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/ TTVHE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAI1A , SATURDAY 3IORNIXG , * tY 29 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COLT FIVE CENTS. COMPLAINTS FROM INDIANS Aborigine * Are Hot Quito Satisfied with Their Treatment ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR A SHOWING Al o Hrrinrnt Some Clinnffen In Time nnil Methniln of I MiliiK An nuity Good' * nnil .Money to Them. CHAMBERLAIN. S. D. , May 28. ( Special. ) Some ot the Lower Brulc Sioux arc pre paring a petition to the secretary of the Interior stating grievances which they with to have righted. The petition will ask that the commissioner of Indian affairs bo re quired to furnish the tribe with an annual Itemized statement ot all moneys expended for and In their behalf each yearup to and Including June 30 , and showing the balances due the Indians at the close of each ficcil year , so the tribe will have knowledge ot Us financial affairs as a nation. The Imllins desire that the practice ot designating an army officer as Inspector ot annuities and cattle Issued to them be discontinued and that they themselves bo permitted to select thrlr own Inspector , who will at all times net In conjunction with the civilian ! n- | I rfcctor , who Is always appointed for the pur1 1 pose. The Indians will ask that the talnry ' paid to the person whom they select ihhll be taken from such moneys as may be duo j them from the government. I The reason for the change Is stated by the Indians to be because they feel assured that the military Inspectors , or some ot them , act more In the Interest of contractors than of the Indians , whom they are expected to protect. Military Inspectors arc accused of. i ha > lng permitted dry eons to bo palmed off j on the Indians as fresh on.-s jinrt horses , and marcs that were old and wort'jl MS uro alleged to have been approved by the military inspectors and Issued to the Indl.ms. < The Indians demand that their annuity goods , consisting mostly of clothing , rhocs , etc. . be delivered to them on or before No vember 1 of each year. They assert that It frequently happens that they do not get these goods until January , much to their annoyance and Inconvenience. They osk that interest money due them by the government be disbursed among them as early as Dt Mn- ber 15 of each , year and that such payments of Interest bo made to them In money In- ntead lot checks , ns has been th-j custom. They want all such payments to bo made direct to the1 persons entitled tnerefo and protest against the person disbursing the money acting as collecting agent fcr any per son ejther .directly or Indirectly , as digged has been the custom. When money Is paid to them they want all outsiders 'o be Icept away and forbidden from coming among them to make collections. A protest IB entered against churciifB of any denomination having anything 10 say cg.n crnlrig the management nf Judlan agencies. The Indian Jllghta. and /ndhn De fense associations are also "denounced and accused of uslnc the Indians for their own personal ambitious and alms. The Indian petitioners want all cows , horsej and other H + o'stbck delivered to them as early as the mid lie ot May of each year , so tint they can be placed In good condition before the 9ppimencement ot winter. WYOJ1IXG AVEEKI Y CHOP HEPOUT. \Vnrm nnil Conlnnn Itnln * FnU on Ponp of the Seven IJnyn. CHEYENNE , Wyo. , May 28. ( Special. ) Tlio Wyomfng crop report for the week end ing , Monday , May 24 , shows encouraging prospects tor agricultural Interests In the state. Warm and copious rains fell on four days of the week , averaging about one and one-bait Inches over the southern counties , While light showers were scattered over the northern , section of the state. Correspond ents In all parts ot the state report that crop growth and all vegetation are several "wccto In advance of the seauon. The warm rains 'have greatly Improved range grasses apd. stocK.ls ' "G on flesh japldly. Light frosts are rcpoited from some of the north ern counties , but with no damaging effects. Reports from the various counties are as follows : Albany Weather for ( he week warm , with much rale ; seeding finished ; grass growing nicely : stock doing well ; Iilenty of water for Irrigation ; good pros pects for the season. Carbon Weather favorable for all kinds of grain and vege tables ; early sown licit Is looking fine ; heavy rains In Platte valley during past week and Platte river Is higher than It has been for four years. Converse Light show ers nearly every day during past week ; crop prnvnwtx good. SwcctwMer Fair weather , With light ralna. Fremont Crops progres sing Iavorabl > ; gardens growing nicely and absence of frosts gives promise of abundant crops ; light rains are doing mucn good ; Irri gation water plentiful , as streams arc be coming swollen from melting snows in mountains. OIIIeerM for EtiNtern Star. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , May 28. ( Special Telegram. ) The grand chapter of the East ern Star , which Is holding its eelon in th'.a city , yesteiday elected the following of ficers : Grand matron , Mrs. Jeannette N. llcrretd , Eureka ; grand patron , Arthur C. Phillips. Sioux Falls ; associate grand ma tron , Mrs. Bradley , Hot Springs ; associate grand patron , George Snow. Springfield : grand secretary , Mrs. A. M , McAllister , Madison ; grand treasurer , Mra , Kcutnewsky. Rcdfield. Three towns applied for the next meeting of the grand chapter , Redfleld , Hot fiprlngn and Aberdeen. Redfleld was se lected on the second ballot. The meeting ended with a hor. this evening. Court TiiUc-n n l SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , May 28. ( Special Telegram. ) Yrsterday Judge Garland ad- jouined therpeclaU term of the United States court. Joe KIrby , who Is charged with complicity In the noted poatoltlce robberies which took place last year , was till 111. The judge instructed a commis sion of four prominent physicians to visit Klrby and examine him to ascertain It he were really 111 and If ho could safely be brought Into court. The physicians reported that It wad not safe. On motion of District Attorney Elliott the Judge thsn ordered a receio taken until June 8 anil dlsmlscd the jury and wltnemea until that date. K I' AYS VV WHAT 1IU OWES to Snerltlee IIIn I'ronert ) In OriK-r to lu So. CHICAGO , May 2S. Bradford K. Durfee itate superintendent of Insurance under Gov ernor Altgeld , who baa been acc'ued of being $200,000 short itv his accounts , dooa not ewe the state a cent , according to State Superin tendent of Insurance Van Cleave , Mr. Uurfte was removed from office on May 5. At that time he was Indebted to the ktato to ihe extent of fl2C,000 , all of which hag since been paid. Durfeo was forced to dlspoao of all hla saleable property at bacrlfloU ! prices In order to square bU account with the ttate. Governor Altgeld denies that ho was a bor rower from Durfee. to tbo extent ot $43,000. I'nyiiient of Interent. BALTIMORE , May. 28. The receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio company have given nottca that payment would be deferred on the interest duo June 1 on the ? 1,800,000 I the terminal mortgage bonds and on the Chicago division Merllng loan ot ' 77. The Interest due on receiver's certificate * and on the Schuvlklll River East Side railroad will I be met as heretofore. Slllc Wearer * Strike. PATBRSON. N. J. . May 28. One hundred broad elllc weavers In the employ of Wil liam Strange went out on a strike today for * a lacreiM of 20 p r cent la their wage * . L1JAVK SWITCH STAXIHXG OIT.X. TTTO Trnlnn Colllilc nnil Knclnecr nnil Kl re in n ii Arc Killed. GLKNWOOD SPRINGS , Colo. , May 23. An extra freight going1 weal ran upon the Cabeza elding at 7 o'clock this morning to allow No.4 , passenger , the Atlantic express , to P BS. The switch was left optn. The first Ecctlon of No. 4 ran Into the open switch , derailing the engine , mall and baggage coaches and one passenger coach. Engineer John West and Fireman Denny Donauay were Instantly killed. Passengers were badly bruited and shaken , up. Homo bad to be retcucd through holes cut in the coaches. Some were cut with broken gless and bad ! ] * scratched , but It In thought that none arc seriously injured. All the paiaengerr. of the wrecked section were-brought on the fcecond section to Glcnwood. Those requiring medical attention are : Mrs. Imogene 'Brown ' of Los Angeles , head cut. badly shocked , Mlts Porter of-Maine , arm crushed , nervous shock , Mrs. S. A. Aycrst ot Minneapolis , limb crushed , badly bruised , A C-ycar-old son of Mrs. 'Menker ot Lin coln , Neb. , gash In side ot head. Mrs. Sarah B. Barrens , a missionary from Moulmeln , India , Injury to spine and nervous prostration , Mrs. Barrows Is on her way to Garmouthvlllc , Me. , to visit her brother , who Is pastor of a church there. She will temaln In Denver until she re covers. All the blame for the accident seems to attach to the brakeman of the freight train who left the switch open. As soon as Engl- nccr West discovered the open switch he blew his whistle and reversed his engine. Ho remained on his engine , and.but for his prompt action In the last minute of his life , many more would be numbered among the dead. West was one of the oldest and meal faithful engineers on the road. The point where the accident occurred Is a very dan gerous one just on the bank of the Grand river , where a llttlo more momentum would have precipitated the entire train Into the water , which Is now very high. SUB TUUSTBES KOIl AX ACCOl'XTING. Xo ShoirliiR Yet Mtule for { 400,000 Pnt In Their IlaiulN. . KANSAS CITY , Mo. , .May 28. The Times his morning eays : Within the next few days a suit , making charges against Theodore BatiB of Worcester , Macs. , and Francis \mory , recent projectors of the Winner bridge enterprises In this city , will be filed n the circuit court by Attorney C , H. Near- lig. Dr.A. . B. Lyman ot Baltimore , Md. , one of the bondholders , appears as plaintiff. : t Is the Intention of Dr. Lyman. says the Times , to secure the accounting of the trans actions of Ba'cs and Amory , which Involve lie sum ot $1,500,000 , and to ascertain what lispoaltlon has been made ot certain bond ? ales. The petition concludes with these words : No accounting has ever been made by these defendants of the proceeds derived from the of the stocks and bonds , nor "of the use and disposition of the money paid to de fendants , nor of the use to which the money received from the sale ot the first mortgage bonds was put. 'nor of the disposition of such bonds , nor of the assets that were In the hands of said defendants belonging to the plaintiff and other Winner securities hold ers. ' Attorney Nearlng eays of the suit : "At the time of the failure of the Winner com panies , the holders of the stocks and bonds were distributed all over the United States. Messrs. Bates and Amory formed the plan of getting the holders of these securities to unite and place their securities with trustees that concerted action might be taken for protecting the properties. To carry this out It required a large amount of money to be advanced'to pay oft prior Hens upon bridge and railway , and to defray court expenses. These security holders advanced In the neighborhood of $400,000 for that purpose. To ascertain what was done with this money Is ono of the objects of the suit. " WAS V13HY AXX10US TO GET AWAY. Wtiiterntccii Appeiireil Worrleil O\-er the Situation BLOOMSBUHG , Pa. , May 28. When the fourth day of the trial of L. S. Wlntersteen who Is charged with attempting to commit murder by conspiring to blow up the resi dence of L. E. Waller , was begun this mornIng - Ing Mrs. Sallle Gast of Reading testified that she met Wlntersteen about three yean- ago in Reading. Clifton Knorr was with him. Witness told ot a trip In 1896 over the Navasink road , the third time Wlnter steen was down. At this time Knorr ex hlbltcd what witness raid looked like an electric wire , had white stuff on It , am smollcd llko tar. Wlntersteen said : That would do. " In all Wlnteratecn was there three times before the explosion and four times afterward. After Wlcterotecn's third visit a letter came containing money. Witness opened the envelope and then gave the letter to "Cliff , " who told her It was from Winter- steen. It contained $10 , and Knorr said he must go away. This was Just a few days be. fore the explosion. "On the evening of the following Mcnday Wlntersteen came to m ) house. Cliff and Wlntersteen had a meet lag In my kitchen. Wlntersteen seemed to be excited. He said he had not been feel Ing well and that there was hell up In Illoomburg ( this statement created a mill sensation in court ) . Wlntersteen had pre viously told me he was suspected of blow ing up Waller's house. He was anxious to get away. After Wlntersteen had gone "Cliff" showed me J50 which he said Wlnter steen had given him. I saw Wlntereteen a short time afterward. " .ViniilKrninnteil ANHoelatlon AiIJonrnH DETROIT , .May 28. The annual conven tion of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers of America completec Its sessions this afternoon. President Gar land was again re-elected. Stephen Madden wae elected secretary and treasurer , am John W'llllams assistant secretary. Trustem elected were John Pierce and Theodore Shaf fer of PltUburg and Daniel Mullane o Youngstown. President Garland was chosen delegate to the American Federation of Labor convention next December. Next year's con veutlon will bo held In Cincinnati. The representatives will meei the manufacturers In Pltlsburg In a few ilajs In an endeavor to settle the tin plate wage xchedule. Hunker JoluiHtoii GetH Ten Yearn. INDIANAPOLIS , May 28. John F. John ston , late president and cashier of the State National bank of Logansport , was sentenced to ten years' Imprisonment In the Ohio statt penitentiary this morning by Judge Baker of the United States court for the district of Indiana. There was no sensation , and Johnston received the words of the judge without a tremor , and Mrs. Johaton. who * was present in the court room , listened to the sentence without emotion. By counting off good time Johnston will have to serve about seven years , Mm ! Inlnnil I > iNiipeiirlnir. | SAN LUIS OBISPO , Cal. , May 28. The mud island of Moro bay will soon dlsap- pear. Slowly , day by day , the earthquake' , work in disappearing beneath the waters o the bay. Constantly the terrific gaseou forces which cacapei from subterranean crevices and pushed up the dark mass o mud are speeding their strength. It wl ) be a matter of only a few days until tbos who look out over the waters of Moro ba will be unable to locate the spot where th Island so suddenly rose on the night o May3. Two Hrokem Imllctiil , NEW YORK. May 28. Indictments again * Owow W. and D. O. Clappj brokera of Chicago cage and New York , who failed recently were found by the grand jury Jed y. Th men named are under arnenUlu Chicago The complainant , Albert Hess , allege * tba he put up with them J3.000 aa margin on (58,000 worth of stock the day the firm failed The liabilities of toe firm ar { 204,986 an th uieti nominal , i CHEERS FOR THE VETERANS Waving Flags and Blossoming flowers for tbo Heroic Dead. CHILDREN WELCOME THE OLD SOLDIERS Memorial liny III tlic 1'tilillc School * of the CM ? MiDle the OcciiNlun fur TenchliiK Leimnnn In I'ntrlotUin. Tbo public school observance of Memorial day occurred yesterday morning In every ichool In the city , except the High ; rhool , where the exercises were held In tlio afternoon. While the general " form of observance was very similar to that followed In previous ear ? , the hundreds of waving flags and jlossomlng flowers seemed to bring a new nsplratlon'to the children. It Is the gen eral experience of the teachers that the chil dren do their best on the day on which their latrlottc sentiments arc appealed to , Some of the school rooms were decorated o some extent with flags and flowers , and he national flag waved proudly from the lagstaff of every school building. In some cases a supply of small flaga had been pro vided and each child had one pinned on its shoulder. The program consisted of songs , recitations and music by the children , and n each school one or more ot the gray- jalred veterans whom time has left to tell he story toM the children ot the great con- llct which their fathers fought , and taught hem the lesson ot patriotism as they had earned It lu their fighting dajo. In each case the old soldier orators received a warm greeting and met an appreciative audience , and before they left they were given hand some floral souvenirs In evidence of the ileaturo that they had afforded their youth ful hearers. EXERCISES AT LAKE SCHOOL. The exercises at the Lake school are al ways largely attended , and yesterday the argest room In the building was crowded. The program was begun by the singing of the national anthem by the school and the declamation of Lincoln's speech at Gettys- uurg by Robert Morchcad. Master Willie Patten executed a violin solo In a manner very creditable to so youthful an artist , and Henry Johnson played a piano selection , which was a really phenomenal performance for a 9-year-old boy. Wilson Buchanan also contributed a piano selection , consisting of a medley of patriotic melodies. There were recitations by Edith Willis. Nels Nelson. Alice RIner. Lora Slebert , Myrtle Harris and Edna Sweelcy , a duet by Elsie Evans and Jennie Rlsdell , and music ty the Eighth grade. The address ot the day was delivered by T. S. Clarkson , commander-ln-chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic , who was given a hearty welcome by the children. Major Clarkson very briefly called attention to the significance of the day and presented the patriotic sentiments that It should Inspire In a manner easily understood by the young est of his auditors. Ho said that In the great struggle over two million men , the ( loner of American manhood , had marched away to fight for their flag. Three hundred thousand of them still tlepL on the fields on which they fought. Four hundred thousand more had come home maimed and crippled and an equal number of widows and orphans had sacrificed their loved "ones that their country might remain undivided and their flag unsullied. Memorial day had been set asldo as an occasion to recall the memory of those heroes and to scatter the flowers of spring on their graves to show that their suffering and sacrifices had been appreciated. The survivors of the struggle as represented by the Grand Army of the Republic , had al most filled their allotted time In this world , and would soon Join their comrades beyond the river. If was for their children to pre serve their memory and the principles for which they fought. In the hands of the ris ing generation remained the destiny of the nation which they had saved. RECITATIONS AND SONGS. The pupils ot the Farnam school were ad dressed by Rev. T. J. Mackay of all Salnto Episcopal church , who gave a very practical talk to th'i children on the lessons ot the day. day.Tho The following program was rendered by the children : Song Our United States School Recitation Boys , Our Way Lies There Anna Nlelson Concert Recitation Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg Seventh Grade Recitation Alma Nottmun , Dotlle Corduroy and Grace Morse. Song Guard the Flag- , Sixth Grade Recitation Conquered by Kindness Mary Lynch Recitation Our Flag Rora Goodman Recitation Irene Leland Song Battle Hymn ot the Republic Eighth Grade Recitation Our Folks Ilessle Townsenc Patriotic Quotations Fifth Grade Song The Nation's Dead . . . .Seventh Grade Recitation After the Battle..Hazel Herberi Song > America Schoo Mayor Mooreu was away from bis office long enough yesterday to make short ad dresses lo the pupils of the Lcavenworth and other schools. He bad no set speech for the occasion , but told the children teveral stories ot the war , each of which was calculated to Inculcate a patriotic sentiment. Ills graphic picture of the fidelity and heroism of the old soldiers was received with marked enthusiasm by the pupils. EXERCISES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. Owing to the Impossibility of congregating the pupils of the High school In any one room , they were' divided Into four sections which were addressed simultaneously bj Judge Jacob Fawcett. W , S. Strawn , John A. Glllesple and Adjutant C. E. Burmelster Mr. Strawn spoke In one of the rooms on the first floor. discussing the patriotic senti ment ot the occasion he warned the pupils against the tendency to acquire the impres slon that war was a thing to be desired People wce apt to regard It from a distance ta a brilliant array of marching armies , In spiring music and heroic achievements , bu the reality was found In the lonely plcke duty , the stern hardships and the terrible slaughter and bereavement. They shoulc study the war through which the nation bat last pcssed only to acquire knowledge for an emergency which might come some- time. Force was generally to be condemned but ( here were times when an appeal to violence was as honorable cs an appeal to God. The speaker spoke briefly of the evils of thtj slave system , which were responsible for the war and said that In It all there wen the free scl.ool qucntlon. which had been decided right. It had been held by the slave etatea that It was a crime to teich the negro to read or write , but the Irsue of the rebellion had declared that every citizen o ! this republic was to equally enjoy the ad vantages of public education. In preference to making an addrfcs of bis own Adjutant BurraeUtcr read the Memorla diy address prepared by General John C Blnck for use in the schools. Judge Fawcet and Mr. Qllkeple spoke to different divisions of pupils and upon the general lessons of the war as they were to be treasured by the coming generations. UIIUIGHTOXCOLI.niI3 ISXEItCISKS fifiioriil Mnmlemoii Mil Urn nil EIo- iiueut AihlreHM lo gtuilentM. The auditorium ot Crelgbton college was well filled yesterday afternoon with teachers and studenti ) , the occasion being the exer- ( . ' -sea In commemoration of Memorial day , General Charles P. Mauderson was the orator , and bU addrcsa was Uitened to with rapt attention. The more eloquent portions ot the addreai elicited the greatest applauee from the students and when the speaker had concluded he wai greeted with prolonged applause. It was a moat enthusiastic audience , the bbyi apparently appreciating every Incident of the war that wa related Tbo only decoration of the Urge room wai a beautiful American -flaR , ! wlilch stood at one elde of the stages Tm afforded the speaker an opportunity to ball attention to the many noble acts ot-cotAr isergeants and their corporals In his rcRlmmt while they were defending the flaJT. U awell at lengthen on the patriotism ot ( no American troops. He said that there hadjievcf been In ancient or modern wars suchWlgor of contest or battles ot desperation is these of the civil war. Tlio los to Wellington's army was about 12 per cent and that sustained by the far famed Light brlgad ' )0nly ) .16.7 per cent , while In the battles oLtho civil war the number killed and maimed 'averaged all the way from 25 to 60 per cenl. General Manderson alluded to the conflict between the Turks and the Greeks as "a miserable fiasco scarcely worthy the name 01' war. " He said he thoroughly believed In Memorial day celebrations , not In any spirit of enmity , but as a valuable lesson In pa triotic devotion. Father Pahls , principal of Cretghton col lege , presided over the exercises , and after General Manderson's address escorted him through the room , -collegians nil rising and facing the guest and the principal as they passed by. The program was opened with a piano solo , "Columbia , the Qein of the Ocean. " This was followed with a declamation by Harry Furay , who recited , ajvar story. There was a salute to the Rag 'an the part of the puplla , followed by the hearty singing of "America , " and General Manderson was In troduced. P. L. Gllleaplo played "El Capl- tan" as the final march. , , GIUKK1X AX IXOUSTIUOltS CltOOIC. linn a I.OIIKHeeoril nit n Swindler Ilc- Iiliui H I Hi. SAN FRANCISCO , May J8. Dr. Gustavus Hamilton Grlfiln , who had .disappeared from New York , leaving behind numerous victims mourning the loss of their fash and wonderIng - Ing what had become ot the smooth-tongued quadroon physician , la well 'known ' all over the Pacific coast. In 1SS ? Griffin bonded an Immense tract of coal land "In British Co lumbia and endeavored to' sell out at an ad vance of ? 500 to Robert Dlnsmulr. The deal fell through , and Griffin , was so exasper ated that he wrote many , anonymoun letters to Dlnsmulr , threatening t tie J liter's life. He was finally arrested In Victoria. B. C. , con victed and sentenced to fh'e years' penal servitude. During Griffin's * trial It devel oped that the quadroon doctor was an all- around crook. His real name Is Jean Bap- tlste Le Blanc. He Is the < jon of a French plumber and a negress , anilwas born on the Island ot Haytt. He left the Island at an early age and went' to England , and then to Paris , finally being engaged as valet to Gustavus Griffin , AI. D. , B A.who was a prominent member ot the ilfrench academy. Le Blanc picked , up many ; ( .of the forms of good society whllp In Dr.t Griffin's employ. In March , 18S6 ; , Le BLahq or Griffin was arrested In Los Angeles" a charge of em bezzlement. He started a bogus champagne company there' some months' , ( before and suc ceeded In swindling various people out of sums of money aggregating $25.000. Le Blanc jumped his ball , ( led to Victoria , and was there convicted cs .stated abdyo. He was re leases ! In December , 1S92 < 4 TKIAL OF 7 > E\V Cttlin ijdiv MCKJAW. Injection of Aii'f i-To.-Unc SnveH'tlic Life of u CiillfAtuIn Stnn. SAN fRANCISCO , May 28. A new treat ment for lockjaw or tetanus lias just been successfully tried at the "German hospital under the direction of , Dr. Conrad Well , The case Is exciting a great denl of .Interest among the friends of the hospital , as It Is the first experiment with this new treatment west of the Mississippi and ofie ofthe very few experiments In this country. . The patient who owes his life. , as the physicians believe , to the new treatment , is Edmund Rheln , about 23 years old , who received an Injury to his thumb about a mcnth ago. Doubt was entertained at first whether an ampu tation would not be necessary. This was avoided , however , but later dangerous symp toms began to. develop. As' the symptoms were not severe ct first , the ordinary treat- mcni with sedatives' was , tried. The patient grew steadily worse , and Dr. Well decided to try the new treatment. By this time the disease had extended so. as 'to affect almost the en'.lre nervous and muscular system ? . Within forty-eight houra under the new treatment signs of Improvement began and at the end ot a week Rhelo was pronounced out of danger , yesterday be said he felt no symptoms of the disease dt all. only the weakness which w'oa a natural result of the nrdeal through which be had passed. The uew treatment consists of Injections of c tetanus antl-toxine , similar In Its sourf to the antl-toxine ot USC AHSEXIC FOU HAKIXG POWDER , Tivo Men FntnII > * 1'olnoneil .uml Otherx Serlounlr' III' . OAKLAND , Cal. , May , 2S. Fred Beeson , on employe on the ranch of larry Moore , at Sunol used arsenic Instead of. baking powder In making a batch of breadtyesterday. Bee- son Is dead , another man 'is 'dying end sev eral others are dangcroualy'jUl. Beeson was a new hand on the ranch1/ . was found necessary to send a cook. t i the ranch , and Beceon wai asked If he could fill the pool- tion. He said he coulddp plain cooking. He was put to work In the kitchen and his first work was to bake up a. batch of bread and biscuits for the evening meal. When looking around the kitchen for soda he found some white powder In a baking powder can. He assumed that it was soda , and he added three heaping spoonfuls to , the dough. Bee- son ect aside some of ther dough for bis cuits and then baked a batch * of bread. The dinner was served and Beeson and one other man partook heartily ut tbo biscuits. The others ate more sparingly , Ith the result stated above. An Investigation proved the powder used was arsenic , i Garment AVurkerx Gaining Ground. NEW YORK , May 28. ll was reported tocHy that fifty-three manufacturers and 105 clothing contractor ! ) had up 'to the present yielded to the demands of tUo striking gar ment workers. These , manufacturers and contractors employ 2,000. .hands. The new agreement means an. . Incresaf In wages and the abolition of the task jand piece work systems. The Boston Gar Be t-irorkers tele graphed the following menage1 to the strik ers today : "We pledge support 'and ' beseech you to stand firm for oar luat cause and trust you will win. " \ \ \ A statement from Leader Bhoenfeld Indi cates that the entire -nnrnbiT of garment workers In Greater New'iYorK will bo called out Monday. They number 40JOOO. The Chil dren's Jacketmaker's union hw ( succeeded In forcing eighteen contractors , { employing 300 hands , and five wholesata manufacturers to concede their demands. t Ciiniiillnii Mliiliiir Convention. RAT PORTAGE. Ontn May ) 28. A mining convention la to be held here on June 23 end 24. Letters have jjcfil received by the secretary from mining men 'trad capitalists from Rossland and Spokane In the west to Montreal and New YorE 'in the east , and Cleveland , Chicago , St. Pauj , Duluth and other American cities , stattaE thelr Intention to be present. A large exhibit has been prepared from every portion' of the gold fields of Northwestern Ontario. Excursions will be run to the znlnea carrying vUltore free of charge , and every effort will be made to make the meeting .Instructive. DeiiiuurutN KeorNWuliluff. SPOKANE. May 28.-Vrhe letders of the democratic party In this elate declare their Intentions to rescind the fuilon of the last campaign , reorganize the democracy and con. duct future campaigns upon the Chicago platform , A general meeting of democratic commltteemen ha been called to this end to meet at Spokane June 14. Sinn irlth a l > rcull'ar Fancy. KINGSTON , N. Y. . May 88. An ftppllca tlon has been made to Judge Ciearwater to commit Jamea Myer to an Insane asylum. Myer'i delualon la that he U the homeliest man In the world , end be treatens to com mit eulcJdo la ARGUE PLEA IN ABATEMENT Another Attempt to Prevent Hartley Being Tried in Donglas County , OBJECTIONS SUBMITTED IN NEW FORM Involved In the 1'len. of Ahntc > me lit Will lie ArKti'eil lleforc linker Xext Mitn- dny Afternoon. The plea In abatement In the criminal case against ex-Slate Treasurer Joseph S. Bartley , charged with the embezzlement of public funds , was filed by Bartlcy'a attorneys yes terday and came up for hearing In the afternoon. The document Bets up two grounds , the first being the Issue on which the motion to quash turned , viz : the claim that Bartley has not had a preliminary hear ing before a magistrate authorized to hold the same , nor ban bo waived ruch examina tion. The second ground Is that a CAPO based on the same alleged cause ot action is now pending in the ( "strict court of Lan caster county. The latter ground has dls- 'appeared by reason of tbo dismissal ot the Lancaster county case. The state will prob ably raise- the point that the first ground for a plea 4n abatement has already been adjudicated In the overruling of the motion to quash the summons. The attorney general filed a reply to the plea In abatement yesterday , entering a general denial to the allegation that the defendant has not had tt trial. At the session of the court held yes terday afternoon the attorneys for the state and for the accused appeared before Judge Baker and waived a Jury In the trial of the Issues raised by the plea In abatement. This agreement having been reached. Judge Baker set the hearing for next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock , at which time testimony -will be adduced to determine whether the plea lu abatement shall stand. In the civil case against ex-State Treasurer Bartley and bis bondsmen , pending before Judge Powell , demurrers were filed by Bartley , John H. Ames. O. E. Brown. N. S. Harwood , Thomas Swobe. W. A. Paxton , Mary Fitzgerald , E. J. Fitzgerald and C. C. McNIsh. These demurrers contained the alle gation that it "appears upon the face of the petition that the court has no jurisdiction of the persons of the defendants. " Judge Powell yesterday overruled the demurrer ot the defendants and gave them thirty days In which to answer to the peti tion of the state. Attorney General Smyth zsked to have the answer made In ten days that the case might be tried next month , but the court decided that thirty days was a short enough time. This will bring the trial , probably at the September term. HOLDS THAT THE TAX IS VALID. Horhncli Defenteil lit IIIx Suit the City. For the second time John A. Horbach hao been unsvccesrful In his attempt to set aside the special tax levied by the city of Omaha for the filling of two lots. The case was passed upon by Judge Keysor yesterday and the tax was sustained. Thla wan a case Inwhich a tax was levied against [ ho property pf Horbach. The prop erty was- sold , for this tax. . .The tax certifi cate was foreclosed and -Horbach ect up the defense that the city had noL filled the lots at all , but that he had filled them himself and that , therefore , the tax was Invalid. The case was tried before Judge Keysor and was decided agalrst Horbach. Ho appealed to the supreme court , but did not file his bill of ex ceptions within the required time and the supreme court quashed the bill. Horbach was then granted a new trial by Judge Key- eor and it was this trial which ended yes terday with a decision which was the same as before. Judge Keytor said that In the second trial an amendment had been made to the pe tition in which Horbach claimed that he should have had notice of the Intention of the city to flip the lots so he could have filled them himself. The court commented upon the inconsistency of these statements In the petition and held that the tax was valid , but that Horbach had not been notified to fill the lots. I1EHLIX .fc HALEY IX COUXTY CODUT. ChnrKeil with Illumine n GnmhlliiK Iloune In Sonth Omaha. The case against Berlin & Haley , the South Omaha saloon keepers , charged with running a gambling house , was commenced in the county court yesterday.The witnesses examined were about the same as those called yesterday In the case ot Morrison and Cum mlngs. Tbo witnesses had recovered a slight portion of their memories and one , or two of them confessed to having some knowledge about gambling being carried on at the place In question. One of these witnesses was Frank Dolezal , who testified that he was In the room over the saloon kept by Berlin & Haley on a certain night and saw Mayor Ensor of South Omaha buy $10 worth ol chips and play faro with them. He testified that Ensor bought the chips from Dick Ber lln , one ot the proprietors of the place , and paid for them with a $10 bill. The majority of the witnesses , however were fully as Ignorant as they were at the trial of Morrison and Cummlngs , which was dismissed for lack of evidence. After listening to the evidence , County Judge Baxter held that Berlin & Haley were guilty of having gambling devices In their possession. The two men were held to the district court on this charge , the bonds being fixed at $1,000. They were discharged on the count charging them with gambling. MtiNle nt Ilnimfom Park. At A meeting- the Board of Park Com missioners yesterday afternoon It was .de cided that the regular Sunday concerts at Hanscom park should begin June 6. The Twenty-second Infantry band will furnish music for the first concert nnd the Seventh Ward Military band will play on the fol- lonlngSunday. . The arrangements for the subsequent concerts have not been com pleted. Thi > board also appropriated HO for a band at Hanscom park on Memorial day This was not accomplished "without eorne opposition and It was distinctly stated thai the action of the board in this particular would not be considered a precedent , Three Gnrhnge Ilnnlem Arreiiteil. Special Officers Carlron and Matza had a lively etto with three garbage haulers yes terday afternoon who gave their names at the police station aa J. II. Nclfon , Rude Carroll - roll and L. W. Price. The fight occurred at Twenty-fifth and Half Howard streets. The three men were hauling as-hes and -when ordered to stop cot off their wagons anil went after the officers. One of them had on old scythe , which ho flourished over Matza's head. The officers drew their revolvers and marched their prlroners to the station , where n charge of hauling- garbage -without a permit and of resistingan officer was lodged. _ Ilonrtl'of I'ulillc Work * . Th6 regular meeting of the Board of Public Works yesterday was very short. A number of routine matters and the resolution passed by the city council directing the board to prepare the necessary specifications for rc- pavlng Farnam street -were referred to the chairman ; A bill of the Omaha Water company for TO.S3 for moving- hydrants to conform to the new curb line on South Sixteenth street was certified to as correct and referred to the city council. of Grruinii-Amerlcnnii. The mass meeting- German-Americans wii : be held at Germanla hall on Sunday , June 6. Instead of tomorrow afternoon , was announced. The meeting la called to unite the German-Americana upon Home line of action to be pursued with reference to nuihlni ; matter * In connection with the TranurnlBBlEjIppl Exposition. Flatulence U cured by Beecham'ii Plllt , IIAXIC 1HHIUP.U li.NDKIl AHHKST. "rnnlc llrovtn Hrlil nt YorU for lllon- IniT iv Si fe lit Ilrmliilinvr. Frank Brown , who Is under arrest at Yorker or a safe-blowing job committed In Brad- shaw last Saturday utght , Is believed by the ocal police to bo a notorious criminal who las made quite a record In years past In hla city tinder the name of John Brown. lo answers the description fully and hats , moreover , been Identified by a. number ot loltco officials who ore well acquainted with jlm. jlm.Brown Brown was arrested In company with n man who gives the name ot James Carroll and who Is so far unknown. They art- charged with breaking a bank sate at Brad- ; haw and taking therefrom about $150. They are also suspected of having com mitted a half dozen safe robberies in the state during the pest month. The towns vlelted having been , In addition to I ! rail- shaw , McCool Junction , Falrmount , llluc Springs and A me ? . Of the safes robbed four belonged to railroad - road companies traversing tlio state , and consequently the railroad officers have been engaged In a systematic hunt for thr crooks , detectives Vlzzard and Miller of the Union i'aclfic have been especially prominent In .ho ease , and It was on the descriptions they sent out that the arrests were made. The men were arrested at Davenport , and after considerable legal opposition were finally ended In the jail at York. While In this | all Frank Brown was Identified as John Brown by W. S. Seavcy , former chief of police of this city , by John Vlzzard , who was formerly on the local police force , and by Jfllclals ot the state penitentiary , where Brown served terms. HAS AN OMAHA CAREER. Brown was In this city with a number of other prominent crooks about eight years ago. Ills acquaintance with the police dates from one summer's night In 1890. The scene was laid on South Tenth street. Officers Fahcy and Savage , the latter of whom Is now a detective , were patrolling the beat. Ono night they ran across a man who was leaning against the window of n Tenth street pawnshop , smoking a cigarette. HP was of a suspicious stripe and Officer Savage placed him under arrest. He resisted , nnd the cause for this was discovered when he wns pulled away from tbo window. He had used his body to screen a largo hole that had been broken In one of the panes. Officer Savage took care of the prisoner and OflH'cr Fahey stuck his head through the hole In the window. He was confronted by a huge revolver and a command to get away. The officer retreated only long enough to draw hla own weapon and then climbed Into the room. After a desperate fight he arrested John Brown , the man suspected now of the Bradshaw safe robbery. When Brown was taken to the police station , Bomo fifteen watches , a part of the stock of the pawnshop In which he was found , ( were discovered on Brown's person. For this llt tlo affair ho was sent to the penitentiary. Ho was let out after serving his term and renewed his acquaintance with the Omaha police force about four years ago. A num ber of highway robberies were being com mitted at that time and Brown was sus pected of having "a hand In them. The po lice were consequently looking for him. One night Officer Fittls ran across him In com pany with Joe Lockwood , Implicatoed In the Garneau diamond robbery , at Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets. The crooks got the first drop on the officer , made him throw up his hands , after which they took his weapons away from him. They were later arrested and sent to the penitentiary. It Is considered more than likely that Carroll , the man arrested with Brown , Is some , other crook known to the police of this city. In the hope of Identifying him , Detec tives Miller and.Vlzzard are today engaged In overhauling the records ot the depart ment. UULIXG OX SERVICE OP StIMMOXS. * Knowledge of u Suit Doen Xot II I ml 1'nrtlen to Appear. The ghost of the old casa of Eunice Bald win against Wellington R. Hurt stalked through the courts again yesterday in a motion to quash the summons against Marlon G. Robrbaugb , ono of the defendants In the case which Involves the title to scores of lots in the West End and adjoining ad dltlons , and which has been pending In the courts ot this county for the past eight or nine years. Judge Kcyser sustained the mo. tlon to quash the summons as to Rohrbaugh , It having been shown that he was never served In the foreclosure proceedings agalnii his property In Isaac & Griffin's addition. In passing upon the case Judge Kcysor said that It appeared from all the evidence In the case that the summons In question had been served upon the wlfo of Marlon G. Rchrbaugh's brother and that the defendant had never been legally served , nor bad he ever legally appeared In the case. The court held that the fact , as shown by the evidence , that Rohrbaugh knew of the pendency of the suit over two yesrs ago , did not bind him , as the supreme court has ruled In similar cases that legal service must be had and that a defendant Is not required to appear unless he had been legally served. The court also ruled that the jurisdiction of the court may be attacked at any stage In the case. Testimony In AVuter WorkH Cn c. The- various attornejs interested In the Omaha water works case In the United States court are still engaged In taking testi mony In Attorney Connell's office. It will require at least a week and probably longer to complete the evidence. The brief prom ises to be a formidable document. The bulk of the evidence taken yesterday was the testimony of the chiefs and other members of the fire department , relative to hydrant pressure. of Detectlveo. The detectives have been assigned to work as follows during the month of Juno : Sav age and Dempsey. 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. ; Dona hue and Hudson , 7 p. m. to 4 a. m. ; Dunn and Sullivan , 9 a , m. to 9 p. m. Officer Sul I Ivan has been detailed temporarily lo sue ceed Bloom , recently discharged. The Board of Fire 'and Police commissioners Intend to allow a number of present officers to try the position before making a final selection. Ilnld-n-lu Out of a Jolt , The new ordinance governing the city hal employes is now In effect nnd under its provisions Janitor Bob Baldwin was dis missed by Custodian Matthleson yester day. Tbo now ordinance culs oft ono Jani tor and Invests the custodian with the power of dismissal , which previously belonged to the mayor and council. As the ordinance only provides for three janitors , no ono has been appointed lu Baldwin's place. DeeorutliiK S < ililler ' Graven. The general decoration ot the graves o tbo old eoldlrru in Prospect Hill cemetery will occur Sunday , and floral offerings should bo In place , no far es possible , Saturday night. Free 'conveyance to and from the cemetery will connect with the street cam at Twenty-fourth acd Parker streets from 1 to 8 o'clock Saturday afternoon and from 8 a m. to S p. m. Sunday , Young girls and women often experience Irregular or suppressed periods. They lack blood. Pill Aneemlc Pink ls the great blood builder and never falls to produce regular ity. n Tnrlff Schedule * lu Cnucili. OMAHA , May 28. To , the Editor of TJe Bee : Please state through the columns of The Bee whether or not all Individual schedule * of the pending tariff bill are considered In caucus before beingBUbmltted In the senate. Respect fully. GEORQB ANTIIKS. They are not , but differences among republicans as to features of the tariff bill for example , duties on tea and hides and an increase of the beer tax will be settled In caucu , aa now understood. No htmcat dealer will try to cell -what he known the cuatcmer did cot order and doe * not want. Substitution thriven for a time , but In toe loog run lUgon to the w lU TIRES. OF REMAINING OUT All Lines Between Chicago and Pgden Ars Now Represented. UNION PACIFIC GETS BACK INTO THE FOLD Ovrrlnnil , " ToKrther v lth the Don. ver .t Itlo Grnmle mill Klo ( Iritnilo Wentcrn , Join * the Wewtern 1'nimi-nKcr Aimovliitloii. The Union Tactile hag finally tlrcJ of re maining without the passenger folil ot other stern railroads. Thursday It formally entered the reorganized Western Passenger association , Tills \vns the flrat meeting of ihe association nlnco the handing down ot the supreme court's decision against the tratiftmlssourl freight rate committee , at which the Union Pacific had been repre sented. Acting under the ndtvco ot the legal de partment. General Passenger Agent Lomax lad up until this time kept the Union Pact- Ic out of all passenger associations. To Thursday's meeting , held In Chicago , were In- vltcd the representatives of the lines that had not been ahlo to see their way clear to couio within the fold. Mr. Lomax was ac cordingly present. He told ( the members ot the association that If they would make cer tain changes In their form of management , making It less binding , the Union Pnclflo would enroll Itself an a member. The changes suggested were promptly made , and the "Overland Houte" came In. The Denver & Ulo Grande , which had also manifested a disposition to remain without ( ho circle , waived Its objections and became a. member. The Klo Grande Western noon afterward came In , thus making the associa tion all-powerful between Chicago and Ogdcn , as nil lines between these points are now represented. The resignation of Gen eral Passcngr Agent Crane of the Wabash from the executive committee was received. All the lines adopted the general rules and regulations proposed and agreed to the plan suggested for the conduct of the clergy and other bureaus. The Western Passenger association Is now completely organized. It was rudely shat 1 tered by the supreme court's decision , every I line belonging to It hastening to abandon It. > Slowly , but surely Chairman Caldwell , as sisted by the passenger officials of a few ot the stronger lines , succeeded In bringing or der out of chaes. Not only was the , general war In passcLger rates that was anticipated avoided , but a new agreement that would , It Is said , come within the provisions of the law , prepared. One after another the various lines adopted the agreement , but the association run. up against a snag when It struck the Union Pacific. Until yesterday afternoon all attempts to get the "Overland Route" Into line were unsuccessful. The Union Pacific has so far refused to at tend alt meetings of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Local Passenger association orto have anything to do with the "low Joints. " It Is nnnouncsd that It will now Join the iocal association. This will make the. mem bership complste , every line lu Omaha now being represented. I'lielflu CIlllllKOH. J.V. _ . Tuttlc , who for a number of yearp past has been associated with tbo Union Pacific's personally conducted tourist excur sions , .has Jus $ been appointed traveling pas-t senger agent of the sauc road , with head quarters at Stoux City. He will siiccecd H. P. Carter , who has been traveling freight and passenger agent out of Sioux City for a number of yars. Mr. Carter has been ap-i pointed to succeed George E. 'Abbott ' , form .1 erly general agent of the Union PaclQe * ai . DCS Moincs. These changes have been brought about by the resignation of City Passenger Agent Dunn , whose place will betaken taken shortly after June 1 by Mr. Abbott. Enntern Movement of Frnlt. C. B. Smith , general manager of the Con- ' tlnental Fruit express , was here yesterday from Chicago. He reports an unusually heavy fruit traffic , especially In strawberries , from the northwest. Car after car filled with the choicest specimens of strawberries Is being shipped every day from Oregon eastward. The number of care from Walla Walla and Hood river country destined for St. Paul Is said to be unusually large. The Oregon strawberry Is also said to be larger and more toothsome this season than ever before. I Itnllrvny XoteH nnil I Assistant General Passenger Agent Smith of the B. & II. yesterday returned from the meeting of the Western Passenger asso ciation In Chicago. Railroad officials feel considerably nsllovcJ by the announcement that Governor Holcomb will not call an extra session ot the legis lature this year to consider rote matters. Freight Traffic Manager Munroo of the Union Pacific , "who has returned from an ex tended eastern trip , states that In his opinion business conditions are much more improved in the west than In the east. Mrs. Mallnda Tryon of Malone , N. V. . died on eastbound train No. 2 of the Union Pacific Thursday just as the train wca about to stop at Green River. Her death was duo to heart failure. She was cnroute from Butte , Mont. , to Chicago. Thursday's wreck on the Short Line Is the second bad one since that road parted com pany fron the Union Pacific. Old Union Pacific attaches say that every road that has gone out from the main system has 1 ad a bad wreck soon afterward. The following railway earnings are re ported for the third week ot May , with changes from last year : Missouri Pacific $384,000 , Increase $49,00) ; Central branch $18 , . 000 , Increase $8,000 ; Itlo Grande Western $46.000 , decrease 2COO ; Wabash $213,482 , de crease $4,981. As bandpcmo a piece of railway advertising as has been seen In railway circles Is the souvenir of the new train to run between Chicago and St. Paul Just Iraued by tbo Burlington. The Illustrations are from drawings and ere far superior to three ordi narily used In railway advertising. The typographical work Is excellent. The Nebraska division of the Modern Woodmen ot America will leave for the Dubuque convention jn three special sleep ers attached to the easlbound Burlington trnln on Sunday afternoon. A brief flop will be made at Rock Island for breakfast and another at Fulton In order to allow the delegates to visit the headquarters of the order at tint point. The sleepera reserved for the Woodmen will accompany them through to Dubuque and will bring them back to Omaha. Convention of Ilullivny I'nxful Clerk * . The railway postal clerks In this district are contributing liberally toward a fund which 1 to be used to entertain the national convention of postal clerka next year , pro vided Omaha shall bo selected as the meetIng - Ing place. The convention meets thin year at Philadelphia , and Chief Clerk Vander- voort. who I * a delegate from this division , says ho feels confident the convention will bo located here next year. The generous pledges of financial support which the clerka In thin territory are giving , Mr. Vandervoort feels , will be a material aid to him when Tie presents the claims of Omaha at the con vention next month. Owner for lie Property. The gold watch , chain and charm that were found In the possession of John Rlley a few daa ago were claimed yesterday by Dr. Stack of Humphrey , The property wa either lost or ttolun at tbo WcLoUr street depot about a week ago. Rlley nag arreated for drunkenness and the property was found on him. He alleged that he found It on tlio ctreet. He is serving out a five day * ' sen tence for being druok. Dr. BUcluyrlll not proiecute. , ! l