Nebraska Newspapers

    ' 2 . THE 03VIAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , MARCH 0 ; 1888 ;
THE FISHERIES TREATY ,
Documents and Protocols Presented
to
PRACTICAL RESULTS OBTAINED.
It fJecitrcB toUnlfort Htntos
Ample Kn.ojrnicnt | ol Trrnty Prly
nnil HoHpltnllty Other
\VnHlitiiKton NCWH.
LieUer.
WASIIIXOTO.V , Mnrcli fi , " The president IIM
transmitted to congress the icmulnlng docu
ments and protocols relating to the fisheries
treaty , together with u letter from Secretary
Buy urJ , In his letter Secretary ll.iyiinl
Bays : "Ati lnsXKtlon | ! of this documentary
history will servo to demonstrate the prud-
tlcal nnd important results accomplished by
tlio treaty now pending before the senate by
which the question of the Interpretation nnd
administration of the treaty of 1818 between
the United States and Great Urltnln Is trans.-
fcrrcd and elevated from the obscurity Into
which It has BUfTored to lapse since the date
of that convention , and Its restoration from
the prnctleal control of thn minor ofllclals of
Canadian maritime provinces. Until the
treaty now pending was concluded no avail
able remedy seems to have been supplied for
the Inconsistencies , Incongruities ana unjust-
iflablo construction of the treaty of 181H , to
which our fishermen for year after year have
been subjected , and which by the progress of
gradual encroachments of Canadian legisla
tion aud local | > ort regulations , had almost
converted their privilege , expressly reserved
by the treaty , Into sources of Inconvenience
und expense. 1'retoxts or oauscs alleged for
arrests , iinoa , detentions and other embar
rassments to American fishing vessels during
the years 1WO and 1SS7 , wore based ujmn
alleged infractions of the treaty of 1818 , or of
Canadian lawn passed in professed execution
of that treaty. All such vexatious action ns
is recorded in the list of seizures , etc. , is met
nnd rendered impossible of occurrence in the
future by the provisions of the treaty now
before the senate , nnd the amplest enjoyment
by United States flshormon of treaty rights
nnd customary hospitality duo un
der International law und comity is
Hccurcd in the ports and harbors of eastern
Canada and Newfoundland. The corres
pondence will serve also to establish the fact
that prior to the treaty of reciprocity of 18"il ,
aud subsequent to KB abrogation , and in the
years of 1870 and 1871. vexatious and hur-
rasslng administration by Canadian authori
ties was practiced and unchecked. As
neither the treaty of IBM nor that of 1871
contained any allusion to thu wrongs thus
indicted upon United States fishermen , nnd
us neither convention contrived any remedy
for provision against their renewal and repe
tition , U iM-'oiimo necessary u remedy should
ho longer bo unprovided. It h believed such
n remedy U practically nnd fully supplied by
the treaty now pending , and that by Us terms
now and for the ( list time since 1818 , a Just
and Joint interpretation is agreed to by both
governments and placed upon the treaty of
ISIS , which will secure Just und hospitable
treatment to the United States
fishermen , and secure to them unmo
lested the full measure of their rights
and that under the proposed arrangement
every American iishormun pushing his voca
tion in the witters adjacent to British North
America , run acquire n clear understanding
of his rights and duties whilst within the
Jurisdiction of all waters of Canada , or to
such i > ortH and Harbors ns casualty , neces
sity or convenience may suggest , without
fo.ir of encountering such harsh nnd un
friendly treatment as ho was ticretofoi e sub
jected to , under uncertain , unwarranted and
variant interpretation of his treaty rights. "
The accompanying papers nro made up of
extracts from the diplomatic correspondency
jjf 187 , Sceiotnry Uayard's letter to Minister
TPUolps of July 12.18S7 , and proposals of con
ferences of negotiations. There is also the
text of n 16tter from Secretary Bayard to Sir
Charles Tapper , ulider date of May 111 , 18-87 ,
in which IJuyurd briefly reviews the polntb
at issue , deprecates the clrcumlocu-
. tlon necessary ladoaling with Canada through
Great Britain , and proposes that a Joint
commission which is to bo arranged for
Canada's colonies ns represented. He speaks
atlcngtu'of the Interest involved , and of the
necessity for prompt action to avoid dlsa-
' grcoable friction between the two countries
reply thanks Secretary llayura for the sug
gestion made , aud nays they have been ro-
" fcrrcd to the proper authority , and coincides
i completely with the views of Mr. Bayard in
the earnest hope for an cnrly settlement of u
vexed question. A letter from Uuyard to
Minister 1'helps refers to a telegram from
Lord Salisbury , regarding the appointment
of a commission. In this Mr. Bayard pro
pose * a convention similar in some respects
to the new treaty , but which was not accept
able in other points to the British govern
ment. The remaining correspondence brings
the subject to an agreement for convention.
A SUBLIME DESERT DANCE.
The WnltzltiR Snml Auburn Which
1 tench Miles High In Ncvmln.
San. Francisco Examiner : "You have
hoard of the dunce of death , anil the
danca of this , that aud the other , " said
Jon' , Grnudlomyor , the "VVhito Pine
mining man , ycsborduy. "Out in Ne
vada wo have whut wo call the duucu of
the giants , und any observer would think
* JBO , too , if ho looked ut thorn.
They are no loss than great cylinders
pf. Hand which waltz'over the desert with
graceful motion'and reach high in the
sky. They are from oteht to twenty
feet'in diameter at the bottom , and do
not widen or narrow us they go up
ward.
"In this respect they are unlike the
cyclone of the east , which , being also
r.Biral. ] ) widens like a funnel toward the
top , while its bottom bores deep into the
ground , often digging a trench and
uucking up horses , houses , bums , trees
aud everything else in its path.
"Tho sand column or cylinder , however -
over , has , like the latter , both a circu
lar und a forward motion. Thuy start
It from a little or nothing , being a sort of
an incipient whirlwind , while all the
surrounding air is still. Then they
develop to about the sl/o I have said.
They Boom to got their atari in the
rather loose soil along some old road ,
andfrom this grow to gigantie size and
waltz miles over the desert.
< "In alluvial cell the cut very deep ,
while in the gravelly soil they do not
liavo bo much effect ; yet I have known
MUutii , in addition to taking up fabulous
quantities of sand , to take up tons of
( sagebrush and good-sized stone.
\ "It in a elraugo eight coming along
/On these deserts sometimes to see three
or four , on dvon more , of these waltzing
fcaand augers. Usually there is one great
, blff auger and a whole lot of little ones ,
, 'nlf dancing along at hort distances from
each other.
"Some of these great sand cylinders I
have soon reach from two to three miles
high , into the clouds. It is a fantastic
ight to see them away out on the the
lonesome deserts.
"Summer time is the only Ttimo they
exist , aud they waltz along for hundreds
of miles. Thoyary thickest in July.
Iutho White Pine valley , which runs
from the Humboldt to the Colorado
river for a distance of over 8oO miles ,
there are oftentimes many of them. In
th * Snake valley , too , which is 380 miles
long , there are a good many , and they
Bomctlmcs get to be from twenty to
' thirty feet In diameter.
liTnojr are nho soon in the Fleche val
ley , which ia about 2SU miles long. All
these valley * are from .twenty to fortj
' ' , imlles wide each. They vary somewhat ,
' but this Is about how they run.
: " lot of colossal
"Every yuara- queer
fond auffvrti cwrao waltzing down Spring
* * ll y fromldahc * into- the Puranogat
VftUatfi It t * aa intensely sublime- sight ,
'
M4WQbMrrarU filled with awe at
thfeMJo to movoMOBto of the great
> il ut daucora. "
STILl MM IN. THE FIGHT ,
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[ Continual From Vlrnt Jffc. ( ; ] _
am always seeking llko 'favors of . the com
pany.
'Jim renlpiiblloBcnttmontof Nelson Is ono
of Indignation that less than half n dozen
men should so misrepresent our town , and I
know froui personal conversation that nlno-
tpnths of our people uro in sympathy with
the Brotherhood , und hope they will bo suc
cessful.
At
HASTINGS , Nob. , Maroh 6.i-Spoclal [ Telegram -
gram to the BUB. ] The Burlington is slowly
gaining mor.0 strength In the moving of
trains. All the passenger trains except the
flyers nro In operation. The freight trains
nro moving but not with so much regularity
as the passenger trains. , The company is to
day taking freight for ull points on Its lines
and from present indications nil trains will
soon bo running with their old-tluio rcgrlur-
A tolcgrnm received In Hastings this after
noon stated that engluuero on all lines con
necting with the Burlington will leave their
cubs to-mono w. OurcitUens are souiowuat
ulannod over the prosixot ,
An amateur engineer nt this point nearly
wrecked a portion of the round houso. bv
losing control of the engine ho was trying U >
take out ou the roud.
Not the Man.
Br.trn HILL , Neb , , March ft. To the Editor
of the linn : In your Issue of to-day you
state that cnglno No. 75 wns burnt while In
my charge. I wish to sny that I hnvo not
been on cnglno No. 75 ior the past year nnd
think It is In good shape and on Its regular
run between Wymoro nnd Hod Cloud. Occa
sionally an cnglno breaks down or has mis-
imps but those happen to the old runners nnd
I think the now men nro doing well. All
trains on this division uro running regular
and ou time. F. S. GKANOT.II ,
Trainmaster.
_
The New KiiKliicars.
CKKSTON , Ia. , March 6. [ Sjicclal to the
BRB. ] The testimony taken by the railway
commissioners at Crcston , In regard to the
competency of the now engineers being em
ployed on the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy ,
has created no llttlo stir. The striking en
gineers Jubilantly point to it as corroborating
their claims that there are many now running
engines ou the road who do not even claim
themselves to bo competent. The following
Is n partial summary of the evidence given
by various witnesses :
J. 0. Shoemaker , being sworn : Had boon
fireman two yeaars und eleven months. Hun
an engine to St. Joe , pulling first-class pas
senger train last Monday ; was not a com
petent engineer ; never run an engine except
as fireman until that trip ; had seen several
men running out trains who had never been
engineers nor had experience that ho knew
of ; saw Ulchard Price , n brakcman , go out ;
ho had fired but a short time several years
ago ; admitted ho had no experience. ; Con
ductor Loughridgo und n section foreman
named Worthier , had been running a pus'sen-
ger engine.
\V. E. Torapklus : Was a brakcman ; Tues
day morning pulled a passenger on Hcd Oak
brunch ; hud fired several uioutlis iu 13S5 ;
Handled u freight engine with the engineer ,
but never u pasacngcr ; bad 110 experience
with air except as fireman.
L. H. Stroud , sworn : Conductor since.
1877 ; under ordinary circumstances thought
ho could hniutlo passenger engine ; pulled No.
8 February 3S ; wns not nn experienced man
if the engine should break ; was not ex
amined us to his ability before taking the
engine.
C. M. Connott , being sworn : Had been
expressman und baggageman for two years ;
since February 25 had been running engine
Irom Creston to Cumberland ; never had ox-
pcrlenco ns passenger engineer ; fired nearly
three years ; thought himself competent to
run engine on the run ho had.
Mr. Johnson , sworn : Cigar maker for
twenty-five , years ; tended bur a year ago ;
railroaded in yards in various capacities ;
never had had charge of engine , but hud
fired some : did not consider himself a com
petent engineer.
Hiram Uockwell , being sworn : Had fired
and run some for two years on an Indiana
road ; been house pointer for past two years ;
didn't consider htm a competent , first-class
engineer , and never did.
J. B. Goodwin , sworn : Resided In Crcs
ton live months , nnd farming In Nebraska
before ; fired engine two years previous to
that ; been firing out of Creston for fonr
months ; made two trips , west on No. 7 and
back on No. 8 , which wus nil the experience
I had as engineer alone.
E. Sheridan , Jr. : Fired nearly two years ;
since Tuesday had been running first cliss
passenger engine , but did not cull himself
first-class passenger engineer.
Charles McClelland , sworn : Fired two
yearn nnd then wont to braking ; had run a
freight cngino since February SJ ; nil the ex
perience hud us engineer where responsi
bility retted on him was this week ; consid
ered himself au average engineer , but not
first-chins.
A. Burnham was wiper and cared for pile
driving engine ; fired over three years ; was
brnktmnn ono or two years nnd conductor
ten months ; had been brakingjfor last ten
years ; run an engine the past week between
Ottumwn and Creaton.
A. 1C. Stone : Had been railroading thir
teen yearn , but run a farm before ; had been
running an engine the past week ; wus not a
first-class engineer , and never claimed to be :
never considered an engineer's work skilled
labor ; it consisted of knowledge nnd experi
ence ; ho had 'knowledge enough , but not the
experience of an old engineer.
KirlmnlK. Price : Had been breaking on
the "Q" for nine months ; this week hud
been running Nosscnger engine ; had some ex
perience switching ; but had never run an en
gine over a division .beforu ; fired for nine
months ; considered himself capable of run
ning an engine. .
Master Mechanic Erlckson wns sworn :
Considered them average engineers ; In some
cases mnnyougneorH ! r mining to-day nro no
better than they uro ; in filling places hud no
supply to draw from ; in keeping mull trains
running selected the best men ho hud from
thu material to draw from ; they took charge
uud no mistakes , blunders oar accidents oo-
curred ; considered thorn average engineers ;
no men employed but promised jobs only on
condition thuy could flu the bill ; If not com
petent the company would not keep them ;
every nowmunwat being watched ; a first.
class conductor had gene out With every en
gine , as pilot , for tbo new men.
Ono Weak-Kneed. Engineer.
Dca MOINK. % Ia. , March 5. [ Special Tola
gram to the Baa. ] KaUroud Corniuissionci
Doy has returned from Crcston , where he
baa been investigating the charges that in
competent engineers had been hired to take
the places of the strikers. Ho took u large
muss of testimony concerning nineteen en
gineers and is now arrangini/ with the com
mission. It will bo submitted tothegov
ernor as ootr as it | * put In proper shape.
Locally , trains are moving on the Albli
and Chariton branches with nearly as mucl
regularity as formerly.
Engineer Jamea UicKelU who has been out
with the strikers , returned to bis cab to-day
The Movement of Train * .
CHICAGO , March 6. Chicago , Burlington A
Qulucy trains ran into and from the unloi
depot this inorniong with pretty much thi
sume regularity as they did the before tin
strike began. Early this morning a notia
posted in. too conductors' room showed tha
all trains would nm to-day on. schedule timi
except three through trains , which have bcci
abandoned. All engines , twin In and out , wen
manned by new men , none ot tbo officers o :
the rood acting as mechanics on any of them
About 100 men were bclng'cxamlned M engl
nuers at the offices of the company thl mom
ing. They were mostly men' who- arrive *
from the east yesterday ,
TO-day freiifht is being received from nl
point * eont of the MhnhuiipiU river , , and to
morrow it will be received from ' point * up. U
the Missouri. . .
Authentlo 'information- brought U
Chief Arthur' * . headquarter * this' mortunj
tliat.slx engine crown , composed of Itoocuhf
Knight * of Labor , engage * by ther BUrHite
ton rood UikldeseirtdAUwtr.OfiaM at Gate
g. Four other crows left nt Aurora.
The brotherhood sny they do not object nl.Bll
o seeing Burlington freight trains leaving
or the west. "Tlio reason 14 this , " said
Vltricn , ono of the leaders , "Just ns soon nt
ho rend gets trains' running both ways , you
vill hear of a series of collisions wllch ( will
Mtonlsh you.1 It will show to the public1 that
ur claim that the Burlington Is hiring In
competent men Is a tact. The loss to the
otnpnny by the destruction bf their property
vlll bo lliimcusc. " '
The Situation at Kannnn City.
KANSAS Citr , Mo. , March 5. [ Special Tel-
gram to the BEE. ] The first qrdt'r'for men
ot employed by the Burlington to stop Work
hat hat been given by tbo brotherhood since
ho strike commenced wns Issued In Kansas
Jlty this morning , The 'engineers nnd fire
men in charge of the Hock Island switch en
gines and the Chicago , Kansas & "Northwest-
rn Cnglno nt work in the yards hero were
irdorcd to leave their cnbs. The reason for
ho brotherhood's telegram
action Is the following
gram posted by the Burlington this morning :
BnuoKriRU ) , 'March 4. Conductors : As
vu aru now going to onm | upjbuslness and
vlll discontinue running pilots , will > expect
ourselves , or Ono of .your.brukcmcn , to show
tow engineers the road .when necessary.
1' , HOULAIIAN.
The Burlington la under contract with the
lock Island nnd Chicago , Kansas St No-
iruskn to do their switching , at this jwlnt ,
tut when the strike coiumonc d Und the
hirlington stopped receiving freight , the
lock Island nnd Chicago , Kansas & Ne-
irosko , with the consent of the strikers , put
heir own engines ou the yards to handln
heir business. Now that tha Burlington
uis announced that it has opened up , for
mstuoss the strikers insist that It shall do all
t business , and therefore. ) ordered Uio men
> n tlio switch engine not to bundle any moro
curs In the Hannibal yards. The men re
ceived the orders after they had taken their
engines. The engineers nt once reported to
Mr. S. M. Stevens who has charge of the
strike , for instructions. Ho road them the
orders of Hoululmn , and instructed them note
o handle any moro freight in the .yards , but
o remain with their engines and obey orders
concerning any other work. The
engineers at first did not understand
why they had boon ordered to
stop work , but as they rend tbo notice that
the Burlington wus to open up business , they
at once expressed themselves satisfied with
the action of the committee. It is not prob-
iblo that either of these roads will bo nl-
owed to run switch engines at this point
vguln us long ns the Btnlte , continues. As-
iistunt General Manager Fish , of the Bur-
ington , said that ho did not know what the
road would do with tha business of other
roads. Tha Burlington has ono switch en
gine ot work in the yards to-day.
One freight train loft over the Hnnnibal
and ono over the Kansas City & St. Joe this
norning. Passenger trains are leavlngabout
ou tlnie. The Kansas City and St. Louis ox-
iress No. 4 was twenty minutes late. No. 6
on the Kansas City & St. .Too was abandoned
nt St. Joe , as was also freight
train No. 70. The Kansas City express ,
luo at 10:50 : , was about thirty minutes lato.
No freight train arrived this morning. There
s very little change in the movement of
.ruins from lust week. Mr. A. M. Stevens
stated this morning that no word hod been
received from Chicago In regard to any
change In the management of the strike.
"Tho brotherhood , as has been stated , does
not wish to interfere With any other road , "
said ho. "The order for tbo engine men to
stop liandling freight hero , which I gave this
morning , was only done to force the Burling
ton to fulfill Its contract. " The members of
the local committee report that the men are
feeling very contented all over the system ,
and that not H man who went out has yet re
turned to work.
Some of the striker * , both hero and nt
Brooklloldwhile , excited about the shooting
of Watt ot DrooklUHd Saturday , made
threats of lynching. The brotherhood , fear
ing that these utterances might bo mistaken
for threats of violence by the brotherhood ,
bus issued the following communication in
the form of a hand bill , signed by the local
committee nt Brookflcld :
To tlio Public The unfortunate shooting
of Engineer George Wntt need not give the
public any uneasiness na tar us the cnglna-
men are concerned. Vigilance , not violence.
Is our watchword. C. H. SAI.MOX ,
J. II. Svoimv ,
Local Committee , Brookfleld.
The following H the account of the shoot
ing sent by the local committee of Brookflcld
to the local committee herd :
"BilooKFiEU ) , March 5.J. . T. Murray ,
Chairman Committee , Kansas City : Dear
Sir Everything wns working nil right here
until Saturday morning. Poor KoxWntt is
dead. Ho had bought a ticket to St. Joe to
visit his mother , and while waiting for the
train bo waikcd up to the west end of the
depot nnd thcro got off the platform , whore
one of the men the company had hlrod to
guard the property came up to him nnd told
him to throw ujihU hands und nt the same
tlmo shot and killed him before ho had time
to throw up his hundt. You know what nn
inoffensive fellow Wntt wns. Ho never
harmed any ono. The man who shot him is
n bridge carpenter by the name of James A.
Bostwiek. It wns a cold-blooded murder.
The coroner's Jury It in session , but wo don't
know wlmt the venlict will be. If Justice i
done we think they will hold him for murder
In thu first degree. They took him to Lliir
nous before the boys know of it early Saturday -
day morning. C. H. SIMION ,
J. H. SxoDor.
Mr. C. J. Hinge , who , together with Mr.
Stevens , was seut hero to old the local com
mittee In the arrangement of the strike , has
been recalled. Ho wus a Hock Island man
and was selected as a member by the railway
company , the understanding being that ho
should puv particular attention to the I took
Island yard business hero. The Hock Inland
will continue to receive freight and unless
some agreement can bo made by the strikers
to allow it to rcsuino the operation of its
switch engine , it will look to tha Burlington
to do the work under its contract.
New York Engineer * Talk.
NKW YOBK , March 5. At the state meet
ing of tha Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers , u long statement was 4 issued' tlio
public in relation to the condition of the
organization and the Burlington strike.
After referring to the financial resources
winch uro ample , the statement &ays"We ;
wish to say to the public that the brother
hood has not udanaoncd its conservative
tdcns , while they will avail in
obtaining Justice. But in .our present
issue wo are prepared to go at far as neces
sary to obtain our Just and. acknowledged
rights. The statement thai the youngur and
tuoro pugnacious element of the brotherhood
has gained control of our destinies , is.unwar-
ranted and misleading. Qii the contrary it
is the universal custom for veterans to do the
talking in compliance with * the. habits of dis
cipline engendered by our profession.In
conclusion wo desire to asU tUoso who. maybe
bo inclined to doubt tlio wisdom
of our present action the follow
ing question : Is it less unreasonable
or fair for the engineers and firemen to make
common Cauno oguinit i * stubborn corporation -
tion , than for the managers of railways of
the country to moke common causa against
us Iu this particular cose , by secretly supplying - *
plying the Chicago. Burlington & Quiiu-y
managers with men in their time of need and
thus conspiring for our defeat i Thanks are
extended generally to tlio newspaper prcsn ,
with ono or two exceptions , for thn 'courtcsj
and fairness with which they have treated
the engineer's side of thecuce. Alt we ask
w fair play aad no favor.
Not Member * of tlio Brotherhood. '
J > uiLADELrniA , March 5. The report o (
Edward Kent , chairman of the executive
board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers , who baa been In this city investigat
ing the charges that brotherhood meu hat
taken the places of striking Knight * of LaoOr
on the Reading railroad , shows they were
groMly exaggerated. The majority of the
men who- had manned the engines at the
commencement of the strllro were men who
had lout their places in the brotherhood in
the strike on the Heading system in 1877
nnd had since been unable to obtain work 01
locomotives , Many of them had then , hi
told , belonged to the brotherhood , but hai
inco withdrawn or been expelled. .
MMt Not HaadhrBMrllngton Gv .
DKS'VEH , March. S.- Late Saturday evening
the striking engineers and firemen on tha
Burlington road servoxl notice on the man-
agementof differentrodi centering In Den
ver that My attempt upontbolr part to hol [
the Burlington by haujing freight oars of the
Utter company would MMilt ta ( wUiuffoul
the men of these liaea. Tug managem of th <
neutral lines claim thti now move on the part
of the strikers places their roaiW In n deli
cate | > otltlon. They. ; ipuintaln that the pro
visions bf the Intcr-vato commerce law are
nitndntory upon this point aud n refusal
ixm | their part to nVcept Burlington cart
renders them liable toh fine of Hi.OOO for each
violation of the law. Last night a number of
ofllclaU of rouilt entering Denver hold n
iieotlng to consider" tJie matter , but when
itked the result yt Uio meeting they jwsi-
Ively refused to Inipnrt any .Information.
Some Interesting developments nro expected
terc , If the roads doutlnuu to iccolvo und
inul Burlington cara.J.
Willing to Hav 'lt InvcRtlRntcd.
CIIICAOO , March V . Grand Matter Sar
gent , of the firemen's brotherhood , WAS
shown the report of the proceedings In the
louse ot representative * , In which Mr.
White of Indiana , proposed to send n con
gressional committee to Investigate tha Bur-
Ington railroad strike , "You can sny for
no , " said Sargent , "that wo nro perfectly
willing that nny committee , composed of
iractlcal railroad men should examine and
WBS upon our demands any tune. Wo have
> ccn ready at nil times to meet the ofllcluls of
the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy rend nnd
nettle our grlovnncet in an ntnlcablo way.
Wo are not asking them to pay nny moro
waitos than is paid by nil lines running out ot
Chicago. Wo are jwrfcotly willing to have a
congressional committee examine Into the
matter nnd see If they can bring about n set-
.lement. This strike Ifl not of our seeking ,
but wo know that tlio demands of the men
are Just , and wo can readily convince any In-
: clllgcut man of the fact , and would thu Bur-
Ington officials to-day accede to our demands ,
which nro , namely , n } cents per mllofor pat.
songor service and 4 fonts per mile lor freight
service , nnd nbout 00 per cent of Xhoso
ales to firemen , the wheels ot the entire sys
tem would bo moving In twelve hoUis. "
Chief Arthur said : "I heartily endorse
Sargent's words. "
Stand by Their Brothers.
, March fi , A union mooting
> f the seven lodges ot the Brotherhood ot
Uicomotlvo Firemen iu Philadelphia was
leld to-ulght. The approval and endorse
ment of the strike In the west was enthusi
astic , and confidence expressed in its ulti
mate success. Resolutions wore adopted
ivarmly championing the cause of the strlk-
ng brothers , and pledging support. The
question of ordering all members of the
jrothcrhood now in the sorvioo of the Head *
ng company to go on n strike was informally
discussed , but no official uctlon Was taken.
THE VEILED WOMAN.
A. Scheme to Effect the Hclensc of
I'rellcr'M Murderer.
In conversation with a Philadelphia
News representative a prominent attor
ney of St. Louis gave the following bit
of goBslp in commotion with Hiifjh M.
Brooks ill i as Maxwell the murderer of
1'rcller.
"Maxwell , like many other interest
ing murderers , was the recipient of nu
merous feminine attentions during his
trial. Although , HO far an known , ho
had scarcely moro than half a do/en ac
quaintances in St.1'- Louis , ho was con-
Htwitly in receipt of handsome bouquets
and ho rarely appeared in the court
room without a boutonnicre. Many of
the iloral gifts were vthc fragrant hear
ers of perfumed bilhjtdoux , while dainty
boxes , with dnintiotf.pTcsonts of linen
and high-priced hota gave a practical
air to the admiratiqh of his unknown
friends. '
"Among the regular attendants dur
ing the trial was a i slender , fnir-haired
5foung woman of twenty- five or less. She
wore n shabby suit of'blnck , made in a
style ubboluto for halt n decade , nnd her
face wus always partyally veiled. She
never missed a day , hi the curly days of
the trial , but attended with clock-like
regularity. She t'arcly watched the
witnesses or the court. She scorned to
hayo no thought except for Maxwell. '
She came cuvjy and fcccurod a front scut ,
and from the Unto the prisoner was
brought into the court room until lie
wns taken away her eyes rarely loft his
face. lie nat sidownys to her and I
think the observation of the unknown
woman at first escaped him. The1 veil
wus over her eyes , but the bright orbs
shone through thogau/.c with a Htrangc.
unnatural light , aud the reporters and
court room otliciala came to look upon
her as a crank.
"But ono day , just before the close of
the trial , the veiled woman , with the
bright eyes , failed to appear. So it was
the next day and the next , and after a
little brief speculation she was forgot
ten , nt least by the major part of those
interested in the trial. But there \vn i
a story bnclc of it. The mysterious
woman hud not Bat through the weary
hours of the trinl lotnothing. . She hnd
become infatuated with the prisoner ,
and her mind waa busy weaving some
plan by which she could effect his
escape. That plan was finally formu
lated , nnd she resolved to
communicate with Maxwell. She
did so , nnd the letter is a curiosity of
cunning shrewdness , intelligently ox- .
preyed. Shu said she had been nn
amateur actress and hod played male
characters. She had studied the art of
'make-up , ' and was satisfied she could
so disguise herself as to mnko the
guards believe faho' was Maxwell. Her
plan was to. visit Maxwell disguised us a
roan , and dressed as near like him as
possible. Glve five moments freedom
from observation by the guards she
could , she said , by a clover mako-up , dis
guise both of them so that each would
look' llko the other. Then Maxwell
could leave the jail , and she would re
main aud take the consequences.
"It was a strange proiwsal , nnd ono
hardly to conceived outside of a
woman'sbrain. And Maxwell ? Ho read
the letter , smiled contemptuously , nnd
handed it over to the district attorney.
Not that he was. too honorable to attempt -
tempt to escape through a woman's aid.
No ono who know Maxwell's contempti
ble spirit would believe that. He
simply haw too many difficulties in the
way of its accomplishment , nnd sought
to curry favor with the state by reveal
ing the one-sided , plot. Perhaps ho
thought , too , that thfl schema was too
visionary. It certainly would have re
quired courage , whlto * there was danger
that the fair liberator might bo searched
and her curefully-jiVtopared 'make-up'
confiscated. , ' , , ' , '
"The apparent ( fusibility of the
thing , however , surprised the state's
attorneys. They were moro surprised
when the 'veiled woman' waa 'shad
owed' by a detective ? iCnd the discovery
made that she bolonj 'Jd to one of the
beat connected families of St. Louis.
Her father waa an ex-fcnalvo merchant ;
her mother belonged , to the best blue-
blooded stock of Flocispant , the French
settlement near SttiLouis , while thfl
young lady herself Irnd been educated in
a convent , nnd was alike distinguished
for her wit , intelligence , and attractive
manner.
"What there was in Maxwell to fasci
nate her waa a mystery. Ho waa , even
with hla viclou * physigmy cov
ered , anything but handsome. But
she was taken with , the man , and in
order to escape attention dressed shab
bily and visited the court room veiled.
"Tho atory waa kept quiet. The un
fortunate girl was too well' connected to
.admit of publicity being given to her
attachment. Even' the 'wrong she was
about to- commit woe . condoned.- The
few who unavoidably beard the story
Wore pledged to aecresy , and the news
papers never told their readers 'what a
singular romance ' hnd narrowly' eBcnpcd
being enacted in'1 the . amphitheatrfoal
Jail of the famous old Four Courts. The
w renU of tho. girl , howeve'r , . were in
formed of th6 ninttov .and tha 'veiled
'woman' was seen nomcta. ' ' . ' ; , , , .
THE HTM WIZARD A FRAUD.
Opinion's Of Dutch Financiers on the
'
Ilooont Decision. .
WILL HURT GOULD SECURITIES.
NcvortliclcM Confidence in tlio ttltl-
'innto Triumph o ' American Justice
ItcninliiR llnslmk.cn I/ortl
Charley Makes a Hpoccli.
The flranrt Jnry Flnnco.
tGnjj/rf | | > 7i ( t&3ljy Jamu ( ! oi\lt > n lltiuuft. ]
AMSTKiumi , Starch G. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to the llKE.l On arriving
hero this morning to ascertain what financial
pcoplo tthltikj fyf the decision of the
New .York grand Jury and thu little wizard ,
I found the unlive * nil excited over the elec
tions which take place to-morrow under the
now suffrage bill , I first Interviewed M.
Amstol 'Straat , a pleasant , smiling , gray-
headed banker , and M. Vi'orthclm , of
Worthclm & Gompcttz , who is largely
connected with American shares , bonds
aud loans , of which ho has Issued many. Mr ,
Wcrthomisnld : " "The result of the affair
was ox | > cuUd. The little wizard is far too
clover nnd will doubtless try to ovndo pun
ishment through legal loop holes. Never
theless our coulldcuce In American Justice Is
uulmpQaclrod. I have made many dealings
with It , especially with the supreme court
nnd always found It honest and fair-dealing.
The grand Jury judged merely
on technical ground. I firmly
bollevo that , though the result will
not generally moke Dutch bondholders de
spair of American railway credit , It will
damage speculation iu all the little wizard's '
concerns. "
I afterwards s w Mr. A. L. Wurfbaln ,
president of tlio Soclotc Itlmers , well-known
on the Amsterdam stock exchange commit
tee. Mr. Wurfbnln believes If the grand
Jury's ' llndlng U not reversed It will Injure all
American bonds besides the little wizard's ,
although there is not any excitement yet.
Many financiers interviewed declined to
say anything for publication , as the
case was too technical , but frcoly
expressed their disgust und indignation In
private. Kvcn the most reticent have a con
temptuous smile on their lips ns soon ns the
llttlo wizard's name Is mentioned. One
said : "WJion I hoar that iiarno I uncon
sciously put my hand on my pocket to protect
my purso. "
Mr. Van Mlerop , manager of the Amster-
dainsch bank , connected with the Bolsscvaon
aud president of the committee recently
formed to protect the interests of the Im
mensely numerous duly holders of 5 and 0 pol
ecat Missouri , Kansas & Texas , declares that
confidence in all tlio little wizard's concerns
will be finally shaken here.
H. Oycus , nn important banker believes
tlio Dutch will try composition or endeavor
to oust the little wizard from the control of
of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas. It in im
possible to get at the names of the Dutch
committee which Instituted the prosecution
In the first Instance. Messrs. Stoop & Kens ,
Dordrech bankers , headed the committee
but they have siuco , for obscure reasons ,
backed out. I nm starting for Dordrecht to
see them. Amsterdam opinion emphatically
pronounces the lltilc wizard a fraud.
At Dordrecht.
[ Copi/rfuftt ia < a tiuJamt * Uortlnn Ilcnnett.\ \
DoiiiiiinciiT , March 5. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to the linn. ] I found Stoop
& Kens in their counting house in tuo dark
est , narrowest , oldest street of this oldest of
Dutch'citles. Neither Stoop nor Hens would
state why they backed out of the committee
Inst October or'stato an opinion ns to the
general llnnnclal effects of the grand Jury de
cision on the Netherlands. They said , how
ever , "You won't find one golden opinion of
tlio little wizard throughout the Nether
lands. Ho has cost this country too muck. "
Mr. Stoop says of course the Dutch would
like to get some of their money back or oven ,
in default , to sco the offenders In Jail.
PIIOSAIC SPOUTEUS.
A Very Dnll Scuslon In the House of
litf JttmtJi anrdoli ftennttt.l'
LOXJWN , March 5. [ New York Herald
Cable Special to the Bun.l The house
of lords seldom offers Attractions to n
stranger or oven to its own members. The
real work of the country ii done in the much
plainer chamber of one side of the building.
The great dcslro of every peer who has
brains , IB to bo set free and get u scat In the
house of commons. A scheme to effect this
change is shortly to bo produced
by Lord Dunraven. A little Incident
this evening will perhaps open his eyes to the
aifllculty. Lord Strathedcn-Campboll , son
of the celebrated lord chancellor , brought
forward u modest proposal to enable the lord
chancellor to designate the speaker when
two or threa members rise at the same timo.
At present the noble lords do as they like-
If half a dozen get up no one has authority to
single out ono Of ( their number nnd they
may all remain standing until they have tired
out or the house calls by nnmo for a partic
ular person. The lord chancellor sits down
In solemn state with mace before him , but lie
has no right to interfere in any way. f f wo
hud such a custom in the commons there
would bo a free Jlght every night and the best
bruiser would hold the floor. There was a
fair audience to chocr Lord Campbell tins
evuulng. The priina minister sat us usual with
his head leaning on the back of his seat , gaz
ing up fixedly at one of the stalnod glass win
dows. Ho never sdems conscious that anyone
ono l.s In the cbatnbor but himself. Ho was
oblivious of poor Lord Campbell , who Is ut
the best one of the dullest nnd prosiest mem
in England and , who never speaks for
ten minutes without sending most of
the people to nsleop. Ho ought to bo
let out on lilro to persons suffering
from Insomnia. Ho hold forth for some tltno
hi bis. dreary fashion , his follow peers slum
bering peacefully , , except Lord Uoseberry ,
who has a plan ot his own for reforming the
house of lords , and who who was porhaiw
curious to see 'Lord. ' Campbell make
a raos ' * vqf n small branch of the sub-
J ct. On the benches sue rod to the bishops
was the primate of all England alone in hlH
glory. His Grate Of Canterbury Is. . very reg
ular in his attendance , pending the time
when Duriraycn or Jlosoberry will abolish
him aud bo the entire episcopal body. Tlio
lord chancellor , on too woolsack , tried to
make a show'of listening to Campbell's bag-
pi po llko a drone , but It was ovldontly hard
work. At last It ended and the goVernment -
ornmont , coute'd _ the revolutionary pro
posal. Lord Kimberly , on the part of the
opposition w s equally * firm in rejecting It.
Rostibcrry cynically looked on at the dinner
hour , the firebrand Campbell withdrew his
resolution , Lork Salisbury censed studying :
the window , the lord chancellor leisurely rose
and walked off , and the other noble lords
sauntered slowly out , for the fatigues of the
high' and mighty branch of the legislature
were over and tlio constitution was saved.
In the commons the military men had a
grand Held ; night , ' oho after another , proving
that England is u'ndofea ( d and that nothing
can save nor but more .men1 and above ll
more mono v. Tile house was loft entirely to
tnem , scarcely any Gladstonians being prcs-
out. Tholr , venerable chief Iox > ke4 la ; for. a
few minute * ' but sooagot .horribly iboMxl
and jBdlclou&ly went . . . hone. Net '
dozen ParaolUtoa' were , to . t icon
but among them was the gculal Joseph 'Cox
frcsli from the Irish prison , , cheery' nna
bcarty as over. Halfpur scarcely coiulo *
ncondcd to nppenr. flosenen was busy over
his budget Uio chief feature of which Is to bo
the cdnverAlon of n per cent consols' Into 2t ,
l > cr.cents. This reduction of Itjtorest.wlH bo
n heavy blow to pcoplo with lltnhfd Incomes
nnd I anticipate u great oiltcry and perhaps
Htubuorn resistance. '
Whlla the treasury bench wan doting Lord
Charles Bercsford ros.o and delivered n rat
tling speech denouncing the present system
ixt the war ofllco and admiralty nnd paurlng
lit , n rattling flro of shot and shell at the Inml
lubbers who bungle our affairs. Ho struck
out right and left and sot everybody
laughing except the ministers and declared
the public wore kept In Ignorance nud n sea
of blue dust , In which laiilcntnblo state ho
loft them. No cruiser In a sort of fancied
security over raised greater consternation ,
Charley dashed on under full head of steam
nnd capslied half the government craft
around him , but nil of a sudden ho pulled tip
short and W. II. Smith announced thu gov
ernment could not consent to the royal com
mission , which was demanded.
Then rose Lord Kandolph and further dis
concerted Uio ministers by moving the ad
journment of the debate until Thursday.
That means moro mischief , for the ministry
must either offend many of Its followers by
finally refusing the commission or yield nnd
acknowledge Itself wrong. Lord Randolph
will resume the dcbato and somebody or
other is pretty sure to get a roast
ing. The government is in a fix
nnd unless the naval nnd military
men back down the government must cat a
dlih of humble pie to which Charley Bercs
ford has Imparted a line llavor of the sen.
The requisite cayenne pepper will bo liberally
sprinkled over it by Lord Kandolph. Horu ,
then , Is a now turn of affairs which will keep
everybody agog till Thursday.
AMEMnCH Orl'ARUAMEHT.
Dunk HI air's Indian Wife.
Denver Correspondence Chicago
News : Dunk Blair , a big Scotchman ,
who , with hiHhquuw und half-breed ttons ,
lives midway between Meeker aud the
Utah line , on the White river , at a
point where it presents its most sinuous
topography , ia noted all over the White
river country us a man who.se word is an
good as his bond. Ho has been in the
heurt of the Kockics for thirty years ,
and , having a squaw wife , who is u cou
sin of Chcpta , the widow of old Ouray ,
in hand nnd glovu with the Indiana , par
ticularly Colorow's outfit of renegade
Utes. During the disturbance Inst year
ho wus held under arrest , nnd was used
as a decoy to entrap the Indians. Tlio
correspondent vltutod Dunk at his ranch ,
at the base of a big mesa , and , although
he rejected my proposition to load mo to
Colorow for newspaper purposes , ho told
mo , when I had opened my satnplo case ,
what I have stamped the chef d'oouvro
of western fairy stories. "Sco that
big black hog-bock that runs to the
mesa , " ho said , in developing his ro
mance. "Well , from here it looks ns If
there was not a break in it. But there
Is , and n hip ono , nt least a hip nroya ,
probably twenty feet deep. Them's
where I tfot my wife or squaw in the
winter of 1809. Lot's BOO , that's nearly
twenty years ago. Johnny , that's my
bon , he's eighteen now. I was hunting
up on the range with my brother , who
runs a store at Rock Crook , Wyo.Vo
started out from my place clown the
river a few miles to hunt elk and bear.
One day a big term comes up and we
discover tracks of Indians. They wore
not friendly then , and you bet wo kept
out of their way. Night was coming on
and wo had struck that hog-back with
out starting any deer , and were about
to come down to low ground for the
night , when I saw a dozen oik eating
the sago bush a hundred or two yards
away nnd sinrtcd after them. I struck
the uroyn , which wn = < between mo and
the deer , nnd was about going to the
place , whore it was not very deep , when
I saw just before , mo , in the bottom , a
horse , lying on the prostrate
bodv of a squaw. Springing to the bottom
of tlio hole , I walked up to her , with my
gun ready for use , to see wlmt was the
matter. I goes up to hoi' , and pulling
round my can , souses her with water.
She catno round all right , and I found
she had been badly hurt by her horse
falling on hor. Slio told me , in Span
ish , that her horse had gone of thoaroyo
and fallen on her. Ilor pcoplo , with
whom fcho was traveling , believed that
she was deadund lofb her there. Well ,
the squaw was young and good-looking1 ,
and I took her with me. She's making
the oofleo for you now , and though her
skill's not while , and she's wearing out ,
I'll stick to her OH.loug ut I llvo. She's
bcou worth moro to mo than most wives
nro to their husband * . "
The point that Dunk describes is ono
of the most desolate in the Hooky moun
tains , and in 1800 the nearest settlement
was Denver , over four hundred miles
away. Blair , Bill Baker und a few of
the pioneers wore the only white men
in the mountains for hundreds of miles.
Blair is now n rich man , or , at least ,
has a good rmich.und thousand of head
of cattle. His nearest neighbors are at
Raugoloy , six mflqs from which the en
gagement between the Colorado state
troops and Utes occurred last summer.
How InnihoCome.
The Epoch : lfJumbo" had never boon
out of the garden since the day ho en
tered it , twenty yenra before. When
my agents attempted to got him out ho
would not stir ; lie saoincd to know in
stinctively that something extraordinary
was ( foing to happen. My agent cabled
mo : " .Tumbo is lying in the garden and
will not stir. What shall wo do ? " I
replied , "Let him lie there as long as
ho wants to. " All this.it will bo ob
served , kept up public interest.
Thou wo built a cage on wheels and ,
Bunk the wheels into the ground , leav
ing both ends of the cage open. It wa
many days before ho could bo indutied
to walk through. Wo lot him got UBOC !
to going thrdugh for sovonil days nud
finally shuthim in. It took a score of
horses to pull the cage out of the earth ,
after we hail dug around the wheels ,
and wo dragged the cage down to the
wharf. There .Tumbo mot a whole
crowd of his admirers , including such
fashionable people as Ludy Burdott-
Coutts , who brought , him cakes and
dainties. One enthusiast testified his
affection by Bonding omo champagne
and oysters. On the vessel Wo had to
cut away a part of tbo. deck alx > vo his
lodgings to make hfs apartments large
enough. The original cpst of Jurnbo
wasSlO.OOe , his final cost was 930,000.
Ho pnid for himself the first ton days
after his arrival.
Ho 1)1(1 Not Kind Out.
Philadelphia News : "Soveral years
ago , " said a railroad man , "when I was
running on the Memphis & Charleston
road , wo hod a superintendent wlio
hadn't the slightest practical knowledge
of railroading. Ono day ho telegraphed
to Huntsvlllo , Aln. , for ar { crfglno. The
engineer was about to comply wlth-tlui
order when thu discovery was made
that thor 'spider , ' a vital part of the ma
chinery , was broken. The engineer
telegraphed to the superintendent * .
" 'Can't ' ' tnk'o out engine ; spider
broken' . ' .
MTho superintendent telegraphed
back : ' .
. . " 'What is a spider ? '
' "And the engineer rosporfded : ,
"IA spldet-Va spider ; , that's.nil I
; know. ' ; ' . .
. "Th'o engineer didn't prpposo to teach
1 ' business. "
tbo supo'riateudout'liU
. t
THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS ,
Oorn.By For the -Most Aotlvo bur- .
1 Ing' YoBtprdny's
ONLY MODERATE DEALS IN WHEAT
A Good Business Transacted In OaU- *
Tlio Itcarn Make Homo IniproH *
slon on Provisions Llttlo
Change In Cattle. *
CIIICAOO rnonucE BIARKCT.
CIUCAOO , March 5. [ Special Telegram to
the UKK.I Of the Rrnln markets corn win
by far the most active to day nnd In fact the
excitement there drew so many nwny from
the wheat pit that nt times them was only n
handful of wheat traders altogether. The
first advance In corn helped wheat n little ,
but It wns not until the lust few minutes ot
the session that tlio buying fever spread
enough to include the Wheat pit. Ono ad
vance of nearly J-Jo In corn did not move
Wheat n sixteenth. The visible supply state
ment showey a decrease In wheat of 047,660
bushels , but it wns without effect on the mar
ket ns It was very nearly what wus expected.
Trade was only moderate In volume nnd early
Iu the session the market wus rather weak ,
duo ns much ns anything to a lack of specu
lation. May whont opened nt 80& ( 80 } cand
after selling nt SQ c straight , fell to BOtf ®
80Vc , advanced tobOXcnml fell to80)/80 o
n second tlmo , then improved to 80 ( g60Yc ,
nnd held nt bO c for a lonp time , but Just
before the close advanced to 81c ,
which wns the price at the 1 o'clock adjourn
ment. Juno wheat opened at 80 ; e , nnd at
the lowest iKJlnt 80 c wus asked. The high
est point nnd 1 o'clock close wns at 81Jd'o
nilicd.
The corn market showed the same sort of
temper us Friday last , but moro of It. The extreme -
tremo ran o of < luctuatlons was lVc , and the
close wus almost ut thu highest price of tha
day. The local receipts wore 417 curs , when
but 250 cars had been expected. This was
enough to make n rather weak feeling nbout
the opening , but it was short-lived. Not ono
of the curs arrived graded No. U , ntul moro
than that , two hundred uud twenty-flvo cars
of the reuelpts were "through shipments , "
leaving only u tnodorato amount to rome to
this market. This state of things dlscour-
ugcd the bears. When the shorts attempted
to cover they found very llttlo corn for sale.
Moreover , some of the foreign houses
were wanting corn und there
was good buying by commission houses.
Hutchlnson was buying corn nnd thcro
were enough frightened shorts to send
the price up sharply. May com opened nt
r > 2 c , sold cnrly nt fi3Uandri3 cand then ad
vanced with scarcely a halt to D'KftMc ! ( ,
later advancing to 5M'fc , then foil back to
53o , and on the next upturn touched C3 c ,
closing ut 1 o'clock at UVtgfin c. June corn
opened nt 5lJ < ( ifc52o. sold down oaHy to Sljfc.
advanced to and closed at 1 o'clock at oS@
There wns quite active spcculntivo trading
In oats nnd the market was strong and higher.
Muv oats opened nt ! llc , sold early nt Si } { @
31Xc , then advuncod in HJ mputhy with corn
to 32 > 4'o and closed there nt I o'clock. Juno
oats opened at 31 < fc , sold up to WMa and
closed with that price bid nt 1 o'clock. July
oats sold at H0 > and August at 23c.
In provisions the week opened with the old
bear clement inclined to give moro attention
to the market. Initial sales were made , at
Sntui day's closing prices to n shade easier ,
but before trading showed much life n de
pression wus forced by excessive offerings.
Under the lead of pork , which wus selected
by the bears to fool their prowess , the mar
ket suffered a weakening tendency and ruled
lower. Pork sold oT ) 17 > e from the Opening
prices and short ribs fie. Lard ivns over
looked practically in the boar ruld. As the
day advanced pork nnd short ribs recovered
from the break , and ruled strong ) At 1
o'clock short ribs and lard stood ut Satur
day's final prices to 2Ko higher , whllo pork
showed n decline of only fie ,
AiVTsnsooK SESSION Wheat opened ntSIo
for May. sold to Sltfc and foil to BOjfo , clori.
ing at S0 c. Corn opened at ffiWo for. May ,
sold to KMe nnd fell to BDJfe. doSlnjj at BKV
< 353Kc. Oats lower ; May Sijf@32c . , .
I'orkVcllnod 2J < e < ; May closed ut fl3.S7 > f ,
Juno'913.r , March * ! 3.72f Lard quiet ;
closed nt $7.G2 : > . for March , * 7 < 70 for Juno ,
Short ribs were 2kc lower ; March closed at
97.10 , May $7.22 , Juno I7.UO.
" "
CHICAGO
CHICAGO , March f > . [ Special TelOfrrora to
the DEB , ] CATTI.S Some fow'prlmo stoprs
lit the opening sold n shudu higher than Fri
day , but the bulk of good and usnful stock
showed no particular change us compared
with Friday , most of the salesmen quoting
values about the same us last Monday. There
wus a fair demand for big .steers. There
were no Tcxnns nnd prime native butcher'a '
stock wns not over plentiful. Common nnd
cunning cows unchungod. Bulls were In
fair demand , tbo best making us ctrong as
last week. Fancy , $5.10@5..r > U ; steers , 1850
to ir > 00 Ibs , M.r..V ; r > .00 ; 1200 to 1)50 ! ) ll > 9 , t-i.UO ®
ft.MI ; ftiO U ) 1200 Ibs , $ .t.5 < ) ( ( $4.00 ; stookors and
feeders , $ J.KX&li.45 ; cowi ) bulls and mixed ,
* l.SO@i.30 : ; bulk , fcj.40@265 ; corn f d Texas
stcors , t3.00iy3l.fll ) .
HOGS Business was active , with n slight
up tui n. Kent nnd other snippers bought
prime heavy nt V Af.'t.M , Ono load of fancy
sold at tr . > X. Light butcher weights ( se
lected ) t-old ut * r > 3 ! > ( rt5.4.'i , to iivorngo W.itfiQ
2.M ) . Most of good mixed sold ut f.'UMWHO' ,
and light mixed ut 5.15.vr . Light , as
sorted and trimmed up to average ICO to 170
Ibs , made (5,20@5.25 , nnd light averages
$ S.10@ft.l5.
LIVE HTOCK.
Chicago , March C. The Drovers' Journal
rei > ortnus follows :
Cattle Kooeipts 8,000 ; market strong ;
fancy. tf.lOgrt ( 50 ; steers , fl.SO R.OOjstockerH
und feeders , $3.10@t,4& : ; cows , bulls and
mixed , fl.WOian.iW ; Texas steers , $3.00 < < jl.OO.
Hogs Hccclpts , 13,000 ; market strong nud
Kchlghor ; mixed , T .10@5.or ; heavy , fJ > .20@
K.57 } , ' ; light , t..ir > ( < U0 ! ; skips , 93.rjOrg4.Q3.
Sheep Receipts , 3,000 ; market strong nnd
lOchirfhor : natives , KI.7.rK4. > 50 : westerns ,
; Texans , . : i50j. ( ! 500 j iambs , $5.00
Notional -Block Yard * , Kant St.
oiilH , 'March 5. Cattle HoeeipU , 2,000 ;
shipment * , 1,300 ; market active and higher ;
choice heavy native steerst.rjO5.40 ; fair
to ffood natlvo steers , $3.00r > $4 fiO ; butchers'
steers , medium to good , H.10@-l.20 : ttoek.
era and feeders , , fair to good , KUOQS.SU ;
rangers , ordinary to good , ia.lS S.BO.
Hogs ItecelpU , : i,400 ; Iilpmont , 3,300 ;
market active and stronger ; choice h avy
nnd butchers' selections , 5.83 < itfi.45 ; pack.
ing , medium to prime , fi.lo@rr.40 ; light
grades , fair to best , J.OO@5.I5.
Kansas City , March 5. CatUtf-Ileceltrts ,
l.fjOO ; shipments 400 ; market strong , active ,
firm and 5@10o higher for good of all dames ;
good to oholco corn-fed , H.EOCciS.OO : mo
dlum , I3.30&4.25 ; stackers , fc.25 ! 2.90 ;
feeding stoorsi > " .00@i.GO : ; cows , $ l.BOa ( 60.
Hogs Receipts , 4,000 ; shipments , 54.0 ;
market opened strong closing weak } common
to choice , $1.70(25.30 ( ; skips and pigt , 13.00 ©
4.00.
NKW YOHK , March 5. fSpeviul Telegram
to the lJEE. ] S7ochS Trading on the stock
exchange was quite lively this morning.
Holders appeared considerably excited over
the situation In Chicago , nnd free selling
commenced as soon as busincs * opened , jtxm-
don sold considerable Reading And Loulsvlllo
& Nashville : The fooling In the former tock
was decidedly weak with heavy transaction * .
The decline extended to Lackawanna also
und during the first hour the whofo Hnd was
considerably demoralized. In the affcoraoon
, hour covering by shorts caused a rally ,
though the recovery wa * not Important. There
was not a doubt but n good deal of liquidation
; has beeu going on all day aud It Is u question
even if the labor trouble * .were MUled >
1 wueVhernnylmprovomentrathomarketwoiild ,
bo anythfdsr , but tomporar'There' to of- , '
'course qulto a forgo" short lnt ro t In the MV-
era ) prbpertlos , but the bear , do not frighten
easily and , the-more prominent one * would.
, probably HU witb'doUghfa jjood re eU roa