THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
SIXTEENTH YEAK. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING. MAY 2 , 1887k NUMBEK 318
O'BRIEN ' OFF FOR CANADA ,
The Editor of United Ireland Starts on Hia
Provincial Tour.
WHAT HE HOPESTO ACCOMPLISH
Die True State of Affairs cm Lord
LniiHdowne.'s LiiKRacHirran EH-
tatc to Ho bhovvn Up
An Interview.
After Iho fiovernor General.
QUI.K.NSIOVVN , Slay 1. [ Now York Herald
Cable h > pc < hi to the Hi i.J William
O'Brien sailed today on the Umbria.
Jilshop Ireland , of Minnesota , and Mr.
O'lirlcn both arrived hero at halt pastil
this morning fro-a Dublin. Demonstrations
of approval ( { reeled M r. O'llrlen on the en-
tlro route. At'fhuilc's , the president of St.
Jarlath college welcomed him , saying : "I
am commissioned esio dally by Archbishop
Croko to wish y on success. " A tremendous
gathering of people and priests were there.
When ho arrived hero several hands mot
him and addresses were presented from the
major of the corporation of Cork , the
Qurcnstown commissioners and live other
public bodies , all wishing him success on his
mission.
IIB DOES NOT 00 ALONF.
Mr. O'Brlon , In the course of a lone speech ,
Bald : "i huso addresses and this magnificent
Welcome prove that 1 do not go ulono on my
mission , but that I carry thn hearty Rood
wishes and full approval of the Irish priests
and people. Nothing has been left undone
by the people to atfect an amicable settle
ment , but the tenantry and those acting for
them have been tre.ited most shamefully , and
It now only remains for mo to place the
whole case before the bar of public opinion In
Canada and the United States , i teel assured
that when the liberty loving Canadians have
heard the true account of Lord Lansdowno's
cruelty to the tenantry they will not permit
themselves to bo governed by such a man. "
BTUAIOIir ' 1O CA.VAHA.
Your correspondent subsequently Inter
viewed Mr. O'Brien regarding his Intentions
towards the marquis.
"Do you , as has been reported , on your ai-
ilval In New York , Intend proceeding Imme
diately to Canada ? " asked the correspond
ent.
ent."Yes
"Yes , I shall co directly through , " was the
reply , "i shall begrudge every day 1 spend
out ot Ireland at its piescnt critical pass , and
I am bound not to waste one slnzlo unneces
sary day until I return. It see ins to bo my
fate to lly through the United States at ex
press speed , although It would b much
pleasanter work for one to dally awhile
among my big-hearted countrymen there.
But mine Is not a pleasure trip. "
TUB I'KOOHAMMK.
"What will be your programme In Canada
and do you think the authorities there will
try to arrest j ou ? "
"Meetings have boon arranged In the four
principal Canadian cities Montreal , Quebec ,
Ottawa and Toronto. Thaw I Intend to
pass , If possible , within eight days , by which
time 1 trust Canadian public opinion will
have sufficient material to judge
between Lord Lansdowne and the
hundreds of poor people lie
lias loft homeless In Luggacurran. I have
110 Information as to the intentions of the
Canadian government. I decline point blank
to assume that It Is friendly to the people
whoso parliament has just protested against
freedom of speech being smothered in Ire
land. The Canadians would not tolerate any
attempt to refuse me fair play in pleading
our poor people's cause , If Lord Lausdowtu
lias no better answer to make mo than a war
rant of arrest , it would bo a nioro crushing
condemnation than I could pass upon him.1
TIIE IIKSULTS HOPED FOR.
"What good do jou hope will result fron
an exposure ot Lord Lansdowno's treatment
of his Luggacurran tenantry ? "
"I am very certain that the people ol
Canada hold the fate of that whole humble
community at Liugacurtan in the hollow ol
their hands. The mere apprehension ol
Canadian opinion being appealed tc
has already Induced Lord Lansdowno' !
representative to solicit a settlomeii
with his tenants. That settlement wotih
have been , without doubt , rail tied by Lord
Lansdowne If lid had not misconstrued cer
tain manifestations ot disapproval of 1113
visit Into signs of sympathy with him. Lord
Lansdowne Is carrying out the lirst syste
matlc clearances attempted In Ireland since
, the years following the great famine. He
now proposes to sweep his estate hero of Ite
whole population. I don't believe the Cana
dlan people will allow Hut If they can pre-
TOIU It , and they seem to have the moral
power to do so. Lord Lansdowne was ao-
' 'lected as the ono landlord to cany out the
first eviction under the plan of campaign , because
cause ho was supposed to bo beyond the reach
of Irish public opinion. I propose to ihow
that this Is not so , and oven at so treat a dis
tance and oven In his situation , no man I ;
exempt from the responsibility of the erne
sufferings Indicted upon his poor Irish ten
ants. If 1 can get the Canadian people tc
ugiee with mo Luggacunan Is saved. "
1'ltOBAHLY A MlSUM > iilSTANl : > INCI.
"What do you think of Archblshor.
Lynch's action , and the views expressed b >
certain Irlsh-C.inndlan politicians with refer
cnco to join visit to Canada ? "
"I will caiefully abstain from expressing
any judgment on Irishmen's actions from
the reports cabled to the London piess , " sale
Mr. O'Brien. ' 'Any misunderstanding tha
may have arisen In the midst of our friend ;
lu regaid to my visit was doubtless foundci
upon equally erroneous Information vvltl
that to which the anti-Irish press at honn
lias hnb'tuated us. The retuin which Lon
Lansdowne has made to Irish forbearance
has probably already saved mo the trouble o
dlspelllDE nny misunderstanding In tin
matter , i am prntty sanguine that Mr. Kll
bride and myself will bo able to convlnci
our countrymen and all others who maj
doubt , and will do us the honor of comln *
to listen to us that In golne to Canada wi
liavo taken the sole means ot savins an un
offending Irish community from total de
struction , upon the most unjust and In
limuian excuses. "
ALL CONCUSSIONS HKFUSKD.
"Is It a tact that Lord Lansdowne absolutely
lutoly refused to miiko any concessions 01
tfi judicial rents to his Luggacurran tenants
and that the abatements ottered on non-ju
dlclnl rents were only from 10 to " 0 pe
cent ? "
'Yes. Ho refuses any abatement to judl
clal tenants to this hour. They were vvlllmi
to accept IS per cent Lord Lansdowne'
own arbitrator , Mr. Denning , suggested am
recommended that figure , but Lord Lans
downc would not jleld a farthing. Tli
Covvpcr commission reported that the price
of nil produce had fallen lS > } f per cent sluc <
these judicial rents were fixed. Mr. Knipc
one of the royal commissioners , reporter
that judicial rents ought to be reduced 40 pe
cent U the Irish farmers are to live am
thrive. Lord Lansdowno's tenants sought
leductlon of only 30 per cent , and vvouli
lave paid even at 15 , but Lon
. .ansdowno prefers to depopulate Lug-
iracunan lathcrtnan make them the smallest
loncesslon. Ho offers lease holders the prlv-
lege of h-wlng their leases broken , a prlvl-
ego which the tory land bill now before
larliament gives them despite htm. "
rioiir ou siAiivn.
" 1 suppose the tenants are now morn than
cvci deteimlned to stand by the 'plan of
campaign , ' owing to the treatment which
father Maher received In negotiating for a
settlement ? " asked the correspondent ,
"Ihoy never wavered , " said Mr. O'Urlen.
'In fact the battle of the Irish farmers Is not
a matter of choice. It is a matter of strong
iccesslty. They must light or starve. Hut ,
of course , the gtoss duplicity practised by
Lord Lansdowno's representatives In the
negotiations with Father Mahcr has still
further embittered the struggle. "
TIIKQUKST1ON OH HUNTS.
"Am I correct In saying that If the princi
ple sketched In paragraph 40 of the Covvpcr
commission with reference to the reduction
of rents were acted on , the farmers would be
entitled to a reduction of 30 per cent on ju-
llclal rents , wheiens , under the 'plan of
campaign * only 20 per cent is asked ? "
"So 1 have already stated , " was the reply.
But Lord Lansdowne resists the recom
mendation oven of the tory landlords' com
mission. "
'It Is true that the non-judlctal rents ot
the suggacurr.in tenants vary from 25 to bO
per cent over the valuation. "
'That Is so , and the reduction made by the
land commlhsloners weelc after week on
similar holidays on surrounding estates
amount to 40 , 50 and even CO per cent , when
the non-judicial tenants on thu Lansdowne
estate were willing to accent " 0 per cent if
15 percent had been conceded to the judicial
tenants. "
"A HAJfOIVn OALC. "
"Is the statement correct which appeared
in the Dublin papers that most of the ten
ants evicted and being evicted only owed
one year's rent ? "
"Technically they owed one \car's rent ,
but really they owed one-half year's rent.
The olhei half year's rent which must be
payable to make eviction legal Is what is
called a 'hanging gal e' that is , an arrcar of
a half ) ear's lent , which has been Kept sus
pended over the Irish tenants'heads blnco
the famine time , In order to leave thum lia
ble to eviction at the landlords' mere caprice.
This Americans doubtless have not lully un
derstood. "
I'UOPHKSYIJfO TUB UPSULT.
"Do jou teel confident that the governor-
general of Canada will bo brought to terms
vvitli his tenantry ? "
"That , " said Mr. O'Brien , "rather tres
passes Into the region of prophecy. I do not
disguise from my sell the fact that Lord
Lansdowne has wealth and powerful Iriends ,
but I am as certain as 1 am of my own exist
ence that wo have justice and truth upon our
side , with nil the determination and re
sources of our race , and I am llrmly per
suaded that Lord Lansdowne will not long
resist the tremendous force ot American and
English public opinion which is now aroused
upon the question of Ireland In a matter in
which ho stands condemned even by Ins own
arbitrator. In fact , Loid Lansdowne is only
prevented from bottling by the landlords and
conspirators , who uio using him as their
champion. "
AMKHICAN OPINION EFFICACIOUS.
"Do jou attach nincli importance to the
manifestation of sympathy by the Ameri
can press and people toward Ireland In the
present crisis , as well as their protest against
coercion ? "
"My journey Is the sincere testimony to
my belief in the clllcacy , I might rather say
the omnipotence of American opinion. "
WILL III' GUIDKD 1JY PARVELL.
"Do you anticipate any Increase of out
rages In Ireland as the result of the manner
In which the provision ) ) of the coercion act
will bo enforced. "
"That will depend upon how Its provisions
are enforced. I bellovo that wo will be tuite
a legal match for Mr. Balfour and his act , it
wo get a show or fair play in a mere trial ol
endurance. That being so , until we are
struck down , 1 am confident that our people
will bo guided absolutely by the solemn In
junction of our incomparable leader , Mr.
Parnell. Boy end that neither I nor any body
else can answer. "
"In conclusion Mr. O'Brien said that the
Irish people , especially the homeless Lugga
curran tenants , were indebted to the Amer
ican press for Its sympathy and support and
Its enterprise In laying the case so fully be-
foio the American people. "
THE PANTING SCKNnS.
The Young Ireland society of Cork pre
sented an address to O'Brien In the saloon
cabin of the Umbria. Among those who
came to see him off were Harrington , Deasy
and Lane , all members of parliament.
Hearty cheers were also t'lv en for Mr. Kill-
bride , .Mr. O'Bilcn's coinpanln do voyage ,
an evicted tenant of Landsdovvnc , who has a
true tale to tell the Canadians.
A JUHILEE OFFERING.
English Catholics Callodoa For n Gift
to the Pope.
[ CopvrluM 1S37by Junes Qonlnn Ilennett. ]
LONDON , May 1. | New York Herald Cable
Special to the Bun. ] The Tablet issued
to day to the churches n proposal which Is
Inlluentlally supported for a jubilee offering
from .English Catholics to Leo XIII. II
suggests that the gift should take the form ol
a library consisting of all the books written
by English Catholics during the last fifty
years. The Tablet will open its columns to
the subscriptions and Itself offers a contrl-
bution of 100 guineas. In giving Its
reasons for this offering In the pros *
pcctus It Bays : "ThcbO rows ol
silent books will tell the story of the
long struggle , the gain , the loss , the hlgli
hopes , and the many disapy ointments which
have checked the onward progress of Catho
llcism In this country as it broke away onto !
the shadow and twilight ot persecution intc
the perfect davllKht of unfettered freedom.
They will reveal the history of that gradual
living down of piejudice and that amplei
participation In the national life which Is
still carried on In our own day. The
poetry , fiction , science , history ami
stories of every Kind of achievement found
upon Us shelves will tell eloquently of the
awakened life of Catholics in the land , and
not less surely of the gradual giving way ol
the bonds that fettered our fathers- bond'
earned lu the far away past and welded
by the hammer strokes of persecution. "
It Is possible that American Catholics will
bo called uuon for American Catholic books ,
which doubtless surpass In number and
quality all those ever Issued In Great Britain.
English Tenants Eulogize Him.
[ Copyright 1W lu James Gordon HennM. ]
LONDON , May 1. [ Now Yorlc Herald
Cable Special to the Ur.E.J The London
papers this mor nlng contain a eulogistic art
dress from Lord Landsdowne's tenants In
Wiltshire , England , which Is full of thanks
and subservient work , and thohrst of which ,
If it Is sincere , would Imply that tbo noble
marquis may be a beauty In England while
he Is a beast In Ireland. It also suggests
that if ho la good to his English tenants , why
can he not be equally good to his Irish ones !
Clearly the Wiltshire address impales bln ,
ou the horn of a dilemma ,
WAN AM ) DAVII ) .
Lainont and Hill Have n Conference
Over Presidential AITnlrx.
Nr.w YOIIK , May 1. | Special Teleeram to
the BKI : . | Dan Lament was In town vester-
day. His visit was entirely unexpected. Ho
came over on the midnight train to have a
conference with Governor 11111 , who came
down from Albany Friday night. Governor
11111 received him early In the morning and
the committee on national politics at largo
went Into executlvo session just at breakfast
.line. Some democratic politicians got wind
ilmt a special meeting was being held bo-
Lvveon 1'rcsldont Cleveland , through his am-
Jassador and Governor Hill. Thev strolled
Ihrough the corrldois of the hotel and
watched for developments. A knowing
politician who thought a combination was
being formed between Ujvcrnor Hill and
the president , said there was no doubt that
the talk published In the papers about Prcsl-
dent Cleveland's not wanting a second term
was true and that thn conference between
Governor Hill and Colonel Limont
was the Immediate outcome. J. S.
1'crry , superintendent of the capltol , who
came down from Albany with Goveinor Hill ,
was early on hand. Mr. 1'eny went up stairs.
1'iesentlv he came down vvith Governor Hill
and went Into breakfast. The governor was
looking very well. A few minutes utter the
governor had gone in to breakfast , Colonel
Lament e < une down as If ho hid simply come
ovei to do a "little shopping. " Ho went in
to breakfast , too , but did not sit at the same
table with the governor. He finished his
meal before the governor and came out hur
riedly. Ho seemed to wish to avoid being
reeoL'iil/ed and walked lapldlv through thu
corridor into the barioom. lie did not re
main long , and , coming back , he espied Mr.
Backers , secretary of the democratic state
committee , and Immediately went out with
him. 'Ihey walked rapidly up Broadway
engaccd In earnest conversation. Governor
Hill left for Albany last evening , having en
joyed the pleasure ho said tin came for.
Colonel Dan Lament slipped away from
Washington without anyone knowing it but
the president
SHE KNOWS .NO MOTHER.
iloinantlc Story ol' a California Mill
ionaire' * Urltlc-Elcct
Nr.w YOIIK , May 1. [ Special Telegram to
the Br.B.J A dispatch to the Herald from
Philadelphia says : In March , IbTO , two
fashionably attiied ladies legistered at the
Continental hotel. The older one soon sum
moned a ph > Meiin : , Ur. Charles H. Turner ,
and later it was known that she had given
biith to a baby. The mysterious behaviour
of the two ladies attracted attention , and all
the tacts In the case were carefully noted
at the time. The mother of the
child was a woman of about tliirty-
five and slightly above the medium
height , with very dark hair , coal black eyes ,
clt.ir complexion , of stately appearance , and
In her whole demeanor , bearing , and con
versation showed that she was a woman of
high birth , education and refinement The
second ot the two strangers was classed as
hei "maid , sister or companion. " Both ladles
spoke with a foreign accent , using the Eng
lish and French language with equal
case , sb ! It was Impossible to deter
mine to which nationality they belonged.
Soon after the birth of the child , the
mother asked Dr. Turner If she could not
place the Infant in one of the Institutions of
the citv , and upon boint : informed that she
could not , she asked If ft was not possible to
get some family to adopt the babe as their
own. 'llio doctor remonstrated vvith her ,
but on being informed by the woman tliat
she had married secretly and would lose her
large fortune in Europe if it became known
that she hadO not remained single ,
he consented to insert in the Leuaei
an advertisement offering SSOO to a proper
person who would adopt the child. 1'rom
liundiedsot applicants , David Watkins and
wife were selected. When the couple called
at the hotel , the following conversation took
place :
"Will yo t receive my child and take good
care of it ? " asked the Granger.
"Yes , " reulled Mrs .Watkins ,
"And will treat it as your own ? "
"Yes. "
" 'Ihen you may take her , " were the
mother's next worus as she kissed the babe
and gave thn money and child to its pur
chaser and pioteetor.
Before leaving Philadelphia the foreign
lady asked Dr. Turner for his ad
dress , admitting , however , that there
was no piobabillty of her wantlnc
It , as she would never deslio
to see her child again. The stranger also
persistently refused to give Dr. Turner her
name or address , and frankly admitted that
the names entered upon the" register of the
Continental hotel were assumed for the oc
casion only. Since then no trace
of the sti angers has been found
and the babe was named Julia
Watkins. At the end of six years Mrs. Watkins -
kins died , and for two years , because of the
intemperate habits of the fostet father , the
child led a harsh lite , drifting from lodging
to lodging. Then the child was put
in the care ot Mrs. G. F. Nolz ,
tiirough the efforts of Dr. Turner and
the society to protect children fiom
cruelty. Finally she was adopted by wealthy
people and was taken to n new home. She
is now known as Bertha Woodbury , Is
described as beautiful and accomplished , and
is said to bo about marrying an Influential
Calltorula millionaire
Anamosn's New Postmaster.
ANAMObA , la , , April 25. [ Correspond
ence of the BEI.J : The Jones coumty demo
cracy is still In a feveied heat of excitement
over the postolllce disposals at Auamosa and
Monticcllo. At Anamosa there were two
factions prominent , each advocating the ap
pointment of their candidate , Mr. N. S.
Noble being the successful one. Ills rival ,
Mr. William Cunningham , Is a young man
and well to-do.
'llio successful man at Montleello , Mr. Al
exander , editor ot the Jones County Times ,
is a youns man , and has only been a resi
dent of that citv for three years , and the Idea
that a young upstart would como into Monti-
cello and lead oif in advance of the old \\ar-
horscs ot the Jones countv democracy and
secure the pri/o at the hands of Mr. Cleve
land Is a fact that fairly makes the old bourbons
bens wild with rage , and the minors that Mr.
Alexander was formeilya republican adds
still heavier weight to their already breaking
bicks. "Verily , when a house is divided
amoncst Itself It shall notlstand. "
M. P. Conway , a leidltigdiy goods mer
chant ot this place , dleU lecently of Bright'
disease.
James F. Liude , of this county , Ins a cow
that lecently gave birth to tiueo largo , livine
Durham calves. Last spring she cave birth
to twins.
Royalty Pamca Through Lincoln.
LINCOLN , Neb. , May 1. Special Telegram
to the BIK.J : The queen of the Sandwich
islands passed through Lincoln this alter-
noon ou the Burlington east bound train.
The queen occupied a Pullman coach , to
gether with her retinue of attendants , and
when the representative of the Bt.K approached
preached her royal highness , she stated that
the trip across the continent was every way
enjoyable. The attendants attempted to
keep the fact that the queen was on the train
as quiet as possible. The queen docs not
converse in English.
Suicide at Springfield.
SPBIXGFIKLU , Neb. , May 1. [ Special to
the BEK.J Herman C. Slunch , a young Ger
man living one mlle north of hero , com
mitted suicide last night by blowing his
brains out with a shotgun. No cause can be
assigned for tbo rash act.
A Prominent Stock Man Arrested.
O'NEILL , Neb. , May 1. [ Special to the
BEE. ] S. H. Elwood , a prominent stock
man , and formerly a resident of North Bend ,
this state , has been arrested and placed
under 81,000 bonds for disposing of mort
gaged property , and obtaining money uudii
false pretenses.
FRESH QUESTIONS ARISING ,
Many New Problems For the Inter-State
Board to Solve.
BIG INCREASE IN INVENTIONS.
The English Sparrow to Ho Dissented
by the Acrlculturnl Department
Number ot I'atontH la *
sued National News.
Inter-Stnto Complications.
WASHINGTON' , May 1. jSpeclal Tele
gram to the Br.E.l One of the most compli
cated questions which will vex the inter
state commerce commission and which Is
destined to make thn most trouble and cause
the greatest dissatisfaction Is that ot the ter
minal expenses or charges. Is Is believed by
those who have given the question thought
to bo more perplexing than the long and
short haul. An eminent attorney who li
working with the commission for various
roads says of It : "Tho terminal charges In
clude the cost of loading and handling the
cai at the place of shipment and at the place
of delivery. This railroad question could bo
greatly slmullhcd and the situation crcatly
Impiovcd If the tallroads would make a dis
tinction between their charge for terminal
expenses and their charge for mov
ing property along the line of their
roids. The just and equitable differ
ences which should be made are the
cost that the railroad companies Incur In
getting car loads together. They should
keep the charges separate , at least in their
estimates If not in rendering their expense
bills. The charges should bo kept separate ,
so Hint for a thing Lolnc from Washington
to Baltimore , forty miles , the same price
would he charged for taking It Into the car
and putting It out as If it were one thousand
miles. The treat advantage the shippei
would get would bo simplicity and uni
formity , and with these there could be no
reasonable complaint that the railroads \\cie
beating or unjustly discriminating against
shippers. Ttils is where dlseiimination Is
jimt and warrantable , and is claimed to bo
the only kind of dlseiimination between the
Rhort and long hauls that ought to be al
lowed. That is the terminal expense or
charge for the same kind and quality of prop
erty. This matter bears directly upon the
question of the long and short haul. It is not
expected that the Inter-state commerce com
mission can cover the whole ground , but It
can remedy many of the difficulties , eluci
date the rail load pioblem and point out
manv of the difficulties which ought to bo
eliminated. "
A Trcatleo On the English Sparrow.
WA iiiNnT < ) \ , May 1. [ Special to the
Bri' . I The forthcoming report of the de
partment of agriculture on the English spar
row will bo a vcrv Interesting document. It
w ill contain about 400 printed pages , in which
will appear the experiences of about 3,200
people with this destructive little rascal. It
Is doubtful if there is another bird in the
world t-o unanimously condemned as a nui
sance as tills alien , Di. Merrlam , the or-
nltholozist of the departmentwho has charge
of the preparation of the report , says that
the indictment against the sparrow Is a terri
ble one. Ho has scarcely a friend in the
whole countiy. In California ho Is hated as
cordially as the Chinese ; but while It Is ad
mitted that the Moneullan may bo made a
useful cltl/en , there Is not oven n monopo
listic employer of coolie labor who can sco
the slightest use In the spairow. Ha Is nc-
cusedof doing frightful damage to the vlno-
yatds of the Pacific slope. He always selects
the most luscious bunchcs'of grapes and he In
variably sticks his bill Into the very best
beiiles on the bunch. Farmers who devote
their time to the cultivation of grain report
that the sparrows , wherever thev are thick ,
do frightful damage to cereals. Market gar
deners and the raisers of small fi tilts , In the
vicinity of cities , say that since the sparrows
began to multiply the profits of market-gar
dening have almost vanished. The only
known use for the pest is as a substitute for
reed blids. One man in Albany , N. Y. , re
ports that lie sells hundieds ol dozens of
sparrows every month to the restaurants in
thnt city vvlieie they are served up to the
New York legislators as the toothsome little
thief of the southern rice fields. Sparrows
make excellent table birds and it ts thought
tuat the only effectual metl'od of curtailing
their Increase will be to Induce the small
boys to catch them for food purposes.
Mrs. Cleveland in Retirement.
WASHINGTON , May 1. [ Special Telegram
to the BTE. ] In answer to many news
paper paragtaphs , Intimating that Mrs.
Cleveland had retired from society for some
time , and that she is looking forward to
closer domesticity , to-day'a Herald ( admln-
Istiation organ ) , says : "Thero has been no
fashionable occasion in the city for Mrs ,
Cleveland's public appearance , but It Is
hardly probable that she would have changed
hei consistent action ot the past two months
under any circumstances , bho drove her
friend , Miss Banks , over to Whitnoys coun
try house to see the paper hunting cavalcade
on Wednesday , and has driven almost every
afternoon vvUK some one dining the week.
Mrs. Cleveland told tl o wife of a very promi
nent Missouri politician that both the presi
dent and herself weie anxious to pay the
west a visit and would probably do so this
autumn. Bovond that nothing is known of
the president's summer or autumnal plans.
In her fondness for country and nature Mrs.
Cleveland is very like southern ladles , who
live vvheic a comparatively mild climate will
allow the better pait of the day to be spent
in the open air. "How I should enjoy a
climate likeyouis , " she s-Ud to the wife of a
Louisiana representative in congress , who
was si caking of the charming weather of
Febinaiy and Match on the twenty-ninth
Parallel. "I am never as well as when 1 can
bo out of doois , and 1 have otten vvondcied
how women existed who never venture be
yond the artificial heat of the furnaces and
conservatoiks from week to week In winter.
1 feel bUtei In body and mind when 1 can
bcln the open air paitof every day. "
Increase in Inventions.
WASHINGTON , May 1. ( Special to the
Bhr.j Tlio number of inventions which are
patented each week ; would seem to Indicate
that the inventive genius of Americans Is
still as active as over. The weekly list is
sued by the patent otlice every Tuesday , con
tains the names of between 400 and 500 men
and women who think that they have dis
covered the ono device for which the coun
try has IOHK felt a gnawing need. Yet It Is
said at the office that not ono in live ot tbo
devices patented over pay the patentee the
cost of the fees. It is found that the most
successful Inventions , fiomfinancial stand
point , are the comparatively simple , affairs
which can bomanufactuiud at a very small
cost. There Is scarcely a new device of any
kind invented In the present aw. Nearly
everything on which the protection of the
patent laws is asked is in the nature of an
improvement on something which has been
devised before. Thu Issue of a patent to one
Inventor and the publication ot the descrip
tion ot the invention Is curtain to bring to
tha otlice at least one , and often fifty appli
cations for patents on Improvements on the
original Invention.
Armr News.
WASHINGTON , May 1. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] It Is understood that the
now stall of the Third artillery will be as
follows : First Lieutenant 0. B. Lattcrlco ,
adjutant , and First Lieutenant Constantine
Chase , quaitermaster.
The following changes In the ordnance
department have been ordered to take effect
Julvl : Capt.iju John E. Green Is relieved
from duty as chief ordnance olllcer , Depart
ment of the Missouri , and the command of
the Fort Leavenworlh oidnanco depot and
ordeied to duty with the ordnance boaid and
tbe board for testing rilled cannons , with
. .tatlon at Now York : Captain Charles W.
Whipplo la relieved from duty wltli the ord
nance board and ordered as chief ordnance
olllrcr , Department ot the Missouri ,
and to the command of the Tort Lcavenworth
ordnance depot ; Captain Charles C. Morri
son Is relieved from duty at the Watcrtown
arsenuls and ordered to duty with the oid
nanco boird , with station at New York ; Cap-
tiln Victor Blart , assistant suipeon , is
granted ayeir's extension of ICAVO of ab-
seneo foi sickness ; First Lieutenant H. L.
Barley , Twenty-first Infantry. Is granted
four months leave of absence.
Improving the Capltol.
WASIIINOION , May 1. [ Special to the
BI.E.-The ] architect of the capltol Is mak
ing rapid progress with the work ot Improv
ing the cast front of the stincture. It Is
thought that by the tlino congress assembles
the squatty appearance , which has been the
chief drawback to the architectural design of
the building , will have been oveicome , and
that the capltol will look as though another
story had been added to Its height. Last
week some of the woikmcn , without con
sulting the architect , planted a row of mei-
preen.s aloug the top ot the esplanade. This
naturally had an exceedingly bad effect and
they have been removed. The Improvement
\vlllmateriallvenlmnce the beauty ot the
building , and every visitor to Washington
will appreciate the change ,
A Good Men.
WASHINGTON , May 1. [ Special Tele-
cram to the Bi E.I Whenever Secretary En-
dlcott goes nvvav from Washington It Is ob-
seived that General Sheridan also llnds some
business requiring his attendance elsewhere.
Mr. Endlcott usually appoints General Benet
to act as secretary of wai while ho Is out of
Washington. Last autumn General Benet
was in htiropc and General Drum was acting
secretary. Gcnnial Sheridan does not like to
take suggestions from an olllcer whom ho re-
cards as his own subordinate and so ho has
adopted the practice of going out of town
whenever Mr. Endlcott does. Last wee ! ; ho
was on a social and shopping excursion In
New York while Mr. Endicott was in Bos
ton and thov arrived on the same train on
Thursday afternoon ,
Bell to Io Superseded.
WASHINGTON , May 1. [ Special Telegram
to the BEK.J Supervising Architect Bell , It
Is announced by to-day's Washington news
papers , Is to be superseded by Charles Ed
ward Parker , a Boston mugwump. Bell vras
appointed by President Arthur and came
from Des Moiues , la. Ho lias planned
some of the most extensive buildings con
structed by the government in dlflereut paits
ot the countiy ,
THE WEEK INJVVAMj BTIIEBT.
A Generally Downward Tendency in
1'rlccs 1'revnllH.
NEW YOUK , May 1. fbpeclal Telegram
to the BiiA : ] very strong pressure was
brought to bear against share speculation on
several days of the week , and after repeated
efforts by Cammack room tradars and some
of the old bulls , prices gave way under the
leadership of New England , vvhlcli broke 3) {
points. The heavy Inside swlnic of this
stock , and the unfavorable reports about the
property which followed the same , together
with minors of dissensions in the board ,
finally exerted their Inllueucc , and , as the
price movd downward , many of the smaller
holders became frightened and added their
quota to the "ales. All this made New Eng
land the pivotal stock of the imukct , and its
subsequent rallies and reactions caused a
very feverish and unsettled market lor a
time and the bull sentiment received quite a
dampei. As the days were alone , however ,
stiong feature * began to develop in different
parts of the list , and Now England was relegated -
gated to the background. In the late im
provement Fort Worth & Denver City ad
vanced about 6 , Milwaukee , Lake Shore it
Western 5 , and Chicago , Burlington &
Qiilney , Northwest , and Omaha preferred.
} ( < &tl { points. All these and some other
stocks reached the highest price of
the week , and the market afforded an
other demonstration of its rallying
power and also of what had been frequently
bald , that It requires much stronger exer
tions to put the market down than to ad
vance It. The vaiy Ing phases of the pollticil
situation abioad caused London to buy and
sell at Intervals , but foreign purchases were
much larger than the sales , and witn more
peaceful reports of the relations between
France and Germany the London market
acauiied more decided lirmne > .
Generally speaking , railioad bonds were
not active , but the quiet in some directions
was compensated for by special movements
In a number of issues. The tone ot the mar
ket was strong throughout , the reactions
which usually occur when stocks decllno
having been less important than usual. The
foreign exchanges were Inllueneed to some
extent by aibltrago dealings In securities.
Commercial bills were veiy scaico and hence
the market ruled firm clctipt when bankers'
bills became more plentiful. The lattei was
the case near the close , and accordingly
rates eased off.
Money , except on one day , when the banks
paid their taxes Into the city treasury , was
accessible at 4@5 per cent. The currency
movement was in tavor of this center , ex
cept at Chicago , where the rate of exchange
on this suddenly dellued to 50@CO cents dis
count.
McGlynn's Democratic Pope.
Nr.w YORK , May 1. The anti-poverty so
ciety , of which Dr. McGlynn is president and
Henry George vfci prisulont , held its first
public meeting to-night at Chickcring hall.
The hall vvospte'ved to overflowing and on
the platform were a laigo number of leaders
of the united labor party , llenrv George p-c-
sided While ho was speaking , Dr. McGlynn
stepped upon the platform. Every man and
woman rose In theh seati and the greatest
kind of enthusiasm reigned lor several min
utes. Intheeouiso of his address Dr. Me-
Glviinsaid : ' Religion will never bo right
until wo shall see it democratic pope walking
down Broidway with a stove-pipe hat on his
head and carrying an umbrella under his
aim. In my opinion that man will bo the
greatest ol popes. "
A Heavy Defalcation.
PHILADELPHIA , May l. James N. Tag-
gart , who lei several years has been paying
toilet of the Union Trust company at No.
013 Chestnut stiect , has absconded and an
examination of the books of the company
shows a deficit of something loss than
8100,000. Exactly what the defalcation is
lias not yet been ascertained. Up to n late
hour to-night Paying Teller Tatgart tailed
to show up and the ofllclals of the bank have
given up all hopes of his returning.
A Heavy Encounter.
LONDON , May 1. Advices received hero
siy that the governor of See Lee islands and
a toiccs of 900 European and native tioops
aided by Spanish ships , attacked several
thousand native rebels at Maiburg and took
many prisoners. A large number ot CUDS
aUn fell into the hands of the Spanish.
Maiburg was burned alter It had boon looted.
Only the Chinese were spared. There were
heavy losses on both sides. The native
chiefs have fully submitted.
Hod CarrlorH to Strike.
CHICAGO , May 1. To-morrow about 8,000
hod carriers and laborers will be Idle here ,
liavlnz been ordered on a strike by the Hod
Carriers union. The number would have
been fully 5,000 had not over 100 employers
granted the demand for an advance of three
to gve cents here. Four thousand members
of the union of all nationalities attended a
meeting to-day at which this action was
ratified.
Four floyn Drowned ,
BtirFAi.o , N. Y. , May 1. Jay and Lee
Moore , aged eighteen and twelve years , and
Ira and Bertie llotcliiss , aged cloven and
eight , sons of well-to-do farmers , of South
Valley , Cattaraugus county , yesterday went
fishing along the Alleghany river. When
about a rod from shore the current capsized
the boat and all were drowned ,
The Dlookadu Proclaimed.
ROMK , May 1. Advices from Massowali
say that General Salottn , the Italian com
mander there , has proclaimed a land and tea
blockade.
THE HELPAST SPIHEU WINS.
Clark Trows Up thu Sponge In the
Twentieth Hound ,
LONG Isi AND 1'iiv , N. J. , May 1. The
fight between Ike Weir , of Boston , better
known as the "Belfast Spider , " and Willie
Clark , of Philadelphia , took place last night
up Long Island sound. The fight was to a
finish. Queeti'.bury uilcs , with undresyed
kids , for Sl.OOO. The light was In twcntv-
tliroe minutes. At the end of the twentieth
round Claik's seconds threw up the sponge ,
as their man was unable to sec , one eye
bclnu entirely closed and the other eye
nearly t > o , and too week to come to time.
Snow Stops the Gamp.
Dr.N'vrii , May 1. [ Special 'ielesram to
the llr.L.J Thu game between Denver and
Omaha was postponed to day on account of
snow.
Sunday Hall Gaums.
ST. Louis May 1. The game between
St. I.ouls and Cleveland today resulted as
tallows :
Cleveland 1 0 4 0 2 S 'J 1 111
tat. Louis 4 220000 0 14
Pitchers Caruthers and Crow ell. Base
hits St. Louis Vl ! , Cleveland 1(1. ( Emus
St. LouU 1C , Cleveland 0. Umpire Cutli-
bert.
bert.LOIJISVILLK
LOIJISVILLK , May 1. The eamo bptweon
Louisville and Cincinnati to day resulted as
follows :
Louisville 1 0 1 0 H 0 0 3 * S
Cincinnati 1 0000103 0-4
Pitchers Itanmv and Mullanc. Base
hits Louisville r > , Cincinnati 10. Errors
Loulsvlllo 1 , Cincinnati a. Umpire Mlko
Walsh.
The Intet-Stnio Hccattn.
GALVI.STON , Tex. , May 1. Yesterday was
the opening day of the Inter-state r.-gatt.x
held at Jones Lake , seven miles fiom this
city. The principal event of the day was the
senior single t < u 11 race. It had five entries ,
as follows : Korf and Wlnan , of the Dela
ware olub , of Chicago ; Crotty and Baker , ot
the ( Inhesions , and Fleming , ot the Sylvans ,
of Moline , 111. Korf was HIM , In llh : ( ;
Crotty second , In 11:09 : , and Baker third in
11:2o. :
THE CLiEAUANGES.
Hecord of Financial Transaction * !
the Past Week.
BOSTON , May 1. I Special Telegiatn to
thn BKF.I Table complied from specials to
the Post from leading clearing houses In the
United States show gross exchanges for the
wccJc ending April ! > 0 , and percentage in
crease and decrease from coircspondlng
week lastyeai :
* Nct included In totals.
THE CHOP OUTLOOK.
A Favorable Showing in Nearly All
thn Winter Wheat States.
CHICAGO , May l. The following Is the
weekly crop summary of the Farmers' Itc-
vlew : The conditions in the main have
been favorable fet the grow Ine winter wheat.
During the pat week rains hayg faJlCQ In all
of the stat es , though lu portions of Kansas.
Missouii and Illinois the need of nun is still
said to bo niKcnt. The average condition In
twenty Illinois counties icportiui ; this week
is 80 per cent. In Cumberland , Edwards ,
Mercer and Macoupln counties the condition
Is placed at 110 per cent. In Carroll , Fay-
etto , Hardln and Warren counties It is placed
at 100. In Adams , Clay , Henry , Lawtence ,
La Sallo , Marshall and White counties , it
ranges from CO to 90 per cent.
In Franklin , Jefferson and John
son counties the percentage is placed
as low as 50 per cent. The averages for In
diana are about the same as in Illinois. In
Ohio the average ranges lower , very few of
the cojiitles reporting a full average ot con
dition. The average of condition in twenty-
one Kansas counties Is b4 per cent , a num-
bei of counties noting Improvement In con
sequence of iccent rains. The condition of
spun. ; wheat in Iowa , Minnesota and Nc-
biaska Is reported to bo good , though rains
aio needed. The acreage in Iowa promises
to bo fully as lame as last year , It not some
what larger. The meadows in Illinois , In
diana and Ohio are thin Mud slow in start
ing. Widespread injuiy to clovci fields in
Illinois is icpoited , owing to Injtuyliom
flCC'llllg.
Brutal [ Outrage In Kansas.
KANSAS Ci r\ , May 1. The Times special
from Foil Scott , Kan. , repoits a honlble out-
ragn which may culminate In a tragedy.
Early yesterday morning Mrs. Alice Fowler ,
a widow with six children , living in the out
skirts of town , was awakened by a burly
negio , who demanded money. She gave
him all she had , S7..W , and he then choked
her into insensibility and outraged her twice.
Later in the dav "Blue jay" Williams was
brought before Mrs. Fowler and bho Identi
fied nlm as her assailant. He escaped from
his custodians , however , and barricaded him
self In n liouso In the vicinity. Ho was
heavily armed and delied the officers. No
man ventured to capture him nnd diuincr the
night ho escaped. Ho will bo lynched if
caught. Ills victim Is In a precarious con
dition.
Murder and Suicide.
PiTTsnuito. May L This morning when
Jennie Oswald , a girl of eleven yeirs of age ,
came from her bedroom to the dining room
In her home In Thaler township , near Etna-
borough , just beyond the limits of the city ,
she found her father , Charles Oswald , sit
ting In a chait with his tluoat cut and her
yo mgur sister , Bessie , lying on the loungu
dead. It was a case of suicide on the part
of Oswald , and all signs Indicate that ho
murdered his diughter before cutting hU own
throat. It Is supposed that constant brood
ing over Ins domestic and financial troubles
had turned his brain ,
Incendiary Work at Knnknlcen.
KVNKAKKI : , III. , May l.-An Inroudlarv
lire discovered here at 1 p. in. to diy reunited
In losses aggregating tV ( > , Goa , mostly covered
by Insurai co. The heav lest loser Is the Me-
Cormlck works , 51 . ,010. Mho other losuin
are : raule IIIpii-y.j2000 ; II P. Olmsle.id ,
agrlctiltuial Implement- , t'.OX ) : Ftcnch
Presbyterian chinch , il.tnO : A. J. Hey , ttiren
dwellings , H,000. An eight-year-old child
is mlksing and Is believed to have been
burned to death. An insucrcsstul attempt
to stan a lire In anothei portion of town was
discovered tUis evening and Itustiated , In
tense excitement prevails.
WHAT MR , POTTER WILL D0t
Union Pacific Extensions Which Ho la
Already to Bo Oontornplating.
Prospect I ve Chance In ( he Presidency
of the Noithvvcstorn Which
May Iiead to n Idvefy
AVcHtern Itallvvity War.
After an EnMern Outlet.
CIUCAIIO , Miv. 1.-Special [ Telegram to
1 Bn : . | ThoTIn oisiys : "It l ? ml thnfr
\\lth the de\eloiti | o iU of the Union P , c tlo
under Mr. Potu's maiug'iuont will eom
certain extensions and ttaillc n lanp'ii e itsj
\\hlch\\lll\lituilljM\e the sysfeii cintrof
of a line from Count II III it Its lo Chlcaco. AH/
the AtchKon , Topi k i A h : n'n Ke found It
self hampered and blocked at thu Missouri
rlvei , vvheic It was toiccd to yield up ft eight
It hid gutheied thiotiKhout its loir I tory , so
with the Union Pin-Hie , which Is compelled
to Innd over ! o Us il\a's ' and competitors It *
bush CM and feed theit s'stems with traffic
vvh'c i It secures In the west. It would be la
line with the old policy of the general man
ager of the Burlington when ho assumes the
lelns of the Union Pacific to lend his ener
gies toward securing the desired Chicago out
let. The Union PaellU1 would have nothing
to lose and everything to gain In making the
move. Sub rosa hints and quiet Intimations
point to the lease of the St. Paul's Omaha
line , if the deslicd congressional legislation
can be procured , and there are many shrewd
operators llrmly grounded In the belief that
If all goes well , and the Union Pacific's ob
ligations to the government are clearly de
fined and rationally settled , twelve months
will see the bchomo can led to a successful
coi elusion. "
Predicted Western Hallway War.
Nrvv YOIIK , May 1 | Special Telegram
to the Bii.l : A writer In the Times savi
that President Keep , of the Northwestern
road , Is about to resign , and those who are
posted say that this means a more atrcieslvo
policy on the patt of the corporation than it
has heretofore pursued. Mr. Keep Is a man
ot peace , but if Mi. Ihmhltt succeeds him ,
which Is thought to be likely , the North *
western will bo In warpaint. It mav bo
urged that the war will be strlctlv defensive ,
but that will not make it less damaging to
those With whom it lights. A regular
"trunk Him" fight w ill and must come loner
01 later among these tur western rotuH , lor
they are building against each other to an
extent equalled only by the paralleling
which was done some years ago In the east ,
and vvhlcli so prostrated tto Minds between
New York and Chicago that they have not
ic-covcied vet. They mo slowly crawling up
again , while thn conflict Is transferred fur-
thei west , and whe.li the next great crash
does come It will hi"In west ot Chlcairo. The
mending moccas is going on east of It. Even
homo kind of a settlement Is under way
there which Is sundlnc all bonds of the sys
tem to higher quotations dally on the tat > e.
THE CATHOMO CONTHOVKHBY.
An Expression Expected Kroin thp
Pope on the hand Question.
Niw : YOUK , May 1. [ Special Telegram
to thu Hr.E. ] Archbishop Conigan has con
cluded not to make any statement in regard
to the existing controversy between Dr. Mc
Glynn , Henry Gcoigo and others and the
Catholic chinch , In view of the tact that an
encyclical letter from Pope Leo XIII. , bearIng -
Ing upon the land thcoiy , is expected dully.
From private sources it has been ascertained
that the George theories have been subjected
to a ciltical examination at Homo and that
the final icpuit theieon Is most unfavorable.
In this case the conlroveisv will be ended at
a single blow. The condemnation of the
doctrines ot lleniy Gcoige by the holy see
will make it heresy to teach them. In this
case , all who do so will sullei excommunica
tion. Dr. McUlyun will then cither have to
recant or suller the consequences of Ills ac
tion. It Is thought Di. McGlynn vv 111 not
sin render his conviction.
Catholics are talking about the implied re-
bukosiid to have been admlnlsteied recently
by Bishop Laughlin , of Brooklyn , to arch
bishops. The story is that Aiehblshop Cor-
rlinii had written to thn bishop complaining
of Father Maloiie , Qt St. Petei nnd Paul's
chinch \Villlamslmix' \ foi attending Dr.
McGlynn's lectino "Tho Cioss of the New
Crusade" at New York some time ago. The
vcnciabto Father Malone is a suppoitcr of
Dr. McGlvim against the archbishops. Arch
bishop Corrigan , it Is said , was greatly
nnnoyet ) by lather Malono's course , and
suggested tft.iftlie bishop ought to lepi inland
him. Bishop Liughlln , BO the stoiy goes ,
declined to accept the suggestion concerning
Father Malonc , whoso honorable career , ho
said , began In lb-11 , four yeairt niter the arch *
bishop was born ,
A BATTLE WITH ritAMPS.
East St. tiouin Police UNO Kovolvers
on u Had Gang.
ST. Louis , May 1 , Foi some tlmo past the
city of East St. Louis 1ms been Infobtcd vvltti
a lot of tramps and Idle , worthless fellows ,
who spent most of their time peddling small
articles which the police were satisfied were
stolen. Thetiamps had a camp in the eas
tern outskirts of the city , and to-ilav Chief
of Police Walsh , ordered It to be broken uu
and the tramps driven out of town. Lieu
tenant Erwln , with lilleen olllieis. went to
the camp this afternoon and ordered the
tramps to disperse and leave tl.o citv. They1
pild no attention to the ordeisaud the police *
then advanced lo attest them , firing1
two or thico shots ) In the ale
to Intimate them. To the great surprise of
thn police the tramps icturned the lite , but
luckily without effect. The police then
clmged the camp in loicc , filing : is they ad
vanced , and the itamps lied In all directions.
Some of them plunged Into a slough near by
and swam lor their lives. All of them
finally got outside the city limits and Joined
anothei camp , vvheiu the consolidated forces
defied the police , 'llio latter having nor
authority outside the city , made no further
efforts to anest the fullivi's , but left a
strong euard on the spot to prevent them
from te entering the city On going over the
field again the pollco found one of the
tramps lying on the ground with a pistol ball
In his spine , lie was taken to the county hos
pital and will piobably die.
M OUMO.N UEOHUITS .
Three Hundred Norwegian Emigrant *
Hound I 'or the PromlHod Land.
CHATI ANOOOA , Tunn. , May 1. [ Special
Tehuram to the Bi.n.J 'Ihreo hundred Nor
wegian emigrants passed thtoimh this city
last night for bait Like City whlthur they go
to join thu Mormon colonies In the west.
They cimu by way of Norfolk and mo the
most resncH table emigrants who havoarilved
In this city foi many a day. 'Ihe patty la
composed of men , women and chil
dren , and they all sccnird Intelligent ,
were well dnbsed and appeared to have
money , 'Ihuybeun to regaid L't has pos
sessing all the riches of the promised land.
They are accompanied by several Mormon
leaders who have been In Norway on a
proselyting tour. Many ot them , however ,
do not si cm to niulerst'ind the polygamous
nature ot thu .Mormon faith , anil se\eial of
the \\mncii when told they were liable to be-
( iiiiio thu uiv.s of men alu-aily wedded to
othui wives , opened their eyes and ro-
nouncul all intentions ot er submitting to
h a piticctditiK. Many ot them have been
ileliiui cl hiio coming to America nnd ispoua
Inu the Muimun l.utli.
ll'iilnp Milc : is to Strike.
Pi OKI v , May LThe holler nutkors of tlila
cit > will co out to-moirow morning In couso-
qttcnc.0 of , i ref usal to advance wages 11) wit
ut ,