AHA IS THE LOSER. VICTORY BEING ON THE SIDE OF COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iiler-HUte Commerce Cow ml**Ion c* the Bridge Arbitrary ('»••— iMjrthy Dleorntlng Opinion by Morrtfton and Clement*—The Touched Upon. Connell Bluff* » Winner INCHON, Nov. 19.—The In Commerce commission, by a itg three to two. decided yester brldgc arbitrary ease in favor Bluffs. Morrison and Clem in a lengthy opinion, Com Knapp reporting the case Knapp, after review considerable length the conten of the Commercial club of Oma the Omaha bridge case, rail ami intervenors, dls tl’c question from three sep points Kim—Whether Council Bluffs has filMI same iu-rates front all directions Council Bluffs unme out-rales as Omaha. Omaha pays bridge in addilion to Council Bluffs on shipments from the south to and Council Bluffs over sev eystems of roads, some of which these points from Nebraska and from the Iowa side of the Mis nver. riers In consequence he holds, responsible for existing con ami says that if the conditions reversed the result would lie d.he to either community. He lays the proposition under this head, if anyone Is responsible for the discrimination it is the Pacific, which lias its eastern at Council Bluffs. The sec ..S i t... „ Vto nocUOU nvor with rthp merest. reference. but upon the third his greatest argument is made, dating in contradiction to tlte asser tion of complaints that 'group rates are made in a number of eases much farther apart titan Council Bluffs and Omaha Shipments to Nebraska City require greater service for carriers than is performed for Council BluTs £ merchants, for they are hauled a mg greater distance. ‘‘Not every in §§ equality of rater, constitutes a violu I tion of law," rays Commissioner i Knapp, and “again discrimination is ■ forbidden only when it is unjust.” Mr. Finality, the new member of the commission, also writes a concurring . opinion advancing the idea that as the t railroads have to pay $15,000 a year ■' for the nse of the bridge, they must 3, charge higher rates, and to remove E, the bridge tolls on shipments east ^ from Omaha would be of itself a dls I crimination against Council Bluffs. He thinks all traffic which crosses the | bridge either way ought to pay toll for every lime it crosses. The dissent ing opinion of Commission ers Morrison and Clements is conced ed to he an exceedingly able presen tation even by the majority commis sioners. Colonel Morrison, who pre pared the opinion, says the contract was entered into years ago by the railroads to equalize rates and in fact the agreement went into effect to all points east and west except in Iowa, which he says is not fair dealing. He comlvals the proposition of Knapp that Omaha has not been injured and says that, two wrongs never made a right. He shows that Omaha, when the last census was taken, had a yearly output of *<2.000.000. as against Council Bluffs $2,000,000 and I hat Omaha should be put on an equality the same as the defendant. The companies should lie granted all Missouri points, including Atchison. Leavenworth and | Kansas City, equal rates, which three places like Omaha, are on the west bank of the Missouri river. He says that permitting the several merchants, manufacturers and traders of Council Bluffs to intervene clouded and ob scured the issue, which he greatly re grets. as ho believed the contention of the Commercial club is just and equitable. Ilfftiry lionrefi Memorial NEW YORK. Nov. 19.—It has been determined to appeal to the public at large for subscriptions to a memorial for the late Henry George on the broadest ground of respect for a man who devoted himsplf to the public good, and entirely irrespective of dif ference of opinion as to his economic or political views, in the hope that all the various projects which have sprung up in different parts of the country having this purpose in view can be brought Into harmony. The following named parties, representing all shades of political opinions, to which other names may t>e added in (heir discre tion. have agreed to act as a national (omimttec for this purpose: Mayor Strong. Seth I .owe. Charles Stewart Smith. Isidor Straus. C. T. Christensen, Edward M. Shepard. Thomas G. Sher man. August lowis, Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, anil William Lloyd Gar riaon of Huston George Foster IVa hodv of this city bus been upisiiuted treasurer. IMnfloUrv rr*rlv Mft«t|t WAHHIKGTON. |l C, Nu> |» - It wan announced lodav that the monetary ivnmlulun hoped to have It# report well advanced toward com pie turn by Ibe last of Ibe week A number of the member* will have to hr absent *■ «t w#ek and an effort t* beta* amd# to pet the entire ptva form elated and readv fur approval by baturday evening Any effantea which ■war be l ho.la hi tnrWMirv will b# male late* when the enure «omiul -tun piakthly will mat tug«th#r for ltd t*«WM and signal or v The rep irt la a*d tvk y |« be mad# p ibiu M e* PROMISED REFORMS. ~ No Mgii »* Vet of Their Kortrlieouilnis for rat**. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: There is no sign of the full text of the promised reforms and in consequence the hopes of the most optimistic au tonomists are dwindling. The fault lies with General Blanco. There is every reason to believe that his prom ises on arrival were made In good faith. He is evidently deeply incens ed at the false position in which he is placed. He cabled a day or two ago to Madrid, saying General Weyler had deceived him as to the condition of the army and the government has misled him regarding its sincerity 1n promising autonomy and broadly hinted that he felt Inclined to ask to be relieved. The Herald correspondent has just returned from a two days’ trip through Havana to Artemisa. Every military commander of a town he met said he had not received any orders regarding the extension of the zones of cultivation. The condition of the reconcentradoes is not altered. Their sufferings are appalllnv. The Herald’s correspondent adds: “'Unless General Blanco speedily makes more headway than he has done yet autonomy will be a dead letter in the Cuban Issue. Killed for 1 importing’ Tohsrro. WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 —The gov ernment examiners of tobacco at sev eral of the more important ports of entry into the United States, by direc tion of the secretary of the treasury met in conference recently in New York, with a view to the adoption of a uniform practlce-in the classification of imported tobacco. The report of the conference, which has reached the I Treasury department, makes three rec ommendations, as follows. First, that “B per cent of all marks of every in voice of Imported tobacco should be examined, and that the rule lor tne present he limited to tobacco from the West Indies, Mexico and South Amer ica; second, that the percentage of j wrapper found in filler bales he rs 1HUI1SIHMI uy I'UUUl Ul iruvcn, umu, ; that the district from which tobacco Is imported be marked on bales, where ! practicable. These rules will be adopt ed by the Treasury department. Crrimtnv Upcoming Aliirned. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Consul I Monaghan at Chemnitz. In a report to | the state department on Germany's | exports to the United States, says: “Germany is alarmed. Exports to the | United States are dropping off. Noth | ing so alarming has appeared in twen ty years. America was always the best customer in manyllnesof manufacture. In the September quarter of 189fi sev I enteen consular districts sent to the UnitedStatesgoodsamounting to $14, 4S1.414. In the same quarter In 1897 the same districts sent $7,189,112. The average loss all over the empire Is nearly 50 per cent. In many cases this indicates much more than mere money losses to our revenues. It indicates a diminution in exports for this empire due to the Dingley bill. The public is told to put little confidence in news paper reports, even if accurate. Each issue urges intelligent effort to retain | the United States market.” Tin* I’ortp Parks Down. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 19.—It was not until after midnight that the. i Austrian ambassador here, Baron de 1 Calice. received a note from the Turk i ish government announcing a readi | ness to make a satisfactory settle ment of all the Austrian demands re | garding the maltreatment of Herr i Brazzafello, the agent of the Austrian Lloyd Steampshlp company at Mer ! Hina, respecting the insults offered to the Austrian consul at that place and on the subject of arrears due the Oriental Railroad company, which is i operated by Austrians, for transpor ! Intinn of Turkish tronns iltirinff the recent war between Turkey and Greece. Consequently an indemnity will be paid Herr Brazzafello, the Austrian flag will be saluted by a Turkish fort or war ship, and the sum of £250,000 ($1,250,000) wil be paid the Oriental Railroad company. A Siiownllrie. VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 19.—Word lias just been received here of a ter j rifle snow storm on the Noble Five mountain range, near Sannon, in the | Stocan district, on last Saturday. Jo seph McGribebns. whose parents reside j in Oakland, Cal., and his partner, ' whose name is unknown, were work ing on the night crew of the Red Fox mine, and were caught by a slide while going to work. McGribbens was car ried down the mountainside and buried under a mass of snow and Ice, and his body cannot be recovered till spring. His partner was rescued in an exhaust ed condition. The slide continued down the mountain, completely covering the buildings of the Silver Bell, which were crushed like eggshells. To Soli'lrr*' llonioi WASHINGTON. Nov 19.—The ques tion of more economical, efficient and responsible administration of volun teer soldiers' homes will lie made the subject of Investigation by congress as u result of the recent Inspection of these institutions by Brigadier Gen eral Brock In ridge, inspector general of the army. The officer* will urge in his report the necessity of greater ac countability of the liourd of manager* of home for the exiicnditure of money r<-ietved and It* statu* with relation to tl e government will tie definitely established Breckinridge viB *ug ge*t the advUahiUy of a complete transfer of the administration of home* to the itirliuBrlion of a new bureau in the war tb partmeut to man age It* affair* f t«•*•»*<• *••!« tfci|t#«ft I*A KIR No* lb A f*|N*» IaI b t<» th# Journal brine* irrloui u» w* from th# Nit*’i rrRi(U) Wmit Afrtrn In lu th# iiiltff* nf th# town inf Kiotflt t tptUl **f th# klfeifiliiut of m th# hi * it'ting** i*i i»o of I'fh* tiuiH*1# fur th#t r*fu*^l i«p »u^f »*v*rat tlm* th# monetary ■ iMlun r*« timed It# neaaiona here tonight with all the member* preaent e*«*#fM 1It la t»*M probable that lit r*porta will be read* whan von grtw ronvenea aaHy In Ikh ^nbn hat it la ho(hnI that Mwf# the »a4 of th* month gome preliminary nt lewa* wilt ha ready for anbmkMdon to he follow#*! later hy more general and elaborate report# Nb 4f 4||mh in tern m#nt hne A RTLKY’S ACCOUNTS - 1 HE LEGISLATIVE OOMMlTTEE MAKES REPORT. .n I'.sport Acrontant ITarrn th* Total Shortage at *•.*»;. :«V i(>--FuiMl» Ite ponttcd in the Capital National Hank Computed In Arriving at K<'«nltl—K«— port Filed With the Governor. The Leglnlattve Investigation. The re|iort of the legislative invea igatlng committee on the condition if the a,-counts of the state treasurer s ithce has been completed aud filed rlth the governor. The aerountant for he committee assigned to this part of he Investigation of the state offices, ). W. Helbig, made the report, which he committee. after inspection, idopted as its own. The facts as to he condition of the state treasurer's itflce are pratlcally ns has been made o the public through the late trial if ex-f>.ate Treasurer Hartley for ent lezzlement and tin suit against his londsmen to recover the money lost by he state. The accountant sums up the amount rhlch the state has lost during Harl ey’s term ntid Axes the total at $870, H7.20. This is larger that the amount vhlch has been popularly charged to lie state treasurer, aud the summary if the accountant shows that he In ltwled lu the count the $236,000 lost in he Capital National bank failure and he amount of Interest tied up in etis ieniled state depositories from the tme of their suspension to the close of dart ley's term. This last amount Is dated at $28,823.30. Aside from these two amounts last tamed the accountant shows that there vas a loss to the state for which Hurl ey was accountable and which he fall al to turn over, amounting to $569, 861.82. This last named amount is nude up from several items as fol owsrTwo hundred and one thousand, , •Ight hundred and eighty-four dollms ind five cents, the amount of the war- , ant drawn to reimburse the sinking mid for money lost in the Capital Nu lonal hunk In January, 18113, with In crest on the amount of that warrant, ,\hlch was drawn payable to Hartley ndividually and converted by him to its own use; $336,878.08, as uniouut if trust funds converted to his own use jy Hartley and not turned over to his oiccessor; $17,812.48, as the amount leposited by Hartley In depository tanks In excess of the BO per cent limit Ixed by law; $14,287.21 Is the amount Igured by the accountant us interest which should have accrued on money lot deposited In depository hanks snd which should have been so deposited. These several Items added together irivp the grand total of $870,207.20, us lbove. The investigation of the treasurer's Dffice relates entirely to the term of Hartley from January. 1893, to Janu ary, 1897. The details of the hank In Which excessive deposits were made are given In the report ami the amount In each Is set out. The investigation shows that no de posits were made In depository baukH prior to April, 1894, except the amount leposited In (he Capital National Just prior to Its failure in January, 1893. During this lime, from January, 1893, to April. 1894, tnere were bonds filed by banks which bail been desig nated as depository banks. On Kebru nry 20, 1894, the accountant finds that there were funds in the bands of the Btate treasurer subject to deposit un der the depository law amounting to $018,123.09. The Interest on this amount, which the accountant finds have beeu deposited and the Interest credited to the state. The report says; ' The dystem of bookkeeping used In the state treas uicr's office is very faulty. Debits and credits were reversed In the ledger, the books were not closed at the end of each month, as they should have been, or even at the end of the official term of the treasurer, but only on the dates on which the biennial reports were rendered. If any cash books were kept they have disappeared and can not he found in the office. Different, systems of bookkeeping. It seems, were used In the different state offices. There should he a uniform system of book keeping In all of the state offices and institutions, and n better and more complete system of reports should he adopted. This would simplify the bus iness of keeping state accounts, facili tate investigation of thp different of fices and he much more economical and satisfactory. Transport At ton Hoard «J rd. Governor Holcomb has written the -ecretaries of the hoard of transporta tion the following letter; "I am in re ceipt of a resolution passed by the Western Nebraska Stock Growers' as sociation in relation to the chauge made by the railroad companies in the charges of shipment of live stock. It appears that heretofore a rale ban har>n made by the curium), but since August 18. 18!>7. the rate Is made by weight done. I understand that a copy of this resolution has been forwarded to you and it respectfully requests that you give it your immediate attention and careful consideration "About a year ago a similar change In rates was made by the railroads u|K>u live stock shipments, but after i he matter had been considerably agi luted the railroad companies decided io return to the old schedule uutil Au gust lust. This change In rates. I am Informed. Increases the rate pet car load from the western part of the stale io the I'nton stock yards at South limaha from flu to 111 per carload, | This Is an 'njtistlre to the farmers sud I ttiak raisers of Nebraska and I hope I that you will take the proper steps j looking to the immediate re-establish* Bent of the old rates Yours v«rv truly, "HII.AM A HOmtMlI " I I *!•«*«!< |«M* ItlMls Thr •uivuuni til tii# tnisikk•**|> r nf j I hr Kttlr «iMiiiiuiuiitiii i j that oh November I the slats fuud of ! 11'">'»•»> bad lx It ie.lie .it by IIII V.II &S. leattas a balance of fas lSi tl The *» iwadlturss Were icinpuacd of thm ful lowtag item. Aalarle* of oAests and mpluyss 11 »SS s* furaiture sad lit l or ties, ftair.lt ii Are supplies li'vl li&; I iuMtrvitk« li wt M. aa>.i uliorsl I fvhltdt. f .ttd i» spslry -thlbll |iS Tf; l-o*»trr riklUl | ‘I li. tits Mis k ** kltdt |.I3 73 ptaigge f.io spats as- ! least ft bis JJ. BIG BELL FOR NEBRASKA. Fong Chin Foo rropmm m Sclirme for V-.iposition Attraction. The most remarkable proposition et submitted to the exposition, says he Omaha Bee. has been received by lie Department of Exhibits from Vong Chin Eoo. Chinese commission f for the exposition. It is based on he assertion of Wong Chin Foo, as xpressed when he was in Omaha the sat time, to the effect that the Chln se are the most successful manipu itors of iron in the world. He says iis people huve methods of casting □tally unknown in this country and erure results which the metal work rs of modern civilization never reamed of. This broad elaim is borne out by he rather startling nature of the iropositlon which Foo makes to the xposltlon management. His letter, ouched in quaint language and show ng idomatie peculiarities here and here. In brief, is this. He ofTers. or the sum of $50,000. to reproduce he famous hell of Nankin, the great lell which was In existence In this nclent Chinese city 2,700 years ago. Phis hell was a quarter of a mile In Ireumferenee and was made of cast, ron. Foo says a stroke upon this nonster hell could he heard all over he state of Nebraska and he suggests hat It might be called the Nineteenth Jentury bell of Nebraska. n.iiit tlxlci nlnnl KaI 1 in the exposition grounds. This would equlre the labors of 330 skilled Chinese mechanics from the greatest ron foundry In China, whom Foo pro loses to Import especially for the mrpose, n part of his proposition be ng that these men he allowed lo go vherever they please after the hell is Inlshed. One of the most peculiar things In onnectlon with Foo's proposition and me which gives color to his stnte nent. that Chinese methods of casting ire entirely different from those In ise in this country, Is his suggestion hat the casting of the hell he on reg ilur days and he suggests that Bat irday of each week he designated for his purpose, saying that on fifteen •onsecutlve Saturdays the hell would >e east. He predicts that millions of teople from all parts of the world will •onto to see the casting of "the cast ron hell of Nankin." Foo provides that the exposition management of the state of Nchrasku diull furnish the material needed In asting this hell and that It shall also furnish $20,000 worth of machinery lo assist In the operation. He guar intees to complete the bell one week lieforo the exposition doses, “to toll lhe eloslng hours of the exposition and never to sound again until the next Fourth of July.” In the latter part of his letter Foo oiggests a schedule of days on which the great hell Hhouhl bo struck In commemoration of some event of great Importance. He suggests twelve strokes on each Fourth of July, a sim ilar number of strokes on Washing ton's birthday and New Year’s day, ten strokes on Lincoln's birthday, the same on Grant's birthday, twelve In celebration of the preservation of the union in 18U5 und lastly, "Twelve strikes on the death of each man or woman who has brought up a meri torious faintly, one of which has been a benefactor to the public and a pa triot to his country, and not one of its members has wilfully committed a wrong act toward his neighbors." This remarkable document will be taken under advisement by the man ager of the Department of Exhibits. tterrrtnrtH* Want Testimony. The secretaries of the 8tate Board of Transportation have Issued the fol lowing statement: £ Numerous complaints have reach ed the secretaries of the Board of Transportation from shippers of live stock that in the change made by rail roads from earload to rates by the hundred pounds the rates have been Increased, the secretaries notified the railroad companies of these com plaints and asked them to furnish them information as to the facts from their records. A conference was held Monday last In Omaha, where It ap peared from the records kept by the railroads that under the present sys tem as compared with the old carload rates the roads were in most instances receiving slightly less compensation for the same services, thus raising a question of fact as between the com plaints made by shippers of cattle and records kept by the roads. A hear ing has therefore been called to take ii-nLiuuniy on linn point, mien near ing to be had at thr* Omaha Stock ex change, South Omaha, beginning No vember 22, 1897, at 10 a. m. Stock shippers and all others Interested are requested to write to the secretaries at Lincoln, Neb., giving any Informa tion and makiug any suggestion to aid in arriving at a Just and fair con clusion in the whole matter. Will Tea* the Law. County Attorney I-eamy of J’leree countv was at the state house the other day looking up the history of senate flle No. 165. This bill provid ed for the election of clerks of the district court in counties having a certain population as calculated from the vote cast ut the general election in IH9C. The bill failed to puss the house, but was certified to the gover nor and signed bv him. There has been 6 question as to Just how much of u law It Is. || uny, and that ques tion Is now likely to lie presented to the courts for settlement. IMerre count) Is one of I be eountles which had no clerk of the district court, and which under the provisions of this bill Is entitled to have one if It Is a valid law Heretofore the (tulles of elerk of the four! have been discharged by the county clerk. Attorney Oeneral Smyth has been requested by the supreme court to submit a brief In the llarretl sicott case The * ottrt requested him to cover two point* not argued by th« county attorney of Holt cottaty The approval of the Hrott Ism I out of time aad ike vet op pal of sureties are the two questions which the supreme court desire* the attorney general to argue The A*oil case Is considered of great import arcs bv the legal fts leratty and I be public, been use It In voltes the same points which will rame before tbe rowel In I be rwae of r* Atwte Treasurer Hartley and bin bo totem vii