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SIXTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING. AP1UL 4 , 1887. NUMBEK 290
CHIVALRY OF THE SOUTH
Southern Military Companies Eofuso teA
Participate in the National Drill.
A SHERMAN-BLAINE COMBINE.
Much Impntloiico Over Secretary
Whitney's Delay In Orjraul/.ltiB
\VnHhltiKtou Navy Yard
Gun Factory.
A Question of Color.
WASHINGTON , April : ) . ( SpecialTelegrum
( o the ltii : : . I Considerable importance Is
attached to the announcement received last
night from Montgomery , Ala. , that nil the
military companies In the south entered for
participation In the national drill to be held
hero In .May dad determined u ) withdraw on
account ol two companies of colored men
havIng been permitted to enter as competi
tors. Those most Interested and who know
most about It say that it will result almost
dlsastionsly to tlio exposition unless some
compromise can bo effected , and this they
fear Is beyond reach. To nsk the coloiud
companies to withdraw would likely result
In kcoplngaway northern companies , vvhllo
to penult them tocomo will keep out south
ern companies , and great expectations have
rested with the south , which has manifested
more Interest In the diill than any other sec
tion ot the country. Not a great amount of
Htirnrlso Is expressed at the affair , slnco the
action of whites In boycotting some of the
hotels at Richmond , \'n. , last September be
cause the landlords at first said they
would not entertain colored delegates to thn
Knights of Labor convention , and later ,
the refusal by all hotel proprietors to enter
tain even delegates who associated with col
ored delegates ; and the late action of land
lord at Illrmingham , Ala. , In refusing Sen
ator Sherman the privilege to receive colored
callers nt the hotel whcro ho stopped. It Is
believed that the samp crowd that stood be
hind the landlord at Uirmlngliam. has
worked up tills opposition to the drill. In
any light It Is vhnved this affair Is a very se
rious one to the manaiieis of the drill.
r'llf.SIDENTIAI. CAMPAIGN GOSSIP.
Gossip about the presidential campaign Is
heard uveiywhere In Washington to-night.
Thn liii : : coiiespoiident has been Infoimed
by influential politicians to-day that nego
tiations aio pending between the lilaino and
Slid man factions tor a compromise , or nn
understanding bv which thu campaigns for
nomination uro to bo conducted with the
most perfect harmony , so fiat thu man nomi
nated by the republicans will receive the
lieaily support ot thu factions opposing him
In the convention. There Is to be no ground
Inft for the mugwumps to stand on and the
nominee is to bo elected. Todai's Herald ,
ot this city ( demociat ) , has a column ot
gossip on the .subject ot lilalneaiul bheiman.
from which the following , showing among
other things Senator Sherman's wealth , Is
taken :
The writer has talked with veiy many
Ohloans who are republicans and they are
practically unanimous in expressing their be
lief that Sheiman will get tlio nomination of
his party. "Von ask why I bellevo this ?
Well , 1 will tell you , " said a L-untlcman who
was collector of internal lovcnuo for the
wealthiest district In Ohio under ( Jrant , and
part of Hayes' term , and Is one of the niaiia-
Iturs tor thu republicans In Ohio. "Thu busi
ness Interest wants Sherman. The national
banks in this country are a power. There
are about 2rOJ of them and thov have &U50-
COJ.OuO In thu people's hands. So eainest arc
they In his favor that 1 believe they would
stand an assessment ot < / ot 1 per cent to
elect him. That would be almost S'.HHI.OOO.
Thou the great railroads are favorably dis
posed toward him. Ho Is adliector In the
Pittsburg , Ft , Wavne & Chicago. Its stock
Is SO per cent above par. That is , 100 shares
of 8100 par value are worth $15,000. At the
last election for dlrectois Mr. Sherman was
credited on the stock books of the Pittsburg ,
Ft. Wayne & Chicago company with the
owneiship of 'JbOO shares , wortli S4ffl,000. :
The dividend is 8 per cent , which gives him
jas.COO per annum Irom this source alone. "
"What Is Senator Sherman wortli ? " was
asked.
"I don't know. No ono knows but ho him
self , and perhaps another person. I know
something about his Investments , though ,
liosldcs the railway stock I spoku ut he has
1,000 shares in the First National bank in
.New York. They were quoted last Saturday
ut 81.500. "
"What " said the writer " for ' '
, , § 1,500 one1.1'
"That's about the sUe of It , " calmly re
sponded thu speaker. "They are wortli
tU.OOO.OCO , und could beconvuitcd Into cash In
an hour's time , as could the railroad stock.
This makes almost fc" UOO.OOO. Then ho owns
bonds of the Union Pacific Os how many 1
cannot say but J.OOO or : t,000 , besides stock
In the bank nt Mansfield and a large amount
of real estate thero. As you know , his hold
ing In real estate In tills city Is enormous.
Why , ho lias between fifty and and sixty
houses , besides valuable lots , etc. Sheiman's
income from his Investments , and ho hasn't
a single bad one , Is not less than S20.0JO a
month. The only man except himself who
really knows just what John Sherman is
worth Is Colonel C. W. Moulton , his biother-
in-law nnd confidential legal advisor and
friend. Moultou has an enormous law busi
ness , so large that he requires two partners.
Ho has Ids offices In Cincinnati and Naw
York , and at both places they are over
run with business. Hut to return to
Sherman. He would get the old
Giant following solid In tlio convention ,
llfllsthoonlv man I know whom lilaino
would really help. You see the Shermans
are klnspcoplu of lilaino and John Sherman
supported htm loyally in ISS-t. While Sher
man Is somewhat close about money gener
ally , ho uses It with great liberality when
there is really any great end to be attained
by dolnir so , nnd would spend a million will
ingly to bo elected. I don't mean by that that
haisconupt , but he reeivnlzes the noteut
truth that money Is a mighty factor nowadays -
days in politics. It oughtn't to bo so , but It
is , and therefore It is Important to have It In a
general election. Summing up , Sheiman
would have the railroad Interest , money in *
tere.st , the old Citant following ; hoouldhu
the residuary legatee of Hlnine ; ho would gut
thu Ponnsjlvanla Interest through Senator
J. Donald Cameion , whoso wife ts ono of
Sherman's lavoilto niece , and reiioit says
will bo one of his principal heirs. In fact , 1
don't know of nnv serious opposition ho
would have. Now Pv told yon what I think
nnd why 1 think It. If there Is tiny weak
ness in the logic of my opinions , point It out ,
will you ? "
And with that ho took a cab and started on
his way to his Ohio home.
THE GUN KOUMIUV QUESTION.
Intense Interest Is evidenced by army and
navy circles hero and in the east , and In con
gressional elieles throughout the country. In
tlio conversion of the Washington navy
yard Into the great gnu foundry which It Is
to be. Much Impatience Is being expressed
to the linn correspondent , however , at the
dcliboiatoand slow manner In which this
conversion h going on. Months ago , for In
stance , Secretary Whitney announced that
ho would receive the names of applicants for
the position of foreman of the gun foundry
and Inspector of ordnance. At tlrst names
came In slowly , as thu position was consid
ered a technical one. Three weeks
ago about a score ot good machinists
and practical gun founders were
recommended for the plaie. Now tiio
list Is greatly augmented , ami vet Secretary
Whitney does not act and gives no reason
for inaction. It Is piesumed that ho Is cast
ing about to inaku a political appointment.
A'number of applicants nro apprehensive
that they will become too old for active duty
It Scctmary Whitney docs not show a Ilttlo
moro activity In getting bojond the "con-
sldciatlon"stage ot the question. Every
week the announcement Is made that thu
secretary "Is about to do" this or that ; that
liu"wlll boon actively enter upon thn work
of reorganizing the ordnance yard ; " that ho
"U considering thu question of thu foremanship -
ship , " nnd ao on. It would seem about time
for action of some sort If this administration
is to do anything but talk. Uis the purpose
of rhu department to establish a foundry cap
able of turning out about forty completed
largo caliber guns every iear , with their c.\ti
rluges and all accessories , und at the same
time keep up the supply of all ordnance
stores for vessels In commission. This
will Involve , Ills estimated , the employment
of from too to 1,000 men with a
pay roll amounting to moio than S'AOOU per
month. At tlietiino the yard was changed
from a general navy yard Into a gun foun
dry , large numbers ot men employed under
othur bureaus were discharged. As a rule
theio men were very competent , skilled
workmen , and when work is finally com
menced on a larger scale in the gun foundry
most of those who desire employment In the
yard will bu taken back. Thu secretaiy of
the nnvv told them at the tinio ot their dis
charge that ns soon as work was commenced ,
other tilings being equal , they would bo em
ployed In preference to new men. At pres
ent the limited force cmplojcd In the yaid Is
engaged in llnlshlng up the guns now under
way and In keeping up thu regular supply of
ordnance material , and It Is probable tint the
force will bo gradually reduced stilt turtner
until the delivery of stud under thu new con
tracts begins. Some very large guns are to
bu begun soon.
Diss rjsnnn wiTitTin : LAW.
Without doubt a strong eilort will be made
In the nextcongiesstoelthci lopealorntluast
modify thu new Intertntn commeico law.
The very classes who weie most clamorous
lor Its passage ate amoni : the first to make
complaint of thu harshness of Its piovislons.
Already tliu commission is literally over
whelmed with communications asking for
an Interpolation ot certain plu.T-es in the
law , the writers being desirous of knowing
If the same will not beai this and that con
struction as will suit their own convenience.
The folly of trying to make iron-clad rules
tor tliu government of commerce Is at once
apparent , and yet the law does not go Into
eilect until to-morrow. The railways
In every direction have boon com
pelled to make changes In their
rates in anticipation of the cariylng out of
the statute , which make the burdffns to bu
borne by the people nil the greater , and even
tor short distances prices ot tickets tor cany-
Ing passengers have advanced ! i"i percent. In
a few weeks theio is to bo a great national
drill In Washington , and during May also
some contcnnlal observances are to take place
In Baltimore , to which It was expected that
large crowds from other cities would bo at
tracted. Hut ttio railway people cannot hold
out any encouragement that a leductlon of
rates can bo made until the commission gives
its Interrelation ot the dlllerent provisions
of the law , and it may bo that no relief can
be granted.
oiiovr.n's - ICIIKT : AnviMiit.
T'liopiesldent has not yet niada up his
mind as to the commission to Investigate the
Pacific roads. Ho lias determined upon the
class of men he wants , but his slate lias been
smashed every time liu thought hu had deter
mined upon three putsons to appoint. It has
long been a mooted question who are the
secret advisors of President Cleveland. His
cabinet scums to have no Influence with him ,
nor have tlio democratic senators. It has
lately been talked in political circles that n
California ) ! is one of tlio picsldunt's chief ad
visers. During thu past week it Is said that
this Calitoinlan lias been at the white honsn
every nay nnd nt hours when senators and
nil other people are excluded. Inquirv ns to
who ho is fiom ono of thu president's
household , brotigst out the reply : "I cannot
glvo vou his name , that Is kept secret ; but
the president believes lie has moio inlotmn-
tiou , better judgment , nnd Is n tiuei friend
to him than almost any man in Washing
ton. "
It is also said that this gentleman does not
nay much attention to California matters , as
ho fears lie is prejudiced.but that his lei tu is in
national politics and in the political aflairs
of states wheie he has no personal interest.
UK won.D Disrovnu ioNoitAN'Hi : .
It is thought that if Senator Cockrell , chair
man of the senate committee on Investigat
ing the business of the executive depaitment ,
instead of sending out a circular , should per
sonally visit thu buieaus of the departments
and catechise the chiefs as to the business
thereof , ho would bo edified nt the amount of
ignorance which would bo displajcd by somu
of them.
THE RAIMtOAHS WII.I , WIN.
One of tlio best things about the Inter-slato
commerce commission comes Iiom Senator
Puzh , of Alabama. Ha s.ild the other day :
"Tho real question Is whether the commis
sioners will own the railroads or the railioads
will own the commission. It's a pietty sato
bet that thu railroads will win In tlio end. "
I'OSTAI , CIIANfiKS.
The following Nebiaska postofllcps were
discontinued yesteiday : Cloveiton , Webster
countv ; Chrlstena , Keainov county ; Ciane ,
Loup county : Kdon. Fillnmro county ;
Ficowater , Harlnn county ; Knlama/oo , Mad ,
son county ; Kendall , Dawes county ; Lake
Plwlps countv ; Ljdla , Glister county ; Mor-
nenee , Fillmoie countv : Kockton , Fninas
county ; Sacramento , Phelps countv ; St.
Stephen. Nuckolls county ; Sa on , Saline
county : Spoitville , Adams county.
Also the following in Iowa : Lester , lilaek-
hawk county ; Orleans , Appanooso county.
The postmasters nt Lonp City , Neb. , and
F.agle Orove , la. , wheio the offices have been
made presidential , were yesteday reappointed
Other postmasters appointed WPIO II. P.
Farmer , U.xbrldge , Nob. , and Maickus Kane ,
Atlantic , la.
HOOU.MAKKUS BILKHI ) .
Crooked Telegraph Work Camos Chicago
cage GainlJlprs to tioso.
CHICAGO , April 3. [ Special Telegram to
the UIJE. ] Tire bookmakers doln business
In this city have been victimised three or
four times on the Now Orleans races this
winter and yesterday were caiuht a0Min on
the last race. They are about to Institute a
rigid investigation. They think the losses
they have sustained are small compared with
what they might have sulfereJ had they not
discovered the attempt being made to "do"
them. Yostordty afternoon , among the
starters in the last race , wcro lllbernia and
Telegraph. Odds of two to one wuie offered
against Hiborilia to win , and even money
against Telegraph for place. There was
no betting of any account until after 5:30. :
Tlion parties who had not been betting over
$5 at a time for a month visited four shops
and backed lllbernia to win and Telozraph
for place. At 5:4C : "Horses at the po t , " was
received over the wires fiom Now Orleans ,
and a few minutes later cnurn "lllbernia liist.
Telegraph second. " On the transactions
that occurred at the ditleront betting
establishments almost at the same time
the bookmakers lost upwards of
$ -,000. Thu interval between the report of
the race and the report of the preceding on u
was unusually long , t'ho peculiar betting ,
long wait , nnd tlio fact that they booked
losings , made the bookmakers all around
conclude there was something unnatural
about the lace , and thevbegan Investigating.
One firm telegraphed their correspondent at
Now Oilcans asking what time be filed the
"horses nt tlio post. " Thonnsvvercamoback ,
"At5:0 : > . " Usually a message tiled nt the
track nt Now Orleans reaches the bookmakers
by direct wires in two minutes. Another
Inquiry elicited the Information that the
wires between hero and N vv Orleans worked
all right , and the only explanation that the
bookmaker ; couldltlnd for thu delay was that
there was something wrong and they had
been the victims of a well executed scheme
to skin them. Certain telegraph operators
are suspected , hut nothing definite has been
ascertained , of course.
liuploiiH liurglari.
Nr.wnruYi'ouT , Mass. , April 3. liurglars
entered St. Paul's Episcopal church last
night and stole the silver communion service
and other articles ot silver valued at several
hundred dollars. Ono piece , of great histor
ical value , was given to Kev. Samuel Myles
by King William and Queen Mary for the
nso of their majesty's chaptl In Nuw England
in 10'JI.
They Wilt Not Go.
, Ala. , April 8. The Mont
gomery companies , the Creys and lilues ,
to-night officially resolved to withdraw from
the Washington drill. A telegram from the
Atlanta rifles to tlio Montgomery military
s.us they will follow Montgomery's example
nnd withdraw.
An Unclaimed Corpse.
ST. Louts , April 3. An unclaimed corpse
lies at the American Express company's
olllcu hero addressed to P. D. MoKollar. U
arrived by express from Cincinnati. No such
person as P. D. McKellar Is known in the
c'ty nnd the authorities are becoming suspl-
cl9us ot'foul play.
MORE TROUBLE IN CHICAGO
Laborers Ask Tor An Advance of Wages
nnd Are Refused.
CARPENTERS TO GO OUT TO-DAY
Over Six Thousand of Them Meet on
Sunday And llcsolvo to Strike
to Vote For
NclHOII.
1
Carpenters to Strike. i
CniC'Aoo , April 3. The G.JioO car -nters
cmplojcd by the various contractors and
shop owners throughout tlio cltj and suburbs
will cease work to-morrow inoinlng and
building operations In this county will bo
suspended Indefinitely. The leaders of the
carpenters , who , alter a lonff strugclo last
summer , failed to carry out their t'o mantis
for eight hours and an Increase of wages , de
cided then to renew the contest and think
that now , when building enteipriso Is lovlv-
ing and carpenters are wanted , the time has
arrived to inriko the employers ! yield. Three
months ago the council gave notice to the urn-
placets that at the beginning ot April the
men would demand : > j cents an hour ,
eight houis to constitute a day's woik. The
wages have bpen averaging 25 cents , and the
hours have varied between eight and ten.
A conference to anango n spttlempiit was
formally reqiies'ted from the employers , but
tlio master carppnteis have , to all appear
ances , Ignored tlio whole movement. To-day
a mass meeting of eaipenters was held in
Battery D armory to discuss the advisability
of a general stiike. Over six thousand men
were present. William Klivcrn , piesident of
the Chicago trades assembly , pioslded. It
was a secret meeting , every man of the 0ooo ,
having to present his carpenters' tiade card
In order to gain admission. President
Kllvora made a long speech reviewing the
situation , lie claimed that the eaipenters
were the most abused men in the building
trades. They were paid the lowest wae.s
vvhllo theli work was as hard and Indlspensi-
blo as that of the bricklayers and masons ,
who earned almost twleo as much.
A > ear ago the carpenters' .strike
was a failure simply because their
or ani/ation was weak In numbers and to-
t'lliy lacked funds. .Now they wore strong
ana should right their wionirs. Alter a simi
lar speech In ( lei man. a resolution that all
work cease to-moirow unless the demands
weie granted was lead. Then atoso W. H.
lllley , a member ot the Knnrhts ot Labor
district assembly 21 , ot which Itobort Melson ,
the united labor candidate lor mayoi.ls m ister
workman. Itilcy , in a rattling spcec'i ' toi tlio
losulution , boldly told the C.,000 llstennu men
that victory at the polls lor tlio labor ticket
'luesdav meant also victory tor the caipen-
teis , and uiged them "to do their duty. " Ho
was enthusiastically applauded. Kditor Al
bert Curilln , August Spies' successor as edi
tor of the A rbelter Xeiinng , was the next
speaker. Tlio cist of Cnrilin's speech was
that the eaineuters were foolish it they did
not stiike when they had such
a chance. His ( icinian heaiers , iio
sa'.d , addicsslng them in their native
language , should do oven thine in their
power to doteat Hoclie , the servant of the
capitalists and the tool ot temperance cranks.
The English-speaking portion of the audi
ence began to erow restive while Currlin
was speaking in ( Serman and cut him shoit
with jeeis and cat-calls , though ttio Germans
applauded vlgorouslv. At this moment Paul
( jrottkau , tlio Milwaukee socialist , appealed
nt tlio entrance to the hall anil applied tor
admission. He showed nn invitation trom the
German unions to address the meeting. When
his presence was made know n to the meeting
a storm of objections arose , the Knu'l sh
speakini : elements emphatically protesting
against any words fiom him. The ( Joimans
seemed cniaged , but decided to avoid discord
and ( liottkan smilingly acquiesced. They
weio soothed with a speech trom Sccr"taiy
lircnnock and a Fioneh-Canadian named
lieaudoy. The motion to strike was then
put and carried unanimously. With thief
eheeeis for Nelson and the eight hour move
ment the meeting adjourned.
The men understand that none of them
are to resume woik till all of the employers
give in or the strike as a whole is deflated a
talluie.
A Kotmtlon ! Ordered.
ruir.uio , Apill : ! . The Consumeis' Gas
light and Coke company has notified its 500
employes that they must submit to a reduc
tion of .10 und " 0 cents per day thieatenlng ,
It Is said , to u = o coal oil unless the men com
ply. Theolllcials of the compiny claim to
be able to make a fair pioht when paying the
piesent wages ot S.'iO and S2.00 for an eight
hour day. Tney wish the men to work twelve
hours n day ; it an advance of 50 and 10 cents.
The use of coal oil as fuel would dispense
with 4'iOof the SOU employes. Tills attci noon
the men , who nio membeis of the Knights ot
Labor assemblies 7443 and G7.V5. met and de
termined to Insist upon the piesent scale ot
hours and piv. A committee was appointed
to Inform the company ot tlio result of the
meeting.
MYSTKIUOUSlYl' IIISAI'PKAUKI ) .
A Lost Chicago Itrldo Bald to Uo in
Oiuuhn ,
CHICAGO , April 3. [ Special Telegram to
the Bin : . | Thu mysterious murder ot an un
known jouns woman at Haliway , N. J. , n
week ago josterday has been connected by
coincidence In dates with the disappearance
from this city ot the six-weeks biido of C L.
Watson , a young landscape piintei. Wat-
soik's stoi y is at once roiinuttc and peculiar.
Ire says ho fltst met Miss Suavely in a studio
hero wheio she was a pupil. It was , to use
his expression , a case ot love at first sight ,
and after a brief courtship of three vvepks the
young people weio niariibd , being aided and
abetted in the affair by a sister and cousin of
the bride , against the wishes of the young
woman's patents. Alter tiio maiilago the
couple came to Chicago and stopned at the
residence of Mrs. Duncan , a trrcnd of the
bride , and remained there a week. On the
Thursday following , Watson left for Now
Yoik , Intending , as ha says , to settle
up some aiTairs and return In a
week or ten da > s. His newly wedded
wltodurin.'his absence went to her former
boarding place , where she. remained till
March ii . She then went Dock to Mrs. Dun-
can's1 and fiom that time and place Mr. Wat
son has no trace of her. She had , at the time
of marriage , according to Watson's stato-
niont , tfsoo In the Chicago Trust and Savings
bank , and a check for 8 < " > 00. none of which
fell into his hands Mr. Watson Is positive
in the asset tion that his bride has been spir
ited away by friends or relatives , who claim
he mairied her for in on in * , she bclnir an heir
ess. His wife answers the description of tlio
woman murder ed at Hah way , N. J. , and ho
went theie , but the body was not that of his
wltfl. Then he came back to Chicago and
found that she had tone , after ImvIn ; been
told ho had been married be to re. He says tne
story Is untrue.
Late this evenln ? It developed that Wat
son's bride is In Omaha , and has been theio
since leaving Chicago , living , It Is thought ,
with friends , nltbonzh nothing can bo
learned here. The story of Watson being a
bigamist Is revived , and other stories In re
gard to his actions after coming hero from
NowYoik. Farts are coming to light , nota
bly one told by a pretty servant girl , who
claims siio gave him SHOO to purchase a wed
ding outlit for herself and him , Watson
cannot bo found.
Mm. Emniona Itcturns.
NKW YOIIK , April 3. | Special Telegram
to the UKK.J Eccentric Mrs. Kminons , wife
of Prof. Harmons , of Washington , ts with us
again. She returned from London yester
day afternoon and was met by tbreo gentle
men on her arrival. Afterwards she drove
to the Pennsylvania depot at Jersey City and
started for Washington. Mrs. Emmons looks
m tic n better than before her departure , and
the officers of the vessel say sbo Debated her
self admirably on this trip.
TI1C SCYTllIil SAP13.
The Htnrtllnir Uuiuor of Her Heine
Wrecked Proved PnNc.
UOSTOM , April 3. The steamer Scythla ar
rived at her dock sifoly soon after 5 o'clock
to-nlght. Tno startling rumor of the disaster
tisi tie the coast at Scltuato to the Cunard
steamer Scythla , the chculatlon ot which
siC
created a tremendous sensation In this city
last 1 : night , has ptoven to have been false.
Owing to the fact that telegraphic communi
cation with the south shore had been Interrupted
Ciri
rupted by the stonn , It was Impossible hst
night either to confirm the minor or to dis
prove It. The circumstances weio so pe
culiarly favorable to belief In the truth of
Ct
the t ! report , however , that Agent Martin of the
Cnnard company , rather than endure his
natuial suspense , determined to charter n
special train nnd go at once to
the t ! locality of the alleged wreck , The
tiain left the Old Colony station at
. ' 1:1" : ) a. m , , with Maitln and thirty reporters
on board , and arilved at Scltuato at tlf : > .
Then the party tramped through thico miles
of snow drills to the beach , whete , the sun
having risen , a clear view of the long stretch
of coast was obtained. There was no sign of
a wieck In any direction. The sea was Ire-
memloiisly hiirh , tlio wavns breaking over
tlio tops of cliffs ilfty feet high. Having been
convinced ol the falsity of the rumor con-
cernlng the So thin , the party returned nt
oneo to lioston. How the rumor originated
Is not known , but tlieie Is no doubt It was j
gem-rally believed to bo true last night. The
Scythia was expected to airlvo > esteidayand
this tact , In connection with the tcrilble gale
that had been prevailing on the coast lor
forty-elxht hours , causpd the widespread
feeling ot apprehension.
IIOGUIIS THE MAN.
No Doubt That the Wealthy Land
Owner IB HUnane.
SAN FiiAXcisco , April 3. Theie seems to
be no doubt among those In a position to
know that the statement published yesterday
In the California Demokrat ( Goiman paper ) ,
ot this city , regarding Klss\no , telegraphed
last night , is strictly correct and that William
Klssnnc and Colonel William K. Hoircr * . a
wealthy citizen ot thlsstatollving at Sonoma ,
Is one ami the same person. Thh fact has
bpen known to several people In this city for
thioedays but out of consideration lor his
family and lelatlons has not been made
known. Tlio California Demokiat was the
first to print Ki sane' & identity , but nothing
luither than that , beyond what was tele-
ginphed from Cleveland last ni''lit , has been
mentioned on the subject. Kissano's or
Kogei's connections bv maiiiage nro among
the wealthiest and most prominent people ot
this city.
MORI : AUDIT ins OIUMI : S.
Cr.ivii.AM : : > . April 3. The Leader will
lo-wonow publish another inleiestlni ; install
ment ol the story ot SidnovO. liurton's et-
loitsto run down William Kissane. Itsijs
the casu lias been preserved in manuscript
and Is now In the possession ota daughter ot
Hin ton's Mrs. Francis II. Bowman , ot No.
OlStato street. The rlocnnieiitaiy evidence
includes a manuscript ol the book written bj
Hmton nnd n voluminous conespondence
with poisons Inteiested in tlio case. The
complete stoiy of Kissaho's career has never
appealed In print. Few persons aie awaie
tliatemiss.uiesot IC ss'ano weio instrumental
in causing Burton's death. In the summei
ol ls"i ho visited New Yoik. and as had been
ttio ciso throughout ins navels
in the Vnlted States mid Canada , his every
movement was watched by Kissano's agents
E uly in the fall ho became the victim of a
mysterious illness and returned to uis home
here. Ho llngorod a tew months but never
recovered , dying on December 11 , IWTi. Tim
tact was established at the time that KIs-
saiio's friends had succeeded In smuggling a
subtle poison Into bis food ana his death re
sulted despite the efforts of the best physi
cians to save him. liurton vvioto duiln * his
navels a book irivins detailed accounts ot the
case , but it was never put Into print. It was
entitled "I'lin Diama of a Crime , or Tra edie -
die * in Heal Lrfe. " .According to the pretaco
the book contains , among ether things , a
complete confession by William Kissane.
A Mluistcr'H Great rtrc.ik.
Mourns , 111 , Apill -The trial of the al
leged train robbers , SchwaiU and Watt , was
given a most unexpected turn to-dav by nn
Incident that will prolably destroy the worth
ot nil tlio work so far done. Hy consent ot
counsel and court the juiois wt-ro to-day per
mitted to attend divine service at the Meth
odist church. Dr. Axtell , the olllciating
clergyman , leained.of their presence.
and. taking as his text the
power of little thlnsrs , and bpfoio
the astonished congregation or jury could
reall/e It , he was In tl\i \ ) midst of an addioss
upon the importance of appaiently tilvial
ciiciiinstancL's when rlghtlv viewed. As the
train robbers' conviction depends largely on
ciimrmstantlal evidence , the sin-
piiso was treat , but Dr. Axtell
pioccpdcd to tell how a celebrated
ciluiinal had once been convicted after long
j cats by a tell-tale scrap of paper. A torn
check figure- , largely In the Kock Island case
and much feeling was expressed alter the
services at the singular lemarks of the
preacher. The attorneys for Scliwart/ and
Watt will demand a nov trial tor tlieir
clients on the ground ot undue Inlluenea
upon the jury if the piisoneis are found
guilty.
in Texan.
AUSTIN' , Tox. , Apill 3 The senate yester
day , by a vote otJ to 5 , refused to adopt the
concurrent resolution legislating District
Judiro Frank Willis out of office. The reso
lution had pased the lower house on chaigcs
preferred by the attorney-gonoial alleging
thatJiidiro Willis , bv his inlings trom tlio
brmch nnd complicity with ceitaln laigo
ranch owneis In the Panhandle , had ren
dered negatory the operation of tlio land en
closure law. The somite's action retains
Judge Willis on the bench. The casa had
been bitterly contested.
The house passed the senate bill to cany
into etliH.'t section ft of Urn state's constitution
prohibiting the consolidation of parallel or
competing i nil loads. The bill assesses a pen
alty ot iiom S1.003 to S-1,000 and imprison
ment on mana'-'eis or agents of companies
that vitlato tlin law. The bill now goes to
the governor lor approval.
A Uussinn Denunciation.
Xr.w YOUK , April 3. [ Special Tele
gram to thu UEK.J Baron do Stiuvo , the
Kusblan minister , sailed yesterday for
France. Ho will spend some months with
Ills wife and children , but will not go to
Kussia. His wife Is ill at Nice. He would
say nothing about a pioposed extradition
treaty between Kussia and the United States.
Saturday evening the liusslan-Amerlcan
National leagtio held n mass meeting nt
which resolutions were passed piotcstiiig
atalnsttho "Infamous action of Secretary
Hayard In protecting the cm of R issla from
tin consequences naturally resulting from
Ills despotic and bloody rule , " and appealing
to the llbeity loving people ot the United
States to oxpiess indignation against the
proposed treaty.
Four Disastrous l-'lrcw.
NASHVIU.F : , Aprils. Clatksvllle , Tcnn , ,
to-day suffered the most destructive tire In Its
history , there being four between 4 a. m. and
7 p. m. and losses aggregating 5230,000. The
lirst alarm was from a shoo shop between
Second pnd Common streets , the
wind sweeping the flames to Frank
lin street before they could bo checked.
At U o'clock the second alarm was sounded ,
the smouldering flames leaping up again and
several of the largast buildings were burned
to the ground. First street and part of
Franklin street Is swept clean , twenty-four
buildings belne burned. The origin of the
tire is unknown. Great excitement prevailed
all day.
Nebraska and Iowa Weather.
For Nebraska : Fair weather ; slowly
rising temperature ; northerly winds becom
ing variable.
for Iowa : Generally fair weather , slowly
rising temperature , northerly winds becom
ing variable ,
THE OLD SOLDIERS OF IOWA
Great Preparations Beiug MVJO For the
State Encampment at Dtibuque.
NEW RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Tholjatcst Appointee on the Hn.iril an
Anti-Monopolist A Dpin-inil For
Lower Itatca Other News
l-'roin town.
Tito Coining
Dns MOIVKS la. , April 3. ( Special to the
Ur.n.J Tliu chief tonic ot Interest to tlio old
s-oldlets of Iowa jiHt now , Is tlui approaching -
ing piicampiiiL'tit of the Cr.unl Army , which
begins Its session at Dubuciue , Tuesday ,
A pill 10. Tim hospitality and soehl enthu
siasm of Uubiiquo are fui\ioii3 \ all over the
state , and tliu city promise * to gotitdo Itself
In the warmth of its vvolcomo and the iron-
erous entertainment It will alTortt There
were bo.ooj soldier 4 who went fiomlowato
put down the rebellion. A good many of
them never returned. .Many who came back
have silica removed to other states , but tliuto
are several tlmimud yet remaining who ,
alter a score of years have passed , can recall
the scones of armj life with all the good fc | .
luwslilp they affonlpd , as If It worn but yes-
teiday. It Is piobablo that thu Ditlmquo
meeting will bo the largest and most enthu
siastic btato encampment that has jet been
sih
held. The ctand commander ot the O. A. H.
national . organisation , Gen. Falrchlld , of
Wisdom-ill , , with his .staff will bo present.
The state commander with his full stall will
1g 1b theie. Probably all of Iowa's soldier con
gressmen , including the gallant Colonels
Hepburn 1 and Henderson , will bo on hand ,
and an unusually largo delegation of the
more prominent old soldiers of the state.
Speaking with a well known old soldier who
is one ot the most liilliienti.il men of the
state , ho said he thought theie would be an
unusual ellcrt this jear to extend and
strengthen the O. A. it. organisation.
Cleveland's brutal veto of pension bills ,
the rieiee onslaught of several copperhead
papers upon tin- old so Idlers , calling them
paupers , tramps and scoundii'ls. lime stlricd
the blood of the boys , and they piopose to
resent the Insults by every means at their
command. So it Is probable that there will
be a lnr.sc incicaso in the number of posts in
low a , and the old \etor.ins will talco means
to assert their dignity and manhood , nnd
make their Inlluonce toll. The leading can
didates lor the state commander seem to bo
Colonel E. A. Consigney , of Avooa ; Concral
.1. M. Tuttle , of this city , who Decamp famous
by the gallant clmgo ot the Second Iowa
at Fort Doni'lson , and if Colonel Hepburn
would accept , he would be the choice ot thou
sands.
Hi.VAioit nomvoN's Ai'poivrvir.vr.
It is suimlstid that the appointment ot Sen
ator Koolnson as r.illio\d commissioner
pleases no one more than -oveinl gentlemen
In northwestern Iowa , \\lio are candidates
for the nomination ot supreme judge. The
senator has been one ot the leading candi
dates lor that position himseU , and as long
as ho remained in the Held he led the rest.
He was chairman of the senate judiciary
committee of the last leglslatuie , and demon
strated his line legal ability and judicial
mind , and with a splendid record as a sol
dier and clti/en , he would linvo enteiod the
convention very strong. His appointment
as wilioid commissioner takes away a dan
gerous competitor and consequently greatly
rejoices the hearts of the other candidates.
Senator Kobmson Is known to bo strongly In
fnvorut railroad i emulation and control , and
while a man of great t , > lineus of mind , Is
ather inclined toward anti-monopoly senti
ments. Commissioner Coffin , who is a good
de.il of a "Farmer" Collin style of man , Is in
clined the same way. still moro so , and the
prospect thus Is that the railroads will have
to walk a veiy stiaight plank 111 the next two
j ears.
Tlierels a good deal of feeling now , that the
pass system lias been abolished ,
in favor of icqulrliig the rail
roads to reduce fares In tills stite. It Is not
impiobabla that one of the first bills to bo In-
tioduet'd in the next le islatnio will be to
this ctlcct. It is piopobed to require tl.e
loads to sell regular trip tickets at a unllorm
i.itoof 'J > 4 cents per mile , and lound Hip
tickets tor 2 cents n mile. It Is estimated
that the discontinuance of the pass system
will save the railioadshundicdsot thousands
of dollars annually. H will if the bUistories
they have told heretofore when they didn't
want to is ue passes aio true , and the people
demand that this s.ivlng to the lu ids bo met
with a savinto those who travel and pav
faic. The Inter-st.ito commcico law was not
called out by any geneial demand to Increase
thecarnlngsnf railroads , nnd if the passes
have to no and the companies are thus the
gainetsby tnousandsot dollar ? , the people
will insist on i educed fines. Ifeveijbody
who now travels Is to pay late , the roads can
well alford to make a uniform rate of " or 2f }
cents per mile in Iowa. One of Iowa's
gicatcst trunk lines just reports its net earn-
In ITS tor the past year to bo over 58,000,000 ,
and that , too , with thousands of people car
ried fiee. Now It all must pay , the demand
will be that rates come down , and the company -
pany that Jclcars 88,000,000 annually ought
not to complain it it Isonoof the lirst to bo
requested to divide a small nait of its great
earnings wltli the public , who has made its
great wealth possible.
THAT 1NSIMIANCK riiOOKKDNKSS.
The arrest of li. K. Allen und F. M. Hubbell -
boll , two of Dos Hollies' most prominent
citi/ens , for alleged misdemeanors in the
conduct of the attains of the late Monarch
Insurance company , opens the way tor liti
gations that promise ) to be very much pro
tracted and will Invohu several other ques
tions ot Insurance business and state con
trol. The misdemeanor referred to is In con
nection with the investigation of the com
pany's accounts , when Auditor Hrown wa
making his high priced examination ot Iowa
Insurance companies. He re-fused to reeog-
D\M \ as assets of the company notes hold as
seem Hies and compelled the company to put
up cash to supply the deficiency. This Mr.
Allen , as president , cud out of his piivato
funds , and after the Investigation was over
the directors aiitliorl/cd the lefuiidlng of this
money to Mr. A Hun. The legality of both
transactions and the authoiitv of the auditor
to demand such advances will probably now
bo thoionglily dlsco\etwl and some iinal con
elusion may be leached. There seems to be
no doubt that the a Hairs ot the Monarch
wcro recklessly If not erimlnallv iminazed
to the great Injury of policy and stock
holders , but It wilt bo lett to the com is to do
termlne who Is responsible for the crooked
ness.
wr.EniNo oirr THB QUA fit .
The state bo ird of medical o\amlners are
having a largo contract on their hands In
their endeavor to enfoice the new medica'
practice law. Some of the strangest case
come before thorn verv frequently , In whicl
the Ignorance of the applicant for u ceitlli
cato to practice Is only exceeded by the gal
with wliicli ho fortllics himself. One appll
cation of this kind was iccclved from a man
who had been hostler for a physician , an'
having fussed around a doctor's horses ,
dusted oil his bottles , nnd learned the name
of a lew medicinesho really pretended that h
was qualities to practice anil wanted to be
licensed to start out on his gory caicer. II
there Is one thing in the world that the pee
pie need to bo protected against. It Is the Ig
nornntcharlatan and quack who assume :
to practice medicine. Fortunately the mini
bcr ot his tribe Is rapidly decreasing so far a' '
Iowa is concerned , and the board of medica
examiners and the new law which they en
force deserve the credit for that lact.Vluv. .
Is Iowa's gain In this Instance is undoubt
pdly some other state's loss , as .Nebraska and
Kansas have already beun to discover.
A VICTIM OK A VKFO.
Ono of the peculiarly unfortunate casna
that ha\o had to sulfur by Mr. Cleveland's
pension vetoes , Is that of the widow of John
Jlrennnn , who served as second lieutenant In
Abiaham Lincoln's company In the UlacK-
hawk war of ibl'J. When Old Abe was cap
tain of an Illinois company John lirennan
was his second Ileutlnant nnd tlio records
show that ho served manfully through the
war. Later ho died , and now in old ago ,
feebleness and want his widow auiHIes for
the pension to which she was. entitled. Con
gress gave It to her , but Clovelaud vetoed the
bill , and the old lady Is now In the Monroe
county poor home at Alula , In this state.
AN II11SII .MASS MIU'.TlNtV.
To-morrow night the people of Iowa will
express their sentiments on the present crisis
in lilsli atlairs. A gloat mass meeting will
bo held In this city to bo addressed b > repre
sentative sneakers lunn dlllerent parts of the
slate , and It Is expected that the will of Iowa
will be pretty loud and plain In denouncing
Lnislnnd's brutal tjranny toward Ireland.
The call for this meeting was slimed by the
po\ornorand other state olllcprs , by members
ol congiess and the legislature , by judges ,
pieachers , lawvers , the rntlro city govern
ment and leading business men of this city.
It Is intended to have the meeting thoroughly
rcptcwnlntlvoot trio character , intelligence
ami humanity of Iowa , and thus relnte the
slander tliat the caiiso of homo rule had no
supporters in America except a few renegade
lilsnmeii.
IIASK llAt.I. AITAIUS.
The Dps .Molnes ball team ha\o been doing
good woik on their southern trip , nnd are
tilling In the time to good advantage before
the oppulni : ol the league season. They wcro
much disappointed that snow storms pre
vented tlielr mooting the St. Louis lliowns ,
for after tlwir good playing with the Chi-
cages they had icason to expect an InterestIng -
Ing game. Th" prospect ot making the
Northwestern league permanent seems
pretty good. The bovs are expecting a good
game with Omaha , and ureat Interest is be
ing taken Here In the series between the two
cillcs <
AN IKISII DKMONSTIIATIOV.
The Twentieth Anniversary of the
Shooting of Crowley Celebrated.
[ CavurtuM list by Jilin" ( Ionian llcnnitt. ]
QriixsTowN : : , April 3. [ New iork Her
ald Cable Special to the Iiii.j : : A remarka
ble demonstration , In which over " 0,000 per
sons took part , was held to-dav at the ceme
tery of Vnnghal , In the county Cork. The
occasion was the twontlonth anniversary of
the shooting of Peter O'Neill Crowley , who ,
during the rising of lbC7 , In company witli
Captain McCnre , was surrounded bv tlio mil
itary and police In Kllclooney woods , outside
Mltcholstown , nnd subsequently shot dead
as ho was making his cscapo across
the river. A beautiful nnd costly
monument had been niccted in the
cemetery to Crowloy's memory , nnd to-day
it was unvpiled. Special trains brought people
ple from nil parts of the country and o\cr
twenty bands were present. Only Irish and
American flags were displayed. Michael
Davltt delivered an eloquent address , In
which he denounced coercion but counselled
calmness and lorbearanco. The mayor ot
Cork and other cornoiato dignitaries were
present nnd also n laigo number of police.
The government had Intended to slop any
demonstration , but evidently te.ucd the con
sequences of interference and all closed
quietly. Still the tceling displayed by the
crowd present was n very determined one.
Frightful Cnliuiiity lit Church.
Loxnox , April 3. The church at Ling-
uaglossa , Slcilv , fell without wnrnini : during
the services yestciday , burying beneath It
100 peisons , forty of whom were killed and
Injnicd.
A Pootor's Deadly Doses.
Donanvn.i.E . , April ! ! . | Speclal Tel
egram to the HIE. : | Dr. Charles Itrull , a
prominent physician of Avoca , has been
placed In jail bore to await examination on
ho chaigo of having caused the death of his
.vlfo. . It seems that Dr. Urnil's wife died
ather suddenly and under ciicumstances
hat gave rise to rumors that her death did
not result trom natural , causes. It Is alleged
.hat the nurse who attended Mis. Bruildur-
ng herlast illness-received from Dr. JJrull ,
kvhotroatpd his wife , n quantity of powders
to bo administered to tliupatlcnr. Thonnrso
states that the powders put tlio sick woman
'n violent spasms , their operation so o.xciting
ler susnlcion that she concluded to preserve
ono of the powders , which she did. It wns
ntterwaids sent to a chemist nt Madison , who
made an nnalysls of It , nnd who claimed that
It contained poison. A warrant was sworn
out tor the arrest ol Dr. Uiull and ho wns
taken in custody. Tint body ot Mrs. limit
will bo disinterred and a post mot torn made.
It is ippoitcd that Mis. liruil carried an In
surance policy on her Ufa for $10,000 in her
lintihinil fnvftr
Progress in Monti urns.
PANAMA , April ! ! . The following Is from
1'iesldent Hograns' message to thn congress
of Honduras on tlio opening of that body :
'The results ot mv policy of progress and
mprovoiupntsarc alicady visible. Our sales
of trult alone along our Atlantic coast now
leave us over 51,000,000 per annum. IJyin-
cieaslng that production nnd with the coin
which the opening up of other branches will
brln\r \ in , should war , that continuous enemv
of all pioiross , not prove a barrier , I feel
convinced that vvilhhi a veiy short
time tlio commeiclai cilsls fiom which wo
are now sntVerln : will disappear. 1 also feel
convinced that It wo effect the treaty now
noposed with Spain it will open the ports ot
Jnba for the sale ot all our meat products. "
in his closing remarks President lorans ! al
ludes to the possibility of elloctlng some ar-
rangimient with Kuropean holders of Hon-
dnias bonds , the necessity of persisting In
the eilort to teinilnatu the Intor-Occanic rail-
reid , nnd of modifying several existing laws
which place unnecessary restrictions on In
dustry nnd commeice.
nioodhounrtH on the Track.
( ! AI.VKSTOX , April a. A Ndws special from
San Ai'gustlne , Tex. , gives further pnrtlcii
lars of the light between the state rangers and
timber thieves. It says Andrew Newton , a
ranger belonging to Captain Scott's com
pany , airived here this morning and lota
graphed for bloodhounds. The dogs arrlvei
here this evening. Newton Is now on hi :
way back to the scene of action In Sabliu
county. Newton stated that Captain Scott ,
though seriously wounded , Is doing well ant !
will btobablv recover. J , H. Moore , ono o
the rangers , aim \VII1 Conley were killed In
thohehtof March ! ll. Fred Connell was re
ported badly wounded. Saline county 1
thoroughly aroused and without doubt all the
criminals will bo captured or killed In n few
dajs. '
TCXBH Very Drv.
Ksrojc , April ! ! . Special telegram
to theNewsHouston Post and TortWorth ( Sa <
7cttn during the past week from nearly every
county In Texas Indicate the prevalence o :
set Ions drouth throughout the state , affect
ing In large measures Its agricultural as wo !
as Its live stock Intcicsts. The drouth mv
be said to bo n continuation of last j ear's dr.
spoil , nnd no toneral rains have falter ,
throuch the interior slnco last September ,
while local showers have been tew and In
adequate during the past six months.
I2\ploNl\CH In Hpnin ,
MADIIID , Apill 3. During tlio sitting o
tlio chamber of deputies ycsterllay , a paid
ment case contaiiuns gun jiowder , within
which was a metallc eaitrldce with a fuse at
tached , was found In the door nay of the
president's huieaii. Later In the evening
a petard was exploded In the vestibule ad
joining the offices of the inlnlstiy of ilnancu
end the windows wore shaken by the con
cussion. Nobody was Injured but the two
events have caused much alarm.
A OlohonoHt Clerk Confesses.
Nr.w Yonic , April S. Vf. A. Clarke , the
postofllce clerk uirested for stealing 810,000
In a registered package from Portland , Ore. ,
to this city , confessed yesterday that ho hau
stolen a packaga containing 510.000 In cur
rency nnd font It to Charleston In December ,
l-8l. ! The money was sent by the Park Na
tional bank of till * city to the First National
bank of Charleston , S. C. Clarke also ad
mitted that ho was Interested in n gambling
house In this city.
A 1'romlnont Imvvyer Doiul.
WASHINGrox , April a. Mr. Jospph H.
Urndley died nt Ills residence in West Wash
ington this afternoon of general debility ,
aged eighty-four years. He had been en-
cagcd in the conduct of many of the most
celebrated cases In the District , Including the
trlnl or Surrat for conspiracy in the Lincoln
assassination plot.
THE WEEK IN WALL STKEEl
A Strong and lletltliy Market For Stocks
of All Kinds.
MANY ENCOURAGING SIGNS.
Rood Showing IJy Various Hallroaila
IncrouHi ) Confidence , and Several
1'ortiinato Deals Help Thlngy
Alone .Money
the Stock Speculator * .
Nr.w YoltK , April i ! . [ Special r'elugrnin
to the. Uii.j : : No ono except active operators
for a decline upon thn stock maikotcui have
any reason to complain at the exhibition It
has made of Its temper dining the euricnt
week. It has steadily gained In actlvlty.lt
has been a good mirkut for trading , and A
very healthy one. giving signs of great
strength without excitement. Prices have
been allowed to take their own course , nnd
there has been less scalping on orders than
lor any week of the year. Tlio specialists
have had business enough so that there was
a decided movement of fresh blood through
out. There was enough to onconraso anyone.
In the first place , mouoy never went above 0
percent , and all apprehensions of trouble on
account of want of enough to go around
among those who had collateral to put up
proved to bo unfounded. In the second place ,
the Kock Island sold outright SO.OOO.OJO of
bonds with which to push their extensions
Into Nebraska , showing confidence In the
giowth of thu western country that
Is felt by tills rich and prosperous ,
though always conservative company.
In the third place , the Atchison ,
Topeka & Santa Fo closed a contract through
Its Chicago , Santa Fo California lina
with the Chicago & . Westcin Indiana for an
entrance Into Chicago , and there comes
along the rich and powerful Flower of the
Kock Island syndicate and buys out the con-
tiol of the Chicago < k Kastoin Illinois , thus
securing forthonow Chicago & Indiana Coal
tail road a veiy strong position. Thou the
Union P.icllic made the best snowing It has
for three or four years , and all the roads had
to tell of very largo increases in net earuliiL-s.
Tliu puichaso ol tliu Chicago it ICastern
Illinois is tin ; most Important. The Ch Icaco
t Indiana Coal lailroadcompany was quietly
iganl/ed by a party of capitalists , who
longht this valuable coal piopeity In tlio
ir.wll Molds , already developed , and only
valttng for capital to glvo it proper couiicc-
ons. The mines weie In good condition
ml a largo lot ot coaleais were ordered at
nee. A connection was built tovvaid Ft.
Vnvuo to cnaDle It to leauh an Impoitant
oallng station. Meanwhile thu Atchison ,
i seaich of an enhance Into Chicago for Its
'hlc.ign , Santa Fo & California line , after
oiklng over the Wisconsin Central's prop-
rty , concluded to make a contract with the
"hleaKo & Western Indiana , which is jointly )
wned byannmhurot roads entering into the
Uy. of which thu Chlcaeo A ; Eastern Illinois
sono. There is thus tlnco powerful Interests
av Ing .something in common and nssut Ing a
i.illlc to the Chicago & Western Indlanti
which will make It n veiy pioht.iblo road an *
liable it to give something to its stockliold-i |
is. The Chicago t Eastern Illinois pays
omcthlng now and has grown rapidly mi
lie last tow.vcms. its Improvement will bw
ven more maiked with the tialllc ot the Chi- ]
npo A ; Westcin Indiana pouring over It. Alb
his makes the Wabash moru valuable , lor
ho Chicago division Is ono of the paitners In i
ho enterprise , and the Atchison is likely to.
Ivo the Wabash tralllc rather than take It
away. The Union Pacific has Increased tlio
lumber of its friends largely Hlnco Piesident
A.dams showed such laigo Improvement In j
ts credit and financial position , nnd there ,
even good buying from London. Whut
puts up New York & New Englnnd Is )
nothcr of those conundrums of the stock
nnrket. They say It was the dividend on ,
mifeirod stock and the need showing of tl e |
j'ebruary earnings. That may be , but this In
me of the loads that stands to suffer a great
leal fiom the operation of the intci-stato
commeice act. Thu rapid progress made
ow.ird reounnl/atlon of the Indiana ,
iloomlngton A Western helped thc > o
securities , and the Wabashs have beta
loing verv well on account ol tlio
vigor which the puichaslng committed has
shown. As lor money , it has not been halt
aa stiingent as it looked. The banks look
orward to a summer In which there will bo
enough money to goaiound and much more ,
ind they have been trying to got out all tlio
time money they could. When they were
narking up the rate ot Intel est on some loans
: o 7 per cent , they were only too icady to leant
t at 5 per cant for three or four months. The
cxtiemu was f ) per cent , the minimum 3 and
he average 0. Thu loss or neaily SJ,000,003
'n the leseivo yesterday looked a Ilttlo
'rocky" to some , but wo had almost as mucli
specie on hand as wo had at this tlmo last
year , with heavier deposits now , and It Is to
HI noted that Government checks for over
87,000,000 ot inteiest due on Friday had not
yet appeared In the banks. This is shown by
he lact that Saturday the sub-treasury was a
lebtor to the clearing house nearly Si,000,000. :
i'ho pajment of that balance would have
nade the reserve good. At the same time it
is to be noted that our Imports are very heavy
and the ticasnry is taking In a great deal of
money. We have to call more bonds in
order to get It out again.
TJ1K CljKAIlANCKS.
A Record of Financial Transactions
the 1'nst Week.
BOSTON , April 3. [ Special Telegram to
the BEI : . | The following table shows the
gross exchanges nt the leading clearing
houses In tlio United States for the week
ending April 2 , Ib87 , together with the per
centages lor the corresponding week In IbSO :
FnrHch-Madl Victorious.
NKW YOIIK. April f ! . Madame Einy
Fiirsch-Madl Verla , the Hongstiess , who re
cently had trouble at St , Louis with the
American Opera company , ve.sterday ob
tained in thu city court an atlaclimentagalnHt
the property of the company hero in a milt to
recover SI.'JOO which she claims Is still du
her for services rendered between November ,
IbbO , and last February , '