , from
the Truth Kentucky district , In favor of the
republican contestant. Kloven republicans
and three populists voted with the democrats
against unsealing Kendall. The conference
reports on the bills to pension Major General
Julius H. Stnhcl at ? 75 and the widow of
Major General Stouomau at ICO wcro
adopted.
A ' ' < ' | ttH u OollrKt' I'rt-Hlilrnuy ,
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18. Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson this afternoon announced that
ho had accepted the presidency of thu WashIngton -
Ington and Leo university at Lexington , Va.
The formal tender as inado to him a week
ago at a meeting of ( lit ) board of trustee * .
The board fixed July 1 an thu date on which
the new president assumes the chair ,
I'roiuolloiiM In the Army ,
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18. The president
today sent to the seiiutu the following nom-
luatlons : SUto Thomas Willing Peters ot
the District of Columbia to foe United
States consul at Planen , Germany. Nary
Passed Assistant Surgeon Lloyd W. Curtis to
be a surgeon In the navy. Also the fol
lowing first lieutenants to be captains of
Infantry : n. D. Turner , Daniel A. Freder
ick , Edgar Hubert. Second lieutenant * to
be first lieutenants of Infantry ! William O.
John. on , James n. Lindsay. Sergeants to
be second lieutenants : J , W. Clinton ,
Fourth cavalry ; A , T. Ovcnshlne , Twenty-
first Infantry ! U.Field , Eighth cavalry.
Alee Corporal Henry E. Barnes , Fourth cav
alry , to bo second lieutenant.
MoTinmsrovifiiuiiovu ciiimcn.
Mm. IlnllltiKtnn llnnllt Tnlkn lo the
Cotixmtloii tit Her Work.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18. The First Hap-
tUt church was crowded long before the openIng -
Ing ot the mothers' convention nnd an over
flow meeting was held In the large Sunday
school room. Mrs. Dalllngton IJooth con
ducted the devotional exorcises nnd spoke of
her work among the IKJOT nnd destitute
classes In Now York City. When she ap
peared on the platform , dressed In the uni
form ot the American Volunteers , she was
greeted with a burst of enthusiastic ap
plause. She appealed lo mothers to guard
every axcnuo by which their children could
bo led nstrny nnd declared that a mother's
love was the most patent Inflticnce 4n the
formation of the character of the child.
Mrs. Louise 13. Hognn of Gcrmantown , Pa. ,
road an Interesting paper on "Dietetics , " In
which the subject of food , especially for
children , was treated In n practical manner.
Mrs. Helen II. Gardener of Iloston read a
paper on "Tho Moral Responsibility of
Women In Heredity , " In the course of
which she said : "I fear that I shall strike
n less pleasant note than those who have
dealt with thp Ideal motherhood. My theme
Is scientific. It deals with demonstrable
facts and It goes back even of the kinder
garten. Self-nbncgatlon , subserviency to
man , whether ho bo father , lover or hus
band , Is 11)3 most dangerous theory that can
be taught to women. She has no right to
"
transmit a nature that Is subservient "and a
slavish character , either blindly obedient or
blindly rebellions , and therefore ) set , as Is a
time lock , to prey or to bo preyed upon by
the society of the future. "
"If woman Is not brave enough personally
to demand , to obtain absolute personal lib
erty of action , equality of status , entire
control of her great and race-endowing
function maternity she has no right to
dare to stamp upon a child and to curse a
race with the desrcndants of such a servile ,
n dwarfed , time nnd master-serving char
acter. We wonder how she dares to face
her child and know that she did not fit her
self by self-development and by direct , sin
cere , firm and thorough qualifications for
maternity before she dared to assume Its
responsibilities. Wo wonder that man has
been so slow In learning to read the mes
sage that nature- has telegraphed to him In
letters of flro and photographed with a tcr-
rlblo persistency upon the distorted , dis
eased bodies . 'nd minds of his children and
upon the moral Imbecile she has set before
him as nil answer to his message of sex
domination. Do you know that there Is nn
army of 700,000 defectives in this country ?
Seven hundred thousand Imbeciles , Insane ,
deaf , dumb , blind and criminal victims of
maternal and paternal Ignorance ! Our
standing army Is only 23.000 men this for
our protection ; our defective 700,000 these
for our destruction. "
Mrs. Jemu'ss Miller of Washington read n
paper on "Tho Mother's Relation to Sound
Physical Development of Her Child. " Lee
Mouquo of Washington spoke on the subject
of "Reproduction and Natural Law. "
AIIHXO TO" FlFlS AIMMIOIMIIATIOX.
Sennit * Committee lit AVorlc oil Sundry
Civil Hill.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18. The senate com
mittee on commerce today agreed to repprt
favorably n number of amendments to the
sundry clvH appropriation bill providing for
Improvements to rivers and harbors , Includ
ing $273,000 to complete the improvement of
the Great Kanawha river , W. Va. ; $318950
for di edging n channel In Mare Island strait
to enable all classes of vessels to reach tin
naval establishment at Mare Island ; improv
ing harbor at Oakland , Cal. . $200,577 ; $200-
000 for a steam revenue cutter with head
quarters at Now York ; $125,000 for a vessel
for- coast survey purposes In Aliskan
waters ; $85,000 for n steam tender for
construction and repair duty In the
Third lighthouse district ; $130,000 for
a dredge boat at Sabine Pacs , Tex.
An amendment was agreed to , direct
ing the secretary of war to designate a board
of live engineers of the army to investigate
the question of movable dams and to rec
ommend the best type for various cotidltlonu
of service.
AIMA\CI : < : co.ciums ITS SKSHIOX.
Appointment of Lecturers the Oiilj
HiiNliioNM M'ritilNiielcil.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18. The annual
meeting of the National Farmers' Alliance
and Industrial union biipremo council ended
today with a short session of the executive
committee of the supreme council. A num
ber of routine matters were discussed and
acted upon and the work In the field re
viewed. The following were elected lec
turers to travel about In the Interests of
the alliance : R. A. South'.vorth , Denver ,
Colo. , for the western district ; Hamlln V.
Poor of Bird Island , Minn. , for the north-
wehtcrn district , and F. Pensol of Parkere-
burg , W. V. , for part of the eastern field.
NOIVM for tin * Arinj' .
WASHINGTON , Feb. IS. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Colonel Charlts A. Wykoff , who
was recently promoted from lieutenant
colonel , Nineteenth Infantry , has been as
signed to the Twenty-second Infantry and
ordered to Fort Crook upon the expiration
of his present leave of absence.
Lieutenant Colonel Hood lias been as
signed to the Nineteenth Infantry and or
dered to report to the commanding general ,
Department of tbn .Missouri , for assignment
to station.
Major Constant Williams will remain with
the Seventh Infantry.
The following transfers have been or
dered : Second Lieutenant Harry O. Wll-
lard , from thn Seventh to the Fifteenth
cavalry , troop n ; Second lieutenant Stephen
M. Kochersporgcr , from the Tenth to the
Seventh cavalry , troop I ; the latter Is
ordered to Join his troop.
The resignation by Major William II. Car
ter , assistant adjutant general , of hla com
mission of captain of the Sixth cavalry only
has been accepted by the president.
Lieutenant Robert 1C. Evans , Twelfth In-
fcntry , has been ordered to Join his com
pany at the expiration of loavo.
The following transfers In the Twentieth
Infantry have been made : First Lieutenant
Frederick V. Krug , company I to company
F ; First Lieutenant Edward M. Lewis , com
pany F to company J ; Second Lieutenant
Albert D , Nlskern , company F to company
K ; Second Lieutenant Lucian Stacy , com
pany 1C to company F.
The resignation by Captain George I ) .
Davis of his commission as first lieutenant
of the Fourth Infantry only has been ac
cepted by the president.
First Lieutenant Willlnm C. Rafferty ,
First artillery , has been relieved from duty
as member of the ueacoast artillery flro
board and ordered to join hlH battery. First
Lieutenant Charles F. Parker , Second ar
tillery , has been detailed as member of the
board.
Leave of absence.- Cadet Harry E. Mitch
ell , flilrd class , Military academy , until
August 28.
I'lltelitx to U'eNleril III vent or * .
WASHINGTON , Feb. IS. ( Special. )
Patents have been Issued as follows : Ne
braska Jamea C. Hobba , Loulivlllo , wblflle-
troej Nathan Wotrel , Omaha , mower.
Iowa Helnrlch Althaus und W , Gerken
Uyersvllle , ditching machine ; Nicholas
Harry. Jr. , Muncatlno , trap nerew ; Molvln
F , Ulgelow , Alden. bridle bit : Albert H.
lily , Oltumw * , jack for removing Journal
bearings or brasses from axle boxes ; George
H. Brown , Dubuque , dust extractor ; Wil
liam F. Davis , Waterloo , electric Igniter for
explosive engines ; Jacob J , Hcnzltt , Deep
River , undertakers' folding truck ; John M.
Hcai , Ivester. motor ; Henry E. Patterson ,
Hudson , check hook ; Christian Schneider ,
Davenport , lop prop for carriages.
Dully Trenxnrx .Statement.
WASHINGTON , Fob. 18 , Today's s'.ate-
menl of the condition cf the treasury fc > ; ows :
AvalUblo cash balance , IIIC.KO.DIS ; golU rc-
icrvo , $116.910.493.
Look to your Interest. You can buy Sal
vation Oil , thu great pain-cure , ( or 25 cts.
LEXOW CONTINUES TO PROBE
Ruubor , Sngar nnd Wall Paper Trust Repre
sentatives Examined ,
HAVEMEYER FAILS TO PRODUCE BOOKS
Yle-n * ( he Invettlmitlon In the U Iit
ot n 1'ernooiitlnii ComniUtee'ii
niiN Apparently "Nettle
\Vltneme.N. .
NEW YORK , Feb. 18. The directors of the
Sugar trust -met yesterday and the question
of obeying the mandate of the committee
on trusta was discussed. The rumor Is that
the directors decided to Ignore the tirdor of
the committee , nnd that the stock certificate
book and the minute book of the company ,
about which no much has been said , will not
bo removed from the safe deposit vault In
New Jersey. Subpoenas were Issued ( yester
day , It was ealJ this morning , for the mem
bers of the board of directors of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company , with the In
junction to produce the books.
Charles R. Flint , treasurer of the United
Slates Rubber company nnd some of hla
business associate ? wore early on hard for
the Investigation this morning , and awaltcO
the arrival of the chairman.
"Tho directors of the American Sugar Refining
fining company met yesterday nf'ernoon , "
said Mr. Parsons , "and the rcqticsl of the
committee that they furnish Information In
regard to the purchase ot the Philadelphia
refining concerns nnd ccrtnln flgurea regrrd-
Ing labor nnd the amount ot taxes paid by
Hie company in the stale of New Yorlc wiis
considered. I was authorized by the direc
tors and do now present the agreement In
regard to the purchase of the Philadelphia
concern nnd the Information regarding labor
and taxes paid by the company. " Mr. Par
sons handed In the documen * .
When Mr. Flint took the stand he was
asked If ha had provided the data which ho
had promised at yesterday's hearing to pro
duce today. Ho said lie had only a part of
It. Nearly all the testimony elicited In his
examination was negative. Ho admltcd that
the United States Rubber company owned n
majority ol the stock of the Brookhavcn
Rubbcn company , but did not know whether
the smaller plant had been lorn down or
dismantled. Ho did not know whether or
not 100 hands had been thrown out ot worl ;
by the order of the United States Rubber
company , closing the Urookhaven concern
last summer. Witness denied that the Se-
taucket concern , employing between GOO and
1,000 hands was rendered Inoperative at the
Instance of the United States Rubber com
pany. "It Is a going concern and Is only
shut down at present for needed repairs,1'
ho said.
DOES NOT KNOW.
Witness did not know whether or not the
United States Rubber company would be
likely to advance money to smaller concerns -
corns and refrain frcm controlling their
output , lie said the Urookhaven concern
was bought merely because it cnuld be
bought cheap , but he did not know what Its
stock sold for. He added that other pur
chases of plants were In contemplation.
Concerning the purchase of the Setauckot
plant , witness said labor there was paid 25
per cent less than In the United States
Rubber company.
Senator Lexow asked If this was the case
why the trust had bought and closed the
Setaucket mill.
The witness did not glvo a direct answer
to the question , but entered on an explana
tion sho-.dng that the United States Rubber
company had paid and was now paying
higher wages than was any other concern In
the rubber business. Witness said the com
pany had thought It desirable to develop the
concern that cost $1,300,000 at the expense
of the Setaucket factory , whose plant cost
$150,000. Witness said that the company
since consolidation had paid a little over 1
per cent on Its common stock.
"How much of the capital stock had been
issued for properties now closed ? " asked
Chairman Lexow.
"Less than 2 per cent ot the total capital
Izatlon of the United States Rubber com
pany. "
"To put It plainly , Mr. Flint , is not the
entire general stock of the company
watered ? "
STOCK NOT WATERED.
"Not as n spicflc condition. "
"Now , docs not a great deal of your stock
represent only water which your company's
directors expect to develop Into something
which may pay dividends ? "
"We have our tradcmaika and patents-
they are very valuable ; Just as valuabls an
brick and mortar , "
"Is It not Just the practice of Issuing n
large amount of stock for what Is called good
will that has brought thcc Individual com-
blneo Into disrepute. "
Mr. Flint denied that the Untied States
Rubber conipiny was in disrepute.
"How do you exulnln that tie ! 'dear people'
Is only admitted to oSare la the bsiieftts af
ter the nominal valua of the stock la In
creased. "
"Well , they could not share inIt until the
consolidation was made. "
"How do you explain that your stockhold
era increased In five years from 300 to C.OOO ? "
"I deelro to say that the present executive
committee of the company hold about ? 10-
000.000 of the stock. "
"That is to say that the original Insiders
hold $10,000,000 and that $29.000,000 has been
disposed of , the capitalization being $39-
C50.000 ? "
"All the largo original stockholders gtlll
hold about the saino amount of stock. Today
an Isolated property. If It had to be sold ,
; nlght not bring ( ft ) psr cent of Us value.
The fact Is that tlie directors today don't
want too many eggs In their basket. "
Mr. Flint said the amount of common
stock Issued , representing good will , was
equal to $20.000,000. Ily way of explanation
Mr. Flint stated that ono of the objects of
consolidation was to enable the property to
be put on the morket In a realizable form.
SUGAR TRUST AGAIN.
After recess , Henry O. Hnvemeyer and
John E. Parsons , president and counsel re
spectively of the American Sugar Refining
company , wcro present. When President
Hnvomeyer had taken the witness stand he
was asked a number of questions covering
ground heretofore gone over.
"Do you know where the original deed of
the American Sugar Refining company Is ? "
finally queried Senator Lexow.
' "No sir ; I do not , " was the reply.
Mr. llavemeycr then said that the figures
showing the distribution of thu original utock
of the company were cut out by Mr. Parsons
by permUslon of the Arnold committee at
the tlmo of the Investigation by the senate
committee.
"Do you mean that ? "
"Yes , sir ; I say tlio figures were cut out
nt the tlmo of the Arnold Investigation , by
Mr. Parsons , without regard to anything before -
fore or alnco.
"Who had the custody of the mutllatcJ
trust dort ? "
"Mr. Parsons , "
"Why wa It that you and your associates
wcro nn solicitous to conceal these figures ? , "
"A hundred people agreed to have that
done. I am not responsible. Thu deed t.liouli )
have been destroyed , because , In my Judg
ment , It was that deed that caused all the
trouble and hostile legislation and this per
secution. "
"You mean prosecution , don't you ? "
CALL9 IT PERSECUTION.
"No , I say persecution. All the fi > ss hrn
been over that deed. If that deed hid not
been In existence the Investigators would
have been fighting the air. This thing has
been swept nsldo by the supreme court. "
"What do you mean by that ? "
"Oh , I thought you were conversant with
things that have gene before In this matter
by former Investigations I mean that wu
have had this Investigation before , and that
ono Judso hta ruled that wii were n crimi
nal monopoly , and another Judge that wo
were iiDt. The supreme court swept all this
a ldo by declaring that wo wore not a mo
nopoly. Inasmuch as wo did not stile compc
tltlon. "
Assemblyman Warner here asked about
the books of the original trust , and Mr.
liavcineyer said ho supposed they went out
of existence. In 1891 ,
"Wero they destroyed ? "
"I don't know , 1 don't keep the books. "
"Will you swear 'they were not de
stroyed ? "
"I won't swear to anything. I don't know.
I am particular about my oath. "
"How do you account , , for the rise In su
gar since the consolidation ? "
"Uy the Inordinate demand. "
"You have been ibu&poenaed to produce
the original deed 06 truit. , "
"I don't bellcvo It Is In existence. I last
saw It with Mr. PdHs&ni as custodian. "
Mr. Parsons was then aworn. Ho admitted
having been the custodian of the trust deed ,
not In a legal way , but as counsel.
"What became of'the ' portion ot the deed
that was cxtracteili i
"I have no recollection of seeing It. It
wns Claimed at that tlmo 1 believe , that there
was no reason why'thd' ' ' aper should bo pro
sjrved. " I
Mr. Parsons eald ho. had cot sen the paper
slnco 1SSS and In reply lo another question
said the directors at their meeting yesterday
had not considered the question of the pro
ducing the minute book. This flnlDhcd the
probing ot that company.
WALL PAPER INVESTIGATED.
Henry Hum , president of the National Wall
Paper company , was then called. Ho said
ho was not one ot the original Incorporators
or original directors of the organization ,
which was organized In July. 1802. Ho said
the National Wall Paper company was com
posed of twenty-eight different companies.
"How many companies iwcro left out ol
the combination ? "
"About seventeen. "
"What amount of business did the com
bination secure ? "
"About sixty-five per cent , Judging by the
machines we employed. Wo have 1SS ma
chines as against SS of those not In the com
bination. "
"What was the capital stock Issued ? "
"Tho original Issue was $14,000,000 , sub
sequently raised to $27.000,000 or $2S,000 ODO. "
It was all common stock , the witness said ,
and the corporation was not organUod In
Now York.
In reply to another question , wltnats ! > ald
the output of the consolidated concern In lSfl
was 125,000,000 rolls cf wall paper. The con-
labor In the various concerns , Mr. lltlrns
fald. The witness further testified
that wall paper had been reduced
10 per cent ; that wages had not been reduced
but were more since the consolidation. Wit
ness said ho heard ot thn existence ofa wall
paper trust or club , which was In competi
tion with the National Wall Paper company.
Where It was located , or who composed It ,
Mr. Uurn did not know. On the promise
that Mr. IJurn would produce certain statis
tics needed by the Inquisitors , Mr. Hum
was excused until tomorrow morning and the
comuilttoo aJJourued.
co.v.smmi MKDICAI , IJCGISI.ATIOV.
Homeopathic Soelety Kmlorues a Hill
% ( MV In the liCKlNliittire.
The Onialm Homeopathic Medical society
held ono of Its regular meetings last nlghl
and discussed a bill now before the state
legislature regulating the practice of medi
cine. The bill provides nmendmentp to ex
isting laws requiring thnt n four years' course
shall be established In medical colleger In
stead of three ; that a physician shall pas
a preliminary examination before practicing
In the state ; that n member of the State
Board of Health shall not bo n member of the
faculty of any medical college ; and that the
application fee shall be Increased from $ B to
$10. one-half of this amount to b = ? ujeil to
prosecute offenders ngalnst the law. Tliu
bill WES heartily endorsed by the oaolt'fy
Dr. Benjamin S. ' nalley of Lincoln was
prwent at the meeting , and after the dis-
ctirsion of the bill "was " concluded , the so
ciety had an Interesting FCEalon considering
the subject of appe-ndlcltls , and tna merits
of operations for Ita relief. Th-jro was no
little difference of opinion on this point ,
but nil ngreed that the dltieaso was one
which required a great deal of care and
thoughtful attention )
IIICAMIST is urmifixni ) TO IOWA
ArrcnU'il oil Complaint of HlH Second
U ife , Yl'huiu He Holihed.
George Latlmer , ajlas Faust , alias Colgan ,
alias Colran , who. was arrested in this city
Tuesday night as n suspicious character , was
last evening taken' In charge by Sheriff
Johnson of Des Moinda .and taken back to
the Iowa capital on a charge ot blgainy.
Colgan has a hard record. The charge
upon which , ho Is at present arrested la for
obtaining money from Amanda Anderson of
Des Moines. MlM Anderson had considerable
money which she had saved , and to obtain
this Colgan prevailed upon her to marry him.
He succeeded In getting hold ot $75 of the
savings and with this decamped to this city.
Colgan was already married and has a
family , and Miss Anderson galling possession
of this fact , swore out a warrant for his
arrest on a charge of bigamy. Colgan has
already served three sentences for burglary ,
one at the penitentiary at Anamosa and two
at Fort Madison , la.
WYOMI.Vfi'S I ! 11.1 ? IS ItHI'OUTKU.
I.e lNlatiire Takes Prompt Aelloii on
the K\iioNllloii : flatter.
CHEYENNE , Feb. IS. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The ways and means committee of
the Wyoming legislature amend the gen
eral appropriation bill , which has been In-
troducoJ , by adding JS.OOO for the purpose
of making a Wyoming exhibit at the Trans-
misslssippl Expedition. The Wyoming ex-
h.t-.t at the World's fair , which cost $10,009
and which Is practically intact , will'be ' util
ized as a basis for the exposition exhibit.
ArrcHteil for ANNiiult.
Shortly before midnight last night Robert
Robinson , n big burly negro , went into the
houie kept by Lib Dean , near Ninth nnd
Capitol nvenui ? . ami declared he would run
things on a new plnn. To this the Dean
woman objected Hoblnson took a piece of
BUH plpn. which he had coiu-i-nled under hlK
coat , anil commenced to ue.it her over the
hend with It. The thickness of the woman's
skull , however , Kivcd her life , and Robert
was bundled into the patrol wagon.
i nnso.\Ai ; I-AUAUKAIMIS.
O. II. Olivci of DCS Molncs Is at the Mer
cer.
cer.Dr. . Benjamin S. Bailey ot Lincoln is In
the city ,
James Verne , a railroad man from Sioux
City , Is In Omaha.
Ed Perry and C. H. Webster of Chicago
are at the Barker.
C. H. Downing , a hardware merchant at
David City , Is In Omaha.
H. P. Strahl and M. A. Metz of Chicago
nro registered at the Mercer.
B. Deutsch left last night for Gnlcsburg ,
III. , on a short visit with friends ,
A. L. Livingston and 0. S. Lcitch of St.
LoulH nro registered at. , the Barker.
Mlsa Manila Beck , who has been visiting
at Oregon , III. , returned home last night.
R. C. Dill of Mufray" and W. E. Arm
strong of Ponca are tegfstered at the State.
H. T. King and paprco Coddlngton of
Fremont , Neb. , are itoimjing at the Mercer.
K. L. Judd ot .Red , dak and C. R. Rogers
ot Sioux City are low u , arrivals stopping at
the State ,
/ ( , ,
F. C. Reeves , J. -O.ltrom and William
WrUht , stockmen from 'Uattlo Croak , arc
In the city. i
J. W. Sugars of Sodalla. Mo. , and Wil
liam Huckfeldt of St. MftBcph are stopping
at the State. i ' '
V. ' . C. Price , traveling passenger and
freight agent for the Louisville , Kvansvlllo
& . St. Louis road , la'ttflliu city.
F. D. Brown , casWerfof the Union Pa
cific , returned home from Lincoln yester
day , after a short business trip.
T. J. O'Kcefc. editor 'of ' the Herald nt
Hcmlngford , Neb. , Is ' | ; i ° the city and was
B caller at Tlio Dee'dfilbo , ; last night.
J. H. Nelson wcs arrested last night
charged with hauling garbage without a
permit. Ho has been arrested before on a
similar complaint.
M. K. Gllmore and B. L. C. Gllmoro of
Valley , William Grlslngcr of Bellwood , J.
A. Brown and II , if. Glffen of Hasting * ore
state arrivals at the Barker.
Miss Bertha Sloan of this city will ihli
afternoon leave for. Washington to attcn 1
the Inaugural festivities , after which she
will visit friends -n Philadelphia und Nou
York- .
Nebraskans at the hotels ; James Leon
ard , North Platte ; H. H. Bellwuod , Alliance ;
I. M. Miller , Beatrice- ; Bert Boyd , IMmbar ;
li. W. Tubbs , Kmerson ; C , E , Maroon , Lin-
coin.
coin.Officer
Officer Inda found an expensive Kearney
woman's bicycle In a doorway near Eight
eenth and Farnani streets last evening ,
which bo says has been left there for the
; iast two days. The wheel was neut to the
station , to await a claimant.
MANY APPLYING FOR SPACE
Department of Exhibits is Aommulating a
Largo Correspondence ,
EXPOSITION NOVELTIES ARE PROMISED
Mcetlnun of the Women of the
Fourth a ml Sixth Coimrcxxlonnl
DIMrlot * Arc Ciilleil Jtiilgc
\evllle OOVH to ArkiuiHns.
Applications continue to bo received nt
exposition headquarters for concessions In
the way of novelties and Chlot Hardt of
the Department ot Exhibits , who has been
attached to all the great expositions ot the
world during the past twenty years , Is au
thority for the statement that the Trans-
mlsslsslppl Kxpceltlon will have n largo
number of attractive nnd instructive engi
neering novelties which have never been
exhibited at any exposition. Applications
have already been received for concessions
Involving daring engineering feats In their
construction and several of these have been
referred to nt length In these columns. In
some cases the promoters of thcee schemes
advance the Ideas with the- purpose ot hav
ing the exposition authorities erect the pro
posed structure , but In the majority of cases
the Inventors simply make application for
space. The latest ot tlieso plans
Is developed In an application for
a "marine merry-go-round. " The
Inventor of tills novel scheme ot amusement
proposed to erect a structure on an Island
In the center of a miniature lake. From this
Island pleasure-seekers will embark In boats
made In the form ot sea monsters , and these
monstc-rs , with their burden ot human
freight , will gambol about on the waves of
the lake. For the entertainment of the
timid ones who are afraid to entrust them
selves1 to the keeping ot the cavorting mon
sters , the Inventor will provide a movable
platform , somewhat In the nature of the
regulation merry-go-round. The Inventor of
this novelty makes application for 20,000
square feet nt spaco/nnd says ho Is prepared
to Invest from $15,000 to $20,000 In thp con-
t'tructlon ' of his machine.
Another application , which Is regarded as
highly appropriate for a Nebraska man ,
for sufficient space on which to erect a "licet
Sugar Palace. " Thls application comes from
fiawes county , nnd Is from a man known to
be able to carry out his Idea In a creditable
manner.
DISTRICT MASS MEETINGS CALLED.
Secretary Wakeflold has heard from Con
gressman Hainer rcgardlug the holding of n
mass meeting of the women of the Fourth
congressional district to elect two members
of the Hoard of Lady Managers of the ex
position. The congressman names Crete ns
the place at which the meeting shall bo hold ,
but leaves the date to be fixed by the secre
tary. Secretary Wakclleld has written to
the mayor of Greta asking him to secure a
hall or other suitable place In which the
meeting may be held and suggesting March
I as the date upon which the meeting
should bo held.
The mayor of Broken Dow has responded
to the letter of Secretary Wakcfleld und In
forms the secretary thai ho has secured the
Northslilc opera house for the meeting of
the women of that district. The secretary
has Issued a call for a meeting of the women
of the Sixth congressional district to bo held
at Broken How at 2 p. m. February 21 ,
Judge Neville , Nebraska's vice president ,
was hero yesterday and announced that he
was making preparations for going to Ar
kansas about the middle of next week to
visit Governor Jones ot tnat etate , who is a
relative ot Mrs. Neville. The judge said
that while ! n Arkansas he would devote hla
energies to working up a strong sentiment
favoring a liberal appropriation for the ex
position.
FItO.1I Till : IAM > OF SIAXV AVATHUS.
I'minlse of n MHMV at ( ho Oinnliii 1C re
position KntliliNliiHllenlly ( Jlven.
ST. PAUL , Minn , , Feb. IS. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The exposition delegates met the
members of the house of representatives this
morning and had a very cordial reception.
They were Introduced by Vice President F.
H. Peavey of Minneapolis , who gave the en
terprise his unqualified endorsement. Chair
man Llndsey spoke brlolly and then Intro
duced L. F. Crofoot of Omaha , who , In a
most effective address , detailed the history ,
scope and objects of the exposition. Ho was
emphatically applauded , and many member. !
personally declared themselves In favor of
a liberal appropriation.
Liter the delegation appeared before the
winter me-etlng of the State Editorial asso
ciation at the Commercial club rooms , whore
addresses were made by I , W. Carpenter of
Omaha and E. W. Caldwell of Sioux City , and
the enthusiastic reception accorded them by
the newspaper men Is considered n very
hopeful sign. The meeting unanimously
adopted the following resolution :
Resolved , Thnt the Minnesota Editors'
and Publishers' association heartily en
dorses the enterprise for the TransinisHln-
Blppl Exposition nt Omiihii in 1S9S , and we
earnestly hope the legislature may make
an adequate appropriation to Insure Minnesota
seta an effective exhibition of her agri
cultural , mineral and manufacturing re
sources nnd possibilities.
The delegation last evening had n session
with representatives of the St. Paul Com
mercial club nnd enlisted several of them
In the promotion ot the Minnesota exhibit
at Omaha.
Messrs. Llndsey , Crofoot and Caldwell go
tonight to Bismarck and Carpenter goes to
Owatonna to present the claims of the ex
position before the meeting of the State
Dairymen's association and will , on Satur
day evening , address In this city a meeting
of the Manufacturers' and Consumers' as
sociation. The delegation Is thoroughly sat
isfied with the outlook as It has developed
during the visit ,
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MlHxIomirleH ! > " ' i\eelleiit Work
Wlillc nt Jeirerxon City.
JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. . Feb. 18. ( Spe
cial Telegram. ) Upon Its arrival hero at 2
p. m. the Transmlsslssippt Exposition dele
gation called Immediately upon Governor
Stephens at the capital and was received
cordially. Ho made many Inquiries , showIng -
Ing much Interest , and promised to favor a
liberal appropriation , and gald If a bill had
not nlieady been Introduced ho would hand
In a special message. Ho then went with
: ho delegates to representative hall and In
troduced them to many members and sen
ators nnd arranged the meeting this even
ing with the Joint appropriation commit
tee , which , has been successfully conducted.
At this meeting C. S. Montgomery stated
the origin of the enterprise and Its history
and presented the conditions and prospects ,
giving details of subscriptions , donations
md appropriations end the Importance of
: lu project , and especially the Intel est of
Missouri therein. E. J. Cor'nlsh then pro-
z ° nted carefully and forcibly the ) especial
reasons why Missouri U Interested and
should glvo liberal encouragement. Dr.
Duller followed with ono of his most at-
ractivo nnd persuasive speeches , the effect-
.vencss of which was very noticeable.
During the afternoon and evening Major
3rowdcr among his many friends , and Mr.
Martin and Judge Cornish , among the legls-
ators , put In cjfectlvo work. At the con
clusion of the meeting the delegates were
assured by Major Ulttinger , member from
3t. Joseph , that the members of the com
mittee were convinced of the propriety of
the appropriation and that the legislature
would quite certainly vote ono and that
Missouri will partake satisfactorily In the
jig show.
The delegates are well pleased with the
manner In which they have been received
and treated by the governor and all others ,
They will spend tomorrow In St. Louis ,
where they expect to do some effective work.
INTKHI'JST 7THIS K.YI'OSITW.V.
I'rVinoiit TnlkH of Women IMrrcJorw
null I'rKi'H mi Appropriation.
FRKMONT , Feb. 18. ( Special. ) The mats
meeting of the women of this congrwilonal
llstrlct called by Congressman Mclklejonn to
noet hero February 24 , to choose two direc
tors from this district of the Transml8 lailppl
Exposition has awakened much Interim In
he expedition hero , Fremont has te\erul
women who have been mentioned for the
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positions and who would be valuable and
efliclent members , but none are reported UB
active candidates for the place. The people
hero are taking a renewed interest in the
exposition and the general opinion la that
the state at largo and thiy section In partic
ular will derive enough benefit from It to
warrant the voting of a llheral appioprlatlon
by the legislature.
l'lA3i TO Iini.I' TIII-J KXl'OSITIOX.
North Slilc Improvement dull ] ) ! H-
CIIKNON I'l-rllticiil S u It ] if IN.
The North Side Improvement club held a
mooting at Brfllng's hall last night. There
was a good attendance of residents of the
northern portion of the city nnd several mat
ters of 'Immediate- Interest to the north side
were dUcuHsed.
The first business transacted by the moot
ing was the passage of a resolution ex
pressing the thanlts of the club to Messrs.
R. W. Richardson , IX H. Chriiitle , J. Y.
Craig , O. K. Shepherd anil F. W. Parker for
their untiring efforts to secure the location
of the exposition at Miller park.
Mr. Craig , for Iho committee appointed at
the last meoWiiK to wait upon the county
commissioners and ask1 that body to cooperate -
ate in placing the roaa > i In the northern
part of the city and county In good condition ,
reported that the commissioners had ex
pressed a willingness to do all In their power
10 assist the exposition In every way.
A resolution offered by W. A. Saundcrs
expressed the thanks and appreciation of the
club to the directors of the expcaltlon for
locating the exposition in Miller park , and
closed by tendering to the iilllccra and di
rectors the assistance of the club In any way
calculated to promote the IntcrcitH of the
affair. This resolution was unanimously
adopted.
President Richardson left the chair long
enough to Introduce a resolution providing for
the appointment of a committee ! ot five to
wait on the park board and the committee
on streets and alloys of the city council and
endeavor to Imvo the Nineteenth street boule
vard placed In first-class condition from end
to end , This resolution was adopted after
the matter had 'been ' thoroughly dUcmwed ,
and the chair appointed W. A. Saunders ,
George Ilassett , W. II Gates , K. .Benedict .
and J. Y. Craig as the committee.
A motion by ( leorgo W. Holbrook was also
passed , Instructing the ficcrotary of the clul )
to reriucst the chief of. police to enforce the
ordinance prohibiting heavy trallle on the
boulevards of the city. Mr. Ilolbrook stated
that these Htrcets are Doing destroyed by
wagons loaded with coal ami other heavy
material.
H.VPOSITIOX IKMMIICI ) IX UTAH.
CoinnilHcf of 1)1 root urn Atlili't'Hit-M the
I , < -iKln < lv < - .Joint Si-Hslon.
SALT LAKE CITY , Utah , Feb. 18. ( Spe
cial Telegram. ) A special Joint session of
both houses of the Utah legislature was
held this evening In order to afford the
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition delegates an
opportunity to bo heard. All of the mem
bers attended und gave the closest atten
tion to the speeches of the Omaha visitors.
As a result of the eloquent and convincing
arguments It Is certain that the legislature
will make an appropriation , probably rang
ing from $10.0W ( to ? 0,000.
Governor Wells was present at the Joint
session and delivered a brief address ot
welcome to the vlnltors. "As to the great
undertaking that they represent , " said he ,
"I think It high ttmo Hint the htatcs on thl.f
aide of Iho Mississippi river made a Hhow-
Ing. When the man who Is holding the
highest position In the United States polnta
his pudgy linger to the west and , character
izes tli states of the west as undesirable
elates the time- has como for a enow-down ,
Utah ought to bo represented at that ex
position. Our first duty Is to our Heml-cen-
tonnlal celebration , but something can bo
spaieil for the Omaha Exposition and In
the Inspiring language of an old democrat ,
'I am for the old flag and an appropria
tion. ' "
Forclhlo and convincing arguments wcro
then made by President Giirdon W. Wattles ,
G. M. Hitchcock , W. S. Popplcton und Clem
ent Chaso. They described tlio scope of
thn exposition in an entertaining manner
and spoke of the advantages that would ac
crue to the west. Their tributes to llrlg-
ham Young nnd the Mormon pioneers wcro
applauded , as four-fifths of the inemboru
of the legislature are MnrmonH. Mr. Pop-
pleton'H announcement that the exposition
auditorium would bn modeled after the
Mormon tnbfrnaclo was received with great
enthusiasm. The delegates will meet wl'b
the ways and means committees of both
houses tomorrow aud Icuvo for Helena to
morrow evening.
tf
Drox It. Rlioonmn is now on Ma
way t address various Httito lcfl ! attires
ttires In behalf of Onmhn as ( ho Kxpo-
Kltlou town his Kt'cafcHt argument will
ho that tliln town sports a shoo IIOUHO i
t lint's us Unit Kolls the host boys' Hlioo
on earth the now kind wo'vo Just sol
icit In are $1.00 the now coin too style i
Iho best ever yet Iho saino Htylea In
misses' shoos ut the KIIIIIO price ,
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