AJIAILWAY OUTLOOK.
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37/E XKVE IKITARDKESS Qff SHE
" FACTFIC.
The Annual Report Shows Ittattcr * In
41 More Favorable Light than Was
lixpccted The Omaha Bridge Con
tract Repudiated In Its Entirety
< IIiIcfTu'o Strike Says the Indians
V Want No .Tloro Trouble Conditions
ofthe Sioux Tribe Set Forth.
Union-Pacific Railway Affairs.
BOSTON , April 80. The Union Pa
cific railway's annual report ; issued
.yesterday , is not as unfavorable as was
expected , the deficit for the system be
ing only $275,000.
"This loss"President Dillon said in
an interview , "is due to the increase in
the operating expenses of the system. "
The increase in the operating ex
penses is in part accounted for by the
-fact that a larger amount of freight
was removed at lower rates in 1890
than in 1889. If the percentage of
operating expenses to gross earnings
Jiad been the'same in 1890 as in 1889 ,
the system would have shown a sur
plus for the year of $2,479,970 , after-
paying off all charges , instead of a de
ficit. The statement shows : Union
Pacific system , 8,075 miles , gross earn
ings , $44,538,201 , an increase of $3-
597,138 ; net earnings. $12,339,000. a
decrease of $1.384.493 ; total expendi
tures , $31,695.887 , an increase of
$320.055 ; balance , deficits , $275,000 ,
against a surplus of $975,563 in 1889 ,
a decrease of" $1,250,800.
At the Union Pacific stockholder's
meeting this morning it was voted to
approve the company acquisition of
$13.250,000 Union Pacific , Denver &
Gulf railroad stocks ; $7,180,000 con
solidated mortgage bonds of this com
pany ; ? 3,265,000 Oregon Short Line
and Utah Northern 5 per cent bonds ,
and collateral trust bonds of the same
company for $4,799,000 and minor
securities. The stockholders then
voted to approve all the directors' acts
and to .annul and declare ultra vires
the famous Rock Island and St. Paul
bridge contract with the Union Pacific ,
which was declared had never been
submitted to the board of directors of
the company or the government
directors.
President Dillon declared this bridge
contract unfair and never properly in
spected or passed upon , lie said Mr.
Gould , Mr. Ames and himself would
make an inspection of the road about
May 15 or 20. "And if this is a rotten
limb , " he said , "then I will cut it off.
If there are supernumeraries or high
wages there , we will cut them off.
There has been a natural tendency in
past years to go up ; now we must
come down to the bottom. I have been
with this company from its infancy ,
and now I want to see it prosper. "
The guarantee of the $1S..OOO,000
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern
5 per cent bonds was approved. It
was voted to authorize the directors
to make up of the treasury assets a
collateral trust bond to pay the com
pany's floating debt , etc. , no amount
or special assets stated. At 10:45 the
meeting took a recess to 12:25 for the
tellers to count the votes. The only
change in the Union Pacific board will
be the election of S. H. II. Clark in
place of Mr. Holcombe , whom he suc
ceeded as general manager.
Mr. Gould came into the meeting at
its close. President Dillon says that
the report that the Union Pacific mort
gage will be based in part on Oregon
Improvement bonds is a mistake. He
adds :
"The plan for a collateral trust
mortgage is not in shape yet and noth
ing can belaid about it'1
AnotherfUnion Pacific director says :
"The bond plan has not yet been
matured. We simply asked authority ,
so that the board could act during the
year if necessary. "
" 'Mr. Gould has not promised to take
any of the bonds. The mortgage will
probably be $25.000,000 and a general
mortgage upon -the main line and a
particular mortgage upon our good
treasury bonds.1 *
During the past year $30,100 Kansas
Pacific consolidated bonds and $7,513-
000 Union Pacific sinking funds. 8s ,
have been paid from proceeds of land
sales , leaving outstanding $16,950,000
sinking fund Ss at the close of the
year. The proceeds of land sales sub
. ject to this mortgage will be sufficient
to eventually retire all bonds and leave
a surplus to the company of $3,250. 000.
Want Xo 2 Jore Trouble.
WASHINGTON , April 30. Captain
Prattt superintendent of the Carlisle
Indian school , has received an interesting -
esting letter from old Chief Two Strike ,
written at his dictation by an army
officer. Referring to the report of the
likelihood of trouble , Two Strike , who
is at Rosebud , says : "There is no in
tention here of having trouble. If
we were going to make trouble would
-we enlist our young men as soldiers
for the great father as we are now
dome : we see this is a very good
chance for our young men to do some-
thirigJ"fo rrthemselves aim make men of
themselves and we let them enlist. A
_ young man from Standing Rock asked
me the same question. I told him we
had no thought of making more
trouble. We had one .trouble at
c. Wounded Knee. We ourselves did
not have anything to do with it , but it
gave us a lesson. We did not want to
fight in the first place but somebody
called for troops. All we think about
now is to farm. I received a
letter about the same matter from the
Lower Brule agency , and I told them
we were not going to make any more
trouble and they must not pay atten
tion to such talk. This talk gives me
much trouble and I do not like it. "
Lieutenant Pravo , who wrote a let-
rterirom a distance , .adds : "I believe
the old man is sincere. Today he
brought in his son and nephew and
they are no\v soldiers in troop L , Sixth
cavalry. "
Condition of the Sioux.
WASHINGTON , May 1. Captain J.
M. Lee of the Ninth United States in-
fan try , agent for the government at
the Rosebud agency , was at the war
department and had a conference with
Secretary Proctor in regard to the
condition of the Sioux Indians. He
said that everything is now quiet in
South Dakota and the chances are
favorable that there will be no trouble
this spring. White folks around the
agencies are inclined to start all sorts
of rumors of the coming strife , but as
far as ho could observe and ho had
investigated the circumstances very
thoroughly he knew of no organized
intent on the part of the Indians to bo
hostile or any inclination to organize.
Speaking of the Brules , who gained a
rather unsavory reputation last winter ,
he continued to say that there is a good
deal of injustice done this tribe , which
furnished the first full companyof sol
diers to the government withou condi
tions. 'Captain Lee is of the opinion
that the project of enlisting Indians
will ultimately be as much of a success
as the enlistment of colored men has
been.
Commissioner Morgan called at the
war department at noon and had a talk
with Captain Lee about the Indian out
look in the northwest.
General Schofield is well pleased
with the progress made in the work of
enlisting Inuians in the army. He
said today : "If we can get two well'
drilled and contented troops of Indians
we shall be doing all that can be ex
pected at this time. These troops will
be the cause of many more Indians en
listing , and I think I can see the day
ahead when there will be no more diffi
culty in getting good soldiers from the
Indian reservations than there is to
day in enlisting white men. The ex
ample of a happy Indian soldier upon
his fellow-aborigines will be very
wholesome , and we are doing nobly
what is needed to make the experiment
a success , namely , concentrating our
efforts upon the formation of model
troops. It is my hope that those troops
can be organized and sufficiently well
disciplined in time for them to be sta
tioned at Chicago during the exposi
tion in 1893. "
The Available Cash Balance. .
WASHINGTON , * April 29. A Star re
porter asked Director of the Mint
Leech for an explanation of the state
ment made by him that there was an
available cash balance of $258,000,000
in the treasury. Leech said he holds
that gold and silver certificates amount
ing to $403,000,000 represent trust
money ; that is. the coin has been de
posited by individuals and the govern
ment has issued a certificate to pay
back the same on demand. Possibly
the fund of $7.000,000 placed with the
treasury by national banks for keeping
the currency in good condition is trust
money , but as congress has just or
dered the money placed by national
banks for retirement , the circulation
to be covered into the general bal
ance , it is difficult to conceive why
this is any more sacred. The re
mainder of money in the treasury , some
$258.000.000 , Leech holds , belongs
absolutely to the government. "Prior
to 1885 , " ' he says , -the available bal
ance in the treasury was always
shown as the amount of money
which actually belongs to the gov
ernment. The $100,000 in gold pur
chased by the sale of bonds for re
sumption purposes was always included
as a'portion of the available balance
prior to that date and there is no
reason why it should not be. Nor is
there any reason why legal tender
notes issued in the purchase of silver
bullion are any more a current liabili
ty than other greenbacks. They are
a class of legal tender money. They
are not silver money , as the people
generally suppose. They are issued
in the first place in the purchase of
silver bullion , but as they come back
into the treasury are reissued for all
purposes. The fact that the secretary
is anxious to convert all the assets in
to the most available form of money is
no indication that there is any shortage
in the treasury funds. In accordance
with the acts of congress the trade
dollar bullion and subsidiary silver
coins will be recoincd as soon as the
new designs are decided on. Whether
the secretary should decide to extend
the 4i per cents' at the rate of 2 per
cent would simply be a business prop
osition as to whether it would be more
profitable for the government to use
its money in buying bonds bearing
four per cent interest at the current
rate. I imagine the recent order sus
pending the purchase and the policy
of the secretary regarding the 4Js
arises more from consideration of the
fall of the money market than any
present or anticipated lack of funds. " '
Irrigation In New ITIexico.
WASHINGTON , April 29. A census
bulletin on the subject of irrigation in
New Mexico shows that in the terri
tory there are 3,085 farms irrigated
out of a total number of 4,174 , not in
cluding those of the Pueblo Indians.
The average first cost of water right
is $5.58 per acre , and the cost of the
land , cost of preparing it for cultiva
tion , etc. , brings the average cost to
the farmer up to $18.54 per acre. The
estimated present value of irrigated
farms , including improvements , aver
ages $50.98 per acre , showing an ap
parent profit , less cost of buildings , of
$32.44 per acre. Comparing the aver
age annual expense for water at $1.54
per acre with the average annual
value of productions , which is $12.80
per acre , it appears that the average
annual return per acre is $11-26. Two
per cent of farmers own over one-fifth
of the productive land excluding noa-
irrigated areas. .
WHY IS THIS THUS ?
dXOTHRtt IlfTEKJfATIOffAT QUESTION
ron Discussion
Germany ITIu t Explain Why She IN
Mending ; lunatic Criminals to This
Country \ Tribute to Gen. Grant by
Gen. Horace Porter on tlie Occasion
of Breaking Ground In IJIveralde
X'arlcfor the Long Delayed Ttlonu-
nicnt A Irian Pre-eminent In the
HUtory oftlie Country.
Between Unolo Sam and Germany.
WASHINGTON , May 1. An inter
national question has sprung up be
tween the United States and Germany
through the action of German officials
in sending to this country an insane
German criminal. The matter is one
of importance , coming on the heels of
the New Orleans trouble , and indicates
an intention on the part of the United
States government to institute more
rigid inspection of the immigrants ,
i'he case that gives rise to the action
taken is that of Nikolaus Bader , who
recently arrived in New York. In an
atlidavit on lile with the treasury de
partment Bader states that he is 59
years of age , and that he arrived from
Germany at the port of New York
April 23 , by the steamship Waesland ,
from Antwerp ; that his passage to this
country was paid for by the authorities
in the town of Stauzach , Germany ;
mat no nas witn mm $1 in
that he has no relatives or friends in
this country ; that in 1804 he murdered
a , girl with whom he was in love , for
which crime ho was imprisoned one
year , when he was declared insane and
was confined in an insane asylum for
twenty-four years , and from which he
was discharged somewhat over a year
ago ; that he requested to be sent to
America and the authorities sent him
here. Secretary Foster has ordered
that Bader be returned to Germany by
the steamship company which brought
him hither , and the fact that he was
transported to the United States at the
expense of the public authorities in
Germany has been called to the atten
tion of the state department for such
action as may be deemed expedient.
General Porter on Grant.
Ninv YOUK , April 30. On the oc
casion of the ceremonies attending the
breaking of ground for the Grant mon
ument , General Horace Porter was
orator of the day and delivered an
eloquent address , an extract from
which is here given :
"Sixty-nine years ago today there
was ushered into the world a being
who was destined to stand preeminent
nent in the history of his country , and
whose fame was to reach into the utter
most parts of the earth. Most of the
conspicuous characters in history have
risen to prominence by gradual ad
vances , but Ulysses S. Grant came be
fore the people with a sudden bound.
Almost the first sight caught of him
was in the blaze of his camp fires and
the Hashes of his guns those wintry
days and nights in front of Donelson.
From that time until the crowning
triumph at Appomattox he was a
leader whose name was the harbinger
of victory. From the iinal sheathing
of his sword till his ashes were laid to
rest in yonder tomb he waS the chief
citizen of the republic and the great
central figure of the world.
The history of his life savors more
of romance than reality ; it seems more
like a fabled tale of ancient days than
the story of an American citizen of the
nineteenth century. As light and
shade produce the most attractive
effects in a picture , so the singular
contrasts , the strange vicissitudes of
his eventful career , surround him with
an interest which attaches to few char
acters in history.
His rise from an obscure lieutenant
to the command of the veteran armies
of the great republic ; his transition
from a frontier post of the untrodden
west to the executive mansion of the
nation : his sitting at one time in a lit- j !
tie store in Galena , not even known to
the congressman from his district ; at
another time striding through the
places of the old world , with the de
scendants of a line of kings rising and
standing uncovered in his presence ;
his humble birth in an obscure town
scarcely known to the geoprapher ; his
agonizing illness and courageous death
in the chief city of the country he had
saved ; with a nation's prayers breathed
in his behalf from every pulpit and
fireside in the land. These are some
of the features of his marvellous career
which appeal to the imagination , ex
cite men's wonder and fascinate ail
who make a study of his life.
General Grant possessed in a strik
ing degree all the characteristics of a
successful soldier. His methods in
warfare bore the stamp of originality
and ingenuity. His success depended
more upon his powers of invention than
adaptation. The fact that he has been
compared at times to nearly all the
great commanders of history is the i
best proof that he was like none of
them. His self-reliance was one of
his most pronounced traits. He assumed - [ i
sumed the gravest responsibilities with I
their attendant risks without asking j
anyone to share them. He had : i fertility - j
tility of resource and a faculty of
adapting the means at hand to
the accomplishment of his purposes - j
poses , which contributed in no
small degree to his success. !
Both his moral and physical j
courage were equal to every emergency j i
in which he was placed. Never un
duly elated by victory or depressed by
defeat , he was calm amidst excitement ,
patient under trials , and never in his
life uttered -an oath or imprecation.
His habits were simple and he enjoyed
a physical constitution which enabled
him to endure every form of fatigue
and privation incident to military ser
vice in the -field. AYhile pos
sensitive nature and a singularly
tender heart , he never allowed his-
sensibilities to inter/ere with the stern
duties of the soldier. He knew better
than to attempt to hew rocks with a
finely tempered razor , he realized that
paper bullets should not be fired in
warfare , he felt that the hardest blows
brought the quickest results , and that
more men died from disease in sickly
camps than from shot and shell in
battle. Ho had a knowledge of topography
graphy which seemed to be intuitive ,
and never became confused as to
locality. He exhibited a rapidity of
thought and action in the field which
enabled him to move troops in the
presence of the enemy with a prompt
ness which has rarely , if ever , been
equalled. There was a spur on the
heel of every field order he sentl. He
had no hobby as to any particular arm
of the service. He naturally placed
his main reliance on his infantry , but
made a more vigorous use of cavalry
than any of the generals of his day ,
and was judicious in regulating the
amount of his artillery by the char
acter of the country in which he was
operating.
While his achievements in actual
battle eclipsed by their brilliancy the
strategy and grand tactics employed
in his campaigns , yec the extraordi
nary combinations effected and the
skill and. boldness exhibited in moving
large armies into position entitle him
to as much credit as the qualities he
displayed in the immediate presence
of the enemy.
So brilliant was his career as a sold
ier that we are too apt to overlook the
successes he achieved as a statesman ,
but when we sum up the events of his
presidential terms their magnitude is
such that they challenge comparison
with those of any other chief magis
trate since the formation of the gov
ernment.
"Old Hutch's" Sad Condition.
CHICAGO , May 1. B. P. Hutchinson -
son , familiarly known as "Old Hutch , "
has mysteriously disappeared and is
supposed to have wandered away while
temporarily insane. The break in the
price of grain on the board of trade
yesterday morning was caused by
rumors that the veteran speculator was
in financial distress. No facts were
given by those who talked of the mat
ter , though it was common report that
he had lately lost heavily on both
wheat and corn , both on the recent
heavy advance and the subsequent
break in prices. Hutchinson was not
to be found on the iloor of the exchange
and nothing could be learned as to the
real situation of his affairs. His son
Charles , president of the Corn Ex
change National bank , who is better
acquainted with his father's affairs
than any one else , was not accessible.
The early flurry in the market soon
died away , but later the news was
spread to the effect that the elder
Hutchinson was mysteriously missing.
Inquiry of Vice President Hamill of
the Corn Exchange bank brought con
firmation of the rumor. He said that
none of Ilutchmson's family had seen
him since the hour when the board
closed. His people were of course
very anxious in regard to him. The
supposition among Hutchinson's friends
is that he has wandered away in a fit
of temporary mental aberration.
The actual condition of Hutuhinson's
affairs is not known , although it is
understood that nearly all his trades
on the board have been closed out and
a private dispatch from Milwaukee
says that all his deals there have been
closed. It is not believed that anyone
will lose anything through him , as his
family , it Is confidently expected , will
see them paid if necessary. Conserv
ative opinion on the board , however.
inclines to the belief that this will not
be necessary. Certain it is that all of
Hutchinbon's checks hae gone through
the clearing house so far without ques
tion. The present interest , however ,
centers in the question as to the where
abouts of the quandom board of trade
king who for years ruled the market
here , putting prices up and down at
will by sheer force of the millions with
which he was able to back his opin
ions. His sudden and mysterious dis-
appearance recalls the fate of the late
Millionaire B. II. Campbell , who wan
dered away last December and whose
body was found in the river many
weeks afterward.
Italy Not
April 30. It is asserted that
Marquis di lludini , after several in
terviews with Baron di Fava , has de
cided upon the terms of his answer to
Mr. Blaine , which will be to this effect :
Italy will not rest satisfied with the
reasons given by the United States.
The question is one of public rights ,
and public rights demand political
protection for the subjects of friendly
powers. Ruuini declares that a civil
ized nation would fail in its duties if
it did not demand indemnities for the
families of the murdered Italians and
the arrest of the assassins.
Not Going to Europe.
WASHINGTON" , April 30. "Did I
understand you to say that an Omaha
paper has announced that I am about
to sail for Europe ? " asked Senator
Manuerson. The Nebraskan was as
sured that such a statement had been
printed.You will oblige me , " said
the senator , "by making public the
fact that I am not goinjj to Europe ,
but that I shall as soon as practicable
return to Nebraska. I never had the
slightest intention of crossing tiie At
lantic this summer.1'
The Rev. W. P. Brown , a Mormon ,
formerly of Kansas , but now < jf Rich-
mond. Mo. , is going to Jerusalem eariy
this summer to see the second coming
of Christ , which he says is near at
hand.
A Del Rio. . Tex. , special tells of a
Mexican Jack the Ripper who visited
the house of a Mexican woman named
Sanchez , killed her and cut the body
to pieces. After the butchery he wrote
upon th"L wall with her blood , "Fresh
beef for sale " ' ' " '
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PLENTY HOESES' CASE
TIIE 1/07J1 * FAIL TO AG11EE OX A VER
DICT.
The Result a Dlnappolntmcnt to Gov-
eminent Ofilclalt A Splendid lie-
ccptloii Given the President at Del-
motile * Cul. Appointment of ITIeat
Iimpcctora Spain and Reciprocity
TIio Italian Deputies Importation
of Cereal * to Venezuela.
The "Plenty IIor e'n" Jury Dlnagrco.
Sioux FALLS , S. D. , May 1. The
jury in the Plenty Horses ' case was
discharged after being out twenty
hours and failing to agree upon a
verdict. The result is a disappoint
ment to the government officials who
anticipated a verdict of murder in the
first degree. Seventeen ballots in all
were taken , the first being' six for
murder and six for manslaughter. On
the the third the vote stood seven to
five and on the eighth eight to four.
All the ballots following this were the
same as the eighth.
Some of the jurymen state they
would not vote for conviction because
the court refused the defendant an. in
terpreter. This refusal was based on
the ground that Plenty Horses was
able to talk English fluently and under
stood it.
When the result was announced
Plenty Horses did not change a muscle
in his face , he showed no joy as he
had shown no anxiety during the trial.
When asked by a reporter as to how
he felt , Plenty Horses vouchsafed no
reply. His father , Living Bear , was
not , however , so stoic. During the
morning he walked the corridors of
the court room wringing his hands and
asking the deputy every few minutes
how things were going. When the
verdict was announced the poor old
father , trembling with age and emo
tion , made his way through the
crowded court room to Attorney Nock ,
who had made such a magnificent fight
for his son's life , and with tears
streaming down the bronzed and
wrinkled face the Indian siezed the
hand of the attorney and poured out
his heartfelt thanks in the Sioux lan
guage.
A motion was made for a new trial ,
to take place at once , but after an
hour of consideration May 25 was set
ae the date.
President and Party.
DKLMOXTE , Cal. , May 1. The citi
zens of Monterey gave the president
a splendid reception. The city was
elaborately decorated with flowers and
bunting. The president and members
of his party arose early and took q
drive over the seventeen miles from
here to Monterey. On arrival them
the procession was met by a large del
egation of school children , who strewed
the path with flowers , and led the way
to the school house , where public ex
ercises were held. Mayor Hill of
Salinas delivered un address of wel
come. The president. Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker and Secretary Rusk
responded. The presidential party
then drove to Cypress Point , where
they had luncheon.
The scarcity of paper money in this
vicinity was shown when a Chinese
curio merchant refused a one dollar
treasury note from the president in
payment for a seashell. He could not
be persuaded that it was good money
and the president had to exchange the
note for a silver dollar before the Chi
naman would let him have the
trinket.
Appointment of lUeut Inspectors.
WASHINGTON , May 1. This mornIng -
Ing Dr. Salmon , chief of the bureau of
animal industry of the agricultural de
partment , said that the announcement
that he was about to leave for Chicago ,
whither he started last night , to super
intend the first enforcement of the new
meat inspection law , had brought upon
the department another flood of appli
cations from every part of the country
for appointments as meat inspectors.
"No more meat inspectors will be ap
pointed , * ' said Dr. Salmon , ' 'till Secre
tary Rusk returns from his tour with
the president , a couple of weeks hence.
The department wants for these places
men who have had experience in de
tecting and treating diseases of ani
mals. It prefers regular graduates
from veterinary colics. But while
selecting men upon their merits of
course republicans are preferred. The
experience which a butcher or pork
packer or beef dealer obtains will not
alone qualify a man to fill the position
of meat inspector under the meat ex
portation law. Another thing should
ie remembered by aspirants to these
positions , and that is that they will be
distributed in the various states as
equitably as possible.5
Uproar in the Italian Deputies.
RO3U7 , May 1. Signer Imbriani ,
who stirred up a row with ex-Premier
Crispi a few weeks ago , created an
other great uproar in the chamber of
deputies today. He charged the Ital
ian government with permitting the
slave trade to be carried on openly ,
and also that thirty-five girls , taken
f rom former owners under the pretext
of i-escuing them from slavery , had
been distributed among Italian army
officers. Premier Rudini protested
r.gainst such accusations without proof
and the minister of war declared that
he would not remain in the house un
less the charge was withdrawn. Such
a tumult then ensued that the sitting
had to be suspended.
A negro was taken from jail at a
suburb of Indianapolis and dragged a
mile with a rope around his neck.
Cool counsel finally prevailed and he
was not hanged. The suburb his been
infested with negro ruffians.
Washington society lpiers bars
organized a ladies * club.
Anger Unabated. . "
ROME , Blay 4. The green book'on
the New Orleans lynching comprises
twenty-four dispatcher from March
14 to April 20. It shows the Italian
government from the commencement
has persevered in asking that criminal
proceedings bo taken against the
lynchers and indemnity bo paid to the
families of those lynched. The ex
pression "brought to justice" appears
in the dispatches , as well as in Baron
Fava's letters. The principal com
munications have already been pub
lished.
After Blaine's note of April 14 the
volume concludes with a telegram
from the Marquis pi lludini to the
Marquis Imporali , the text of , which is
as follows : ! have now before me a
note addressed to you by Secretary
Blaine April 14. Its perusal produces
the most painful impression upon me.
I will not stop to lay stress upon the
lack of conformity with diplomatic
usages displayed in making use , as
Blaine did not hesitate to do , of a portion
tion of a telegram of mine communi
cated to him in strict confidence , in
order to get rid of -question clearly
defined in our official documents
which alone possess diplomatic
value , nor will I stop to point
out the reference in this telegram of
mine of March 24 that the words 'pun
ishment of the guilty1 in the brevity of
telegraphic language actually signified
only that u prosecution ought to be
commenced in order that the Individuals - ,
uals recognized as guilty should not
escape punishment. Far above all the
astute arguments remains the fact that
henceforward the federal government
declares itself conscious of what we
have constantly asked and yet it does
not grant our legitimate demands.
Blaine is right when he makes the
payment of indemnity to the families
of the victims dependent upon proof
of a violation of the treaty , but we
shrink from thinking that he considers
that the fact of such a violation needs
proof. Italian subjects acquitted by
juries were massacred in the prisons
of the state without measures being
taken to defend them. What other
proof does the government expect of a
violation of a treaty within constant
protection and security to the subjects
of the contracting parties is expressly
stipulated ? We have placed on evi
dence that we have never asked
anything but tiie opening of regu
lar proceedings. In regard to this
Baron Fava's note dated March 15 ,
contained even a formula of the
telegram addressed on the same day.
by Biaine under order of President
Harrison to the governorof Louisiana.
Now , however , in the note of April 1G
Blaine is silent on the subject which
is for us the main point of controversy.
We are under the sad necessity of con
cluding , what to every other govern
ment would appear to be the accom
plishment of a strict civil duty is impossible - -
possible to the federal government. It
is time to break off this bootless con- ,
troversy. Public opinion , the sever- ,
eign judge , will know how to indicate
an equitable solution of this grave
problem. We have affirmed and again
affirm our first right. Let the federal
government reflect upon its side if it is
expeditious to'leave to the mercy of
each state in the union the responsi
bility to foreign countries of the efficacy
of treaties , pledging its faith and
honor to entire nations. The present
dispatch is addressed to you exclusive
ly , not to the federal government.
Your duties henceforth are solely re
stricted to dealing with current busi
' '
ness.
A Peace Loving Nation.
SAN FKAN < isco. May 4. President
Harrison in his speech at the banquet
said : "I believe we have come to a
new epoch as a nation. There are
opening portals before us inviting us
to enter opening of portala to trade
and influence and prestige , such as wo
have never seen before. We will pur
sue the paths of peace. We are not a
warlike nation. All our instincts and
all our history are in the line of peace.
Only intoleraole aggression , only the
peril of our institutions or our flag can
thoroughly arouse us. With capabilities
for war on land or sea unexcelled bv
any nation in the world we are smitten
with a love of peace. We advocate
more guns for the defense of the Pacific
coast , a sufficient large navy for the
preservation of the peace of this hem
isphere and a merchant marine -with
which to secure our share of the com
merce of the world. " The address"
was received with much enthusiasm.
Gold Excitement.
SALT LAKE Crrr , Utah , May 4 The
Deep Creek mining excitement was in
tensified again yesterday by a report
from the Dugway district stating that
a fine lode of gold ore had been found
in that vicinity. A half-witted sheep
herder came into Dugway with about
a quart of gold ore and small nuggets
which he daimed to have found up in
the hills. Upon examination it was
found that he had been telling the
truth and a rush was made for thu
spot. There are hundreds leaving
town with every conceivable kind of
conveyances. Real estate men , hotel
clerks and reporters even , are in the
p-ocession.
The Army Koll of Honor.
WASHINGTON , May 4. The major
general commanding has published in
the orders to the army the names of
the following officers and enlisted men
who , during 1889 , distinguished them
selves by specially meritorious acts or
conduct in service : Major Henry Car
roll , First cavalry ; Captain Emmet
Crawford , Third cavalry : James
O'Mackay , Third cavalry ; Charles P.
Gatewood , Sixth cavalry ; First Ser
geant Jorgensen , Sergeant Chapman
and Saddler Frank , now out of service ,
but formerly of troop K , Fourth cav-
alrv.
