Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 20, 1888, Image 1
MMf - . JTHE DAILY B 5EYENTJSENTH YEAR OMAHA , FEIDAY. MOVING , APHIL 20 , 1888. NUMBER ! 307. DEBATE WAXED RATHER HOT But It Finally Ended By Passing the Dakota Bill. PHELPS IS STRONGLY OPPOSED. JUddlnlicrgcr Proposes to Turn the Senate Uptldo Down The Hivcr and Harbor Kill Committee "Warned Mall Contract ) ) . IjongFtcnnto Debate Ended. WASHINGTON Btmiuu run OMAHA. HUB , ) 518 FoUKTIIRNTIlSTlinr.T , , > WASIIINOTO.V. D. C. . April 10. t Proceedings In HITS senate took a very in > tcrcstlng turti this afternoon when the de- bruo upon the Dakota statehood bill was re sumed. There was for n whllo the continua tion of the sharp words which wcro bandied on yesterday by Senators Vest nnd Sherman , on the elections in the south In 1STC , after which Senator Plumb , who was speaking , directed his remarks to what ho declared was the real objection of the democrats to admitting Dakota to the union of states. Ho Batd that the senator from Missouri ( Mr. Vest ) was In fact opjwscd to Dakota coming into the union because hnr percentage of guns , pistols and dirks was less , and her per centage of agricultural Implements so much larger than that of Missouri. "Dakota , " ho said , "had far greater agricultural interests und Implements , nnd her pcoplo made better use of them , than Missouri , Mississippi or nny other state with representatives hero op posing the division nnd admission of the ter ritory. " Senator Allison followed Mr. Plumb , nnd delivered ono of the most characteristic speeches ho Is capable of uttering. Ho grow very earnest nnd eloquent nnd stirred up the democratic side In n very lively mnnnor. Ho favored statehood for both south and north Dakota , nnd said ho was ready to support bills giving absolute statehood to Montana , Washington and other democratic territories , provldinK Dakota in being admitted to state hood was divided. He said that the demo crats , Is pressing nn enabling net for Dakota ns a whole , did not Intend that the territory should be given statehood at all , nnd that the icason ot this was because she was republi can. Mr. Allison alluded to" the reference of Mr. Butler , who charged Hugh J. Campbell of Dakota with revolutionary utterances in connection with the demand for statehood. Ho said that If the senator from South Car olina would take into consideration the geographical graphical point from which Mr. Campbell emigrated to Dakota he would not bo sur prised at Campbell's impetuousity when delay In granting Dakota statehood was under his consideration. Mr. Cumpb'cil , It will bo remembered , is a southerner and former neighbor of Senutor Butler , who is very well acquainted with his infinmmntory nnturo. Senator Butler was very bitter in his reply to tlio speeches of Messrs. Plumb nnd Allison sonHo ridiculed the proposition that there was such an entity ns the stnto of South Da kota , nnd wanted to know by what authority the two so-called senators from the state ol South Dakota demanded scats on the floor ol the senate. " Who signed their credentials ! " lie enquired with n sneer , und then added. "They must have been Burned by a blizzard nnd countersigned by a snow bank. " The bill was passed by n vote of 20 to 23 on strict party lines. 1'IIUI.l'S' AI'I'OINTMr.XT IICM t'l' . Very strong pressure last niulit nnd cnrly this morning , was brought to bear nn the president against the appointment of Minis ter E. J. Phelps of Vermont to the chief Jus ticeship. As stated by a BII : : special last night , the president expected to send the nomination of Phcips to the senate to-day , but the objections to him wore so formidable that he consented to hold the matter in nbey- nnco till next week. Among these who called cm ly tills morning to protest against the appointment of Phelps was Gco. II. Bates , ono of the most influential citircns of Wil mington , Del. , who has been urging the appointment of Senator Gray. Mr. Bates pointed out the availability of Senator Gray und the uiiadvisabillty of appointing Phelps , Ho protested against the power Senator Kdmunds Is wielding by virtue of being chairman of the committee on Judiciary in the selection of Judicial ofilcers under this ndmlnlstration , nnd said that Phclp-i was the candidate of Edmunds , Ho called the atten tion of the president to the fact that Senator Gray is endorsed by nearly nil of the demo cratic senators and many prominent eitl/ens on the outside. Tlioro were protestw against Phoips' appointment. It is held that lie 1ms engendered the hostility of the Irish-Amer icans by taking up alt the issues of England Against Ireland , adopting , since his ministry nt London , the customs of English aristo cracy and snobbery. There was also nn olnboratlonof the point that Phelps will arrive nt the ago of retirement before ho has moro than thoroughly accustomed himself to his Judicial duties. Thu friends of Senator Gray uro Jubilant to-night over having held up the 'appointment of Phcips , nnd bclluvo thnt their man will secure the place. 'I hose who nuo seeking the appointment of Mr , Phelps , however , am confident that ho will bu nomi nated next week. ItlDpI.I'.linitOKlt THIUCVTnXS VEXOKlVCi : . Senator Rlddleberger declared this after noon that ho did not propose to bo outwitted , oroutvotcd , or sat down upon'by , the repub lican senators who were fighting his proposi tion to contidor the fisheries trcnty in open session. Ho declared that Senator Edmunds wiis domineering over everybody in the sen ate , and' wan dictating thu action of the whom body. Senator Riddleborger threatens to introduce n resolution propoUng to reor- irnnl70 the senate , to elect now onicers , in cluding a president pro tern. , mid to make II necessary for Mr. Iiigall to vote for lilmsell | n order to retain the position ho now occu pies , llo ways that the republicans i\s u body uro afraid to discuss the fisheries question In open session because the admin istration wants it done , nnd because Secre tary Bayard believes if It is discussed openli it will show greater strength than appears upon Its face. Ho declares that the subject of star chamber or scerot , sessions and the iniquities that grow out of them shall not die ' \vhllo ho Is In the semite ; that ho proposes to continue Ills warfare for open sessions foi the consideration of executive business , um is very vigorous In denouncing thu pcoplo who uro striving to maintain this dark ago practlco , Senutor Rlddloborcer has on his \\lirpnlntaiulltlooksas though ho would muku things lively yet. am : iuviu : AND luitmm im.i. IK jr.orAunv Members of the house committee on rivers nnd harbors were n good deal agitated to-dnj over tlio prospects of the failure of their bill , The heavy vote by which the motion made to suspend the rules and put the bill on its passage failed on Monday hist makes the outlook for the river und harbor bill veri discouraging , nnd every kind of propositloi to trade measures and give strength to thU bill is on foot. Mr , Bayne , of Pittsburpwho is onuot the members of tlio committee , says that it looks us though the river and harbor bill would not bo acted upon in the house early enough nt this session to permit the scnuto to puss upon it , nnd that the mjury to the country which the failure of the bil would bring about could not bo estimated Tha anxiety o ( the committee to gel uctioi up n the river and harbor bill is likely to fcrco some kind of u turn in the situatloi wlihln the next two or three weeks. The commUtoo Is willing to take n good many risks nnd would rather sco the bill full by i d'TTt vote than dlo on tlio calendar withou \uy uctton whatever. IOWA MAIL CONTHACTS , Contracts for carrying mail on btnr routes i Iowa for the year ending JuiioiiO , lbS9 tnvo becu-nwarded at the posloiHcc' dopai t iicntns follows : . ' iVotn Elk Alder to 'Osborno , . two a day . leorge Hulbort $310 ; from Bethlehem to ylmriton , ono n day , J. H. Davis 5451 ; from nwood to Upland , twice a week. W. H. Smith , * 58 : from Nevada to Maxwell , three Imes a week , .lacob A. Full $178 ; from Unl- erslty Place to DCS Molncs , twlco a day , W. H. Smith ? 153 ; from Forostvlllo to Dim- Ice , once n day , John L. Jones f')5 ) ; from Vymnn to Red Oak. twice a week , W H. Smith gift ) ; from Tania to Toledo , once n lay , E-lwnrd Parker $ ! : ; from Dunlap to Soldier , tlirco times n week , W. H. Smith * 21ft ; from Wales to Henderson , twlco a vcck , W. H. Smith $83 ; from Movillo to 'ierro , thrro times a week. N. P. Cnift-tar 7 ; from Movillo to Sioux City , once a day. N. T. Craft , $ ; from Wnuconia to Richfield , thrco times a weed , W. N. Smith , $147 ; from Jericho to Lnwlcr , twice n week , C. M. Landow , $09 ; 'rom Newklrk to Orange City , twice n week , W. H. Smith , $78 ; from Aukenny to Cnm- jridgo , three times n week , W. H. Smith , M08 ; from Conipctlno to Hcndrick , thrco , lme n week , Edward Parker , $141 ; from Greenfield to Mncknburg , thrco times a week , H. A. Pease , $342. . Senator Paddock has been notified of the allowance of pensions for James Marsh of IMuo Srliifs , nnd Bartholomew Wcnting of [ Mum Creak , in both of which cases the sena tor has been Interesting himself for some tlmo. The secretary of war. In a communication to the scnuto to-day , says that Itappears Trom reports of the engineer ofllccrs that thcro Is no obstruction to the navigation of the Missouri river in the vicinity of Sioux City , but that it will require un expenditure of $ ,3IO,4V ) , of which $10r , , 00 can bo profitably spent during thu next fiscal year to protect the low lands along there from erosion. There Is said to bo valuable railroad and manufacturing property on this low land. PniiHT S. HUATII. The American Shipping Interest. WASIIIXOTOX , April 10.- [ Special Telegram to the Bii : . ] There is no hope that this con grcss will take action upon measures In tended to improve the American shipping In terests. Early In the session several bills were introduced proposing a bounty to that class of ships which should compete with these of foreign countries ; the admission , free of duty , materials to bo used in the con struction of ships to ply between this coun try and others ; permission to purchase in the yards of England and elsewhere ships to bo employed in the trafllc between the United States and foreign countries , und owned by citizens of this country ; subsidies or in creased pay for Amprlcan ships currying United States mail. There wcro other meas- urea introduced intended to elevate the American shipping interests. Some of them looked towards n " moro complete reciprocity in the matter ol tonaco dues between this and othei countries. All of t hcse , excepting one , the Dunn free ship bill , huvo received adverse action , or will get no action whatever from the committees. The Dunn free ship bill is on the house calendar , accompanied by two reports , the majority advocating and thu min ority opposinra it with such vehemence as to insure Its defeat. Nearly all of tlio American mails carried to foreign countries nro taken on shins bc- ' longing'to forelgnnrs , and the same is true of our oxK > rts of every manufacture und pro ducts in general. Slnco the senate Vius ' omo Into the hands of thu republicans it has a mi in Dor of times passed bills looking towards the improvement of the American shipping interest , but unfortunately , the house was controlled by democrats , nnd it has steadilj refused to take any action. When the house was ih the control of the republicans , six or seven years ago , thnt bodj passed bills to assist Americans In establishing a foreign trade by water ; but , the senate al thut time , was in the hands of the democrats , and it refused to take action upon the house bills of tliis churucter. The i opublicuns nre on record in favor of any kind of legislation , that may bu reasonable , to establish lines ol ships owned by Americans , to conduct trade with every nation on earth. The republicans nro in favor of ( 'ranting subsidies to Ameri can steamship lines for the purpose of curry ing domestic mails and ox-ports. It is not likely that thcro will bo anything done to this end till the republicans got control of both houses.and . have the president. As Instanced , thu Dunn fiee ship bill , the democrats uro very ready to pass bills permitting the 'ntro- ' duetion of foreign built ships for the transac tion of the Amci it-mi trnflle , which wil amount to little less than congress endorsing foreign steamship companies , because if nou lines of steamships were built by virtue ol the free ship law they would bo controlled b > foreigners. _ Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. WAS < IIIXOTOX , April 19. [ Special Telegram to the Bni : . ] The following pensions , wcro granted Nebraskans to-day : Original invalid valid- Benjamin F. Olcott , McCook ; Jere miah Tawney , Nautnmet ; Charles A , Col lins , Glonalpin. Increase Joseph Mackfti , Kearney ; Thomas H. Sclby , Stratum : Win P. Sowders , Tecumscli. Reissue Win. II Reumo , Johnson ; . Original , widows , etc. Thomas , father of Jnmes B. Brown , Stuart Pensions for lownns : Original invulid Samuel Blackburn , Tabor ; Aaron Biggins Viola Centre ; Win. O. Mackin , Kcbkuk Park R. Smith , Bedford ; Cyrus McKay Decorah ; Dennis Teaford , Hamburg ; James H , Crclghton , Indlnnola. Increase Henri R. Campbell , Waterloo ; George C. Dovvuo'r Baldwin. _ Ho DeclincH. WASHINGTON , April 19. [ Special Tele gram to the BCE. ] "I see it is stated , " sail Senator Culloni , ' 'That I wanted to go to the national convention as ono of the delegates at-lnrge ; from Illinois. That is n mistake. I do not dcslro to go to the Chicago conventloi us n delegate nnd do not expect to go in that capacity. If I go at nil , I would not want to bo a delegate oven If I was not talked about as n candidate for the presidential nomination 1 have always felt that , while honored 1 > \ my party with high ofliclal position , I ought not to take a prominent pail In tlio convcn lions of tlio party unless there were some buch bpecinl reasons why I should do so. " Two National I'onituntiarlofl. WASHINGTON , April 19. The house Ju dlciary poimnittco has rcpoited a bill provid ing for the construction of two United States penitentiaries , ono to bu north und the othoi south of thu thirty-ninth degreu north lull tudo ; to bo used for the confinement n : United States convicts sentenced toimi/rison incut for moro than ono year , and the cost o : each building not to exceed j5CO,000. Postal Changes. WASIUXOTOX , April 10. [ Special Telegram to the Bia.l A post oHlco was cstnVlishei to-day nt Ulster , Floyd county , Iowa , Charter A. Strong , postmaster. The following Iowa postmustcitt wcro appointed to-days Henrj Gill. Fillmore , Dubumio county.-vlcoMIchao J. Gordon , resigned ; Gertrude Grosjcun Valley Viuw , Harrlfon county , vice Ida A Jeffore , resigned. . AVcavcr'H Patent Bill. WASHINGTON. April 10. The commlttcp on patents has reported favorably the bill intiii duccd by Mr. Weaver amending the patent .laws , its provisions have been published , To Heport Favorably , WASHINGTON , April 19. The nouso com mlttco on Judiciary has decided to repot- favorably on the copyright bill , Introduced in the house by Brcckenridgc. Wcntlicr Imtlcatlom ) . WASHINGTON , April 10. For Nobraska- Wariner fair weather , fresh to brlbk south easterly winds. Forlown Wnuuer fair weather , light to fresh winds , becoming southeasterly , A Shaking Up , ST PADL'S-BAY , Quebep , April J9.-A vcrj strong cartuqualro bhock which lasted nearly thrco minutes was fuUncio about 10 this ENGLAND'S ' POET LAID TO REST Sorrowful Services at the Burial of Matthew Arnold. A GREAT LOSS TO LITERATURE. Men of letters mill Artists Pay the last. Tribute of llcspcctto a Man They Atlmlretl A Fellow Poet'H Tribute. IJurlal of Matthew Arnold. ICnpi/r/cht / ISSS tin Jnmo Oontoii HennetM LAN DUN , April 15. [ New York Herald Cabin Special to the Ben , ] ! have Just re turned from the burial of Mntthuw Arnold. lls ( remains repose beside those of his three children In the picturesque yard of the little old Nornmn church of the hamlet of Lalo- hum near Richmond and Windsor , imd within a short walk of the meadow of Runny- mcdo and Mngna Charta Island. The services wore worthy of a memorable life and death , for in them participated Dean Uradloy and Arch Deacon Parrar. Around the coflin grouped the widow , son , daughters , sister and brother. Near them stood the mourn ers not of kin , representing every profession and every calling in art , sclonco and litera ture. Among these were Robert Browning , whoso poem , "Tho Soul's Errand , " doubtless recurred to many bystanders ; also , Sir Ed win Arnold , who yesterday published du ode of sorrow , and Lord Chief Justice Coleridge , bearing a wreath. It was raining heavily , but n venerable spreading yow protected the clergy and the groups. Wreaths came from ordera , societies , schools and friends in'cvery variety of spring How- qrs , and from Lord Tennyson and Sir John Milllus , whom illness kept absent. Dean Bradley almost burst into weeping as he fairly sobbed forth "Dust U ) Dust. " Perhaps never before was there a more sad burial after a sad death. Many wore there to mourn the intellect of the departed , but more to mourn his absolute perfection and culture , but what was lar better , moro to mourn the loss of the mm. As the distin guished concourss retired Dean Brad ley was hoard to regret that "Mat could neb have been buried with his family's consent in the Abbey , " and he added , "in all my fifty years of friend ship with him I never know him , amid all Uis powers , buntci ; or quarrel with any one. " D Later in the afternoon I asked Robert Browning for a few views regarding Matthew Arnold , but ho pleaded grief and fatigue as excuses. So did Sir Edward Arnold , who referred to his yesterday's editorial In the Daily Telegraph on the dead poet and his verses. Mr. Algernon Swinburne was un willing to bo interviewed subsequently nt his house on Putney Hill , but Lewis Morcrs , whoso recent o-lo on his silver wedding was cited in a cable dispatch to the Her ald , and who is the author of "Songs of Two Worlds , " and "Epic of Hades , " talked freely. "I remember how exactly thirty years ago wo occupied at Oxford the same rostrum in the theater , ho as a professor and I as a batchclor of arts who had obtained the chancellor's pri/o for an essay on the "Greatness of the Decline of Venice. " Of his poetry I only desire to say it seems to show almost absolute perfection and culture , but what is far better and moro necessary , it shows that , sympathy with the moods and feelings of mankind without which no poetry can really have force. His poems on his friend Arthur dough , as I agree , with Mr. Lowell , constitutes one of the greatest political forces of the country. Many of the rcllco- tivo poems , including the beautiful but per haps often over-praised "Oboriuann , " the exquisite and scholarly "Gipsy , " and the ex traordinary "Mnrsyos , " which reproduces in a few lines , the Crook feeling of which no amount of labored archaisms and pscudo Greek grammatical constructions will give any notion , and indeed the wiiolo of his works scorn to bo genuine works of the hmhtost attributes of po etic excellence. I have treated and I hope not without success , the same lo- gcnd of MuMyns , but 1 must honestly con fess that If 1 am asked , with all an author's predilections , which I prefer , I must say that I think from hi.s point of treatment Mr. Ar nold's "Marsyas" w.is superior to my own , and perhaps moro ambitious and in a , moro elaborate sotting. lfl cannot altogether sympathize with those who regret that Mr. Arnold should have de voted of late years moro thno to prose than to poetry. His inspirutlDn. was never of a very strong order never 'in fact so strong ns to compel htm to write and to mv mind it seems a greater Horvico to literature to hava written that exquis itely delicate prose btylo which no one could rival than to have written verses equally delicate and roflncd. His prose may bo a little wanting in force and in flro. To contrast his masterly efforts in crit icism with that of the poor journeymen who , on the other side of the Atlantic I suppose , and certainly \ England , ' make the high ( unction of criticism t' > a great extent n matter of Jealousy or party spirit or spite , is to make us conscious of thu full loss which wo have all sustained. " ' A great Judicial intellect , " concluded Mr. Morris , musingly , "and a pool is lost to us In Matthew Arnold , and these of us who writa now have for the present at tiny rate to meet the dlfllculty which always attaches to the task of instructing and bringingoursolroxidown to the level of our masters. Indeed , more truly of Matthew Arnold than of any living writer could it bo said that 'the style was thu man.1 ANXIOUS BluI/TITUnKS. Germany' * ) Sick Kmpnrov Falls to Ap pear at tlio Window. [ Copyrtght tsss In Jmiir * ( } oidon Hennttt.1 BnmiN , April 19. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to the Bnn.l Throngs ol pcoplo clustered in the alternate brilliant sunshine and heavy thunder showers of this April day around the palace , for by the em peror's orders they arc allowed to approach the very railings. The throngs were sad , The emperor did not appear at the window , llo reclined till day In bed In a semi-upright position to aid hi * breathing. To-day the emperor took only very little food , chlelly a kind of beef tea beaten up with egg of the consistency of cream , on Dr. Loydon's recommendation. Ho also drank much milk , Loydon and Senator on | leaving were bosplgcd , for information , Dr. Senator stopped his carriage and saidi "His majesty is a little better to-day but by the doctor's wish will not get up , " an answer which cast u feeble ray of hope over the anxious crowil , for the pathetic words as to prayer addressed by } iim to the chaplain were , upon every Up. Perhaps the strength always needed to resist pyaemia Is dissipated by his attention to state business. Prince UUtnurck did not visit him until dusk. I have scon many physicians who have largo private practices although not to bo called great in their profession. The opinion is universal Among them that whatever the actual complication may be , there is ground Tor the gravest anxiety and fear that the close of this painful C.1SO Js near. Apprehension seems to bo in the air. Said legation ofllclali "I Am reminded of the Washington feeling % ? hcn President Garflcld , in 1831 , was In cxtntnls. , " The announce ments that Queen VictoVia was on her way and the empress' dower had been fixed seemed accepted an prccUrsow , It is oven reported that the foct of tho' patient have begun to swell and postulcs to , nppcar on the neck. Also that the San Homo operation has se verely weakened the means of accurate ex amination of his symjitoms. [ Press. ] Midnight , The emperor's con dition Is somewhat moro favorable. His fever Is lower and blj > respiration easier. The Feeling nt Vienna. [ Cnpvrtoht IBSS hy Jnmcji Gordon JJcmifff.l VIENNA , April 19. [ New York Herald Cable Special to thd BEE. ] The grave con dition of ttio German emperor calls forth on all hands manifestations of sympathy. The emperor and foreign secretary have direct telegraphic reports at.frequent intervals and members of the diplomatic corps send several times dally for the latest Information. The thought and cares of politicians are al ready directed lowords the effect on the Eu ropean situation of what is regarded as the almost inevitable catatttropho nt Chnrlottcn- burg and the conviction is general that events will follow each other very quickly and that moro than one long delay or patched up International difference will bo brought tea a speedy issue from which even Prlnco Bis marck's diplomatic mastery will not bo able to save Europe. ' HOUIjANGEU'S GUKETING. llccelvcH n Itoynl KcccptionEn Route to tlio Chamber. [ Cnpi/rtoM / JSSSbi/Jnmt * Oonloit Hemii-tM PAHIS , April 10. [ New York Herald Cable Special to tHe Br.n. ] Boulangcr had his turn to-day when ho took his seat in the chamber. Seated In adashingopcncarrlagc , drawn by a pair of fiery bays , ho made almost royal progress to the Palais Bourbon. The crowds along the route wcro less dense than ho may have wished them , but his partisans nindo up for the smallncss of the numbers by bellowing themselves fairly hoarse , furies of "Vivo Boulangerl" were often drowned In ilcrcer cries of "A Bas Ferry. " Occasionally n few protesting shouts were raised , but the Boulangcrists wcro in a ma jority. JofTrin's socialists did not keep their promise of making njcountcr demonstration. On my way to the chamber I interviewed JrlTrin. Ho seemed , excited at the rapid spread of the CoaaVian movement. ' 'This cannot go on , " said he. "It is a repetition of what occurred before the empire. " After the vote of , confidence In the cham ber , I snatched an interview with Lockroy , minister of publiciinstruction. "Tho first clict of Paris assured ino the government was quite satisfied with the result of the days debate. " Turning-to n group of friends he added : "Wo havcasolid | majority nt last ; that's all we ask. For , my part I don't want a largo majority. " ' Soon after I had n c&at with Henry Roche- fort , who was walking up and down in the lobby with Do Konle lo and Mayer , Boulang- ist directors of Liinktrne. "Tho government has n majority to-Ony because it toadied to the Ferrists , " said the editor of Intransi- geant , "but its downfall is only delayed. Hud Floquct chosen to fall to-day ho might have come down gracefully. As it is , when he falls he will come down like a cropper. " "How como you royalists to support Botil- nngcri" saia I next , button holing Arthur Meyer , the editor of Gau'ois. ' "We look beyond the moment , " was the ready reply. "This is only a phase of the whole question. The great thing is tp get rid of the republic. To do this it may bo necessary to submit to dictatorship , but even that will help us , for Boulantrer can't possi bly govern without us. The republicans arc dead against him. Ho must finally rely on the conservatives. There will be100 conservatives in the next chamber , and once wo are inside the stronghold we can do what wo like , " From the chamber I followed the hero of the hour to his robins at Hotel du Louvro. Crowds wcro shouting "Vivo Boulangcr ! " Outside the hotel visitors wcro flitting in and out of the great man's presence , paying their respects , and making offers of service. Among them were radicals and Bonapnrtlsts. Comto do Andigno , head of the Cailists branch D'Espagno left , had gone as I en tered. "Are you satisfied with your minority , gen eral ( "said I. ' "I am in the minority , " replied Boulangcr , "but mark my words , It will soon bo n ma jority , Wo have a proverb in Franco which tells us the streams run to the river. Will you oblige me , " added the general , "by giving a flat contradiction to that ridiculous sol disant interviowwhlch ap peared in the Paris National a few days ago I" "You mean tlio 'one in which you were mnito to advocate a presidential dictatorship , the abolition of tlio ministers and the muz zling of parliament I1 ! said 1. "Yes , " replied the general , breaking into English , "There's not n word of truth in ill" "I will say tho.plans attributed to you In no way resemble your programme , " said I , "Do to by all means , " said Houlanger. XutloiinllHfH' Trials. DUIIMN , April lO.r-fSpecinl Cablegram to the BBC. ] At the trial of Mr. O'Brien to day , Healy demanded the case ho adjourned on the ground tliijt tjie defendant had not hadtimo to prepare'for a defense and be cause the Ubnch was prejudiced by an ar ticle In the Dally Express and by a state ment madoby Balfour In the house of com mons. The court > refused to postpone the trial. After several witnesses had been examined the casq was adjourned until Tuesday. r AtEnnis to-day ho sentences of tlirco tradesmen convicted of boycotting , wore , on appeal , increased frbm three to six months' imprisonment. - . Parnoll Buuotloiis tlio Move. LONDON , April 10 , [ Special Cablegram to the Jinn. ] Carow ( ( notionalist ) , with Par- noil's sanction , will introduce In parliament on Wednesday a bill giving county govern ment to Ireland , - Shakespeare. ' * Chair Bold. LONDON , April IP , [ Special Cablegram tote to the DRI : . ] Shakespeare's chair was sold at auction to-day for Jtl'JO. Flight fill Jloiloi Kxplosion. LONDON , Aurfl 10. An ex ; 'osion occurred in St. Helen colliery , Worklngton , last eve ning. Seventeen persons wcro killed and several injured fatally. Ilnrrlboii Indiana's Man. INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , April 10. District con- volitions wcro held throughout the state to day , and delegates wcro Instructed for Harrison risen , and in the Thirteenth district Uio dele gates are personally pledged for hls > support , Grcshuuj did , not secure any ( Further Details of the Shooting Af fray at David City. A FARMER'S SECOND SUICIDE. Slugging Scabs All tlio lingo ntPlatts- mouth Instances of Incompe tents Pouring In General Nebraska Ncwu. The David City Shooting Affair. DAVID CITV , Neb. , April 10. [ Spcdml to the BBK. ] Owing to public nxcHcment , de tails of the McMuhun-WllRon shooting affair could not bo obtained last night. To-day develops that McMahon Is a resident of Columbus , and had been called to Lincoln by the B. & M. company to act as a guardian of their property. The train was sidetracked at this place , about fifty feet from the depot platform. Wilson , In company with Al and Tom Slado , striking engineers , walked close to the engine and were talking about the B , 6 M. and its "scabs. " Wilson was tapping the engine lightly with his walking stick. McMahon ordered him away. WllBori re treated n few steps , when a jitnglo of words ensued. McMnhon then clinched Wilson , pushed him down and shot him. It is the current opinion that both Wilson and McMahon wcro "too fresh" especially McMahon , who was altogether too ready in exercising his official authority. Immediately after the shooting McMahon was placed under arrest. McConlfl telegraphed from Lincoln to John Klosterman , all. & M. grain buyer , to give bonds for MoMuhon , and the company would stand all expense. The train was held hero until n postponement of the trial was secured. Money Is being bet to-day that McMahon will not stand trial but will skip , leaving the bompany to liquid ate the bond. Public sentiment Is strong against McMahon , and wcro ho tried before a David City Jury to-day , ho would bo shown but little mercy. Slugging All the Itngc. PiiATTBMouTii , Nob. , April 10. [ Special to the Bci : . ] "Slugging" has been all the rage for the past few days , and the strikers have been doing most of it. The scabs and the city ixtlico nro receiving moro than their Share of attention , mid several of them carry sere heads. Stephen Buzzell , a city police man , has been acting very oflleious In the minds of some of the strikers , and on thrco different occasions has been hurt badly. Last night ho entered n saloon on lower Main street to arrest a striker , and had scarcely entered the door when the performance of "slugging" him was repeated. The city marshal was in front of the saloon at the time , and in consequence-of his not assisting Buzzell it Is proposed to prosecute him as well as to ask for his dismissal , Seven or eight rioters wcro arrested last niglt ) and moro arc expected to follow. Succeeded This Time. STAXTON , Neb. , April 10. [ Special Tele gram to the BEE.I Farmer Bothman , living six miles southwest of Stanton , committed suicide by hanging. Family and financial trouolcs arc said to bo the cause. Bothman is the man who attempted suicide four years ago , "out of revenge , " by cutting his wrist and letting himself bleed to death. Tlio coroner was summonud.by his wife , claiming ho was killed by a man who worked the place , but on investigation the coroner found he or his wife had done the deed to scare the man who worked the place awny , so as to secure - cure all the crops. They also found that Bothman was not dead and he was Dually brought to life ngnln. The coroner six months after instituted proceedings against Bothman for coroner and Jury fees , and se cured a judgment against Bothman for the amount. Defying the TJ.IW. STIHNO , Neb. , April IS. [ Special to the Bni : . ] Strang was the scene of a mob last night. A party claiming to have a mortgage on a block of drugs in the town took peaceable possession nf the same while tlio druggist was out , yesterday afternoon. About S o'clock p. in. n mob of the citizens broke the back and inside doors down , and took forci ble possession of the premises. The party in ilossession offered no resistance , but , know ing his business , rather reluctantly allowed the mob to push him slowly out nt the front door. There arc various expressions of opin ion concerning the outlook of the thing. The poods wcro to have been sold at public auc tion to-day. The sale will bo apt to have ,1 postponement for other complicated business , . Incomppteney Itiinning Hint. LINCOLN , Nob. , April 19. [ Special Tele gram to the Bin. : ] A gentleman in the city from Columbus states that the condition of travel and traffic on the B. & M lines be tween this city and that point is daily grow ing moro unbcarablo and passenger trains nrefrom two to five hours late daily nt that point and freight , from six to twelve hours , .some days not running nt all. As an exam ple , twelve cars of stock loaded at Milford at noon yesterday did not gut away until 7 o'clock to-day. The trouble on the branch lincss seems to bo the total incompctency of the engineers employed. A Barber Forger. Excrnu , Neb. , AurJl 19. [ Special Tele gram to the Bnn.l Frank Konkrlght , n barber nt Hunkliib , has shipped for parts un known , leaving many to mourn his untimely depaiture , Ho forged the nnmo of his uncle , A , ICclso , a prominent farmer near here , on n promissory note of 75 and discounted It at jlio First national bank of this place. Ho also mortgaged a herd of immnginnry cattle at the Exeter national bank and biicceded in borrowing a number of minor Minis from in dividuals. These , with his unpaid debts , will amount to a considerable amount. It Is reported that ho was accompanied by a fe male from HnnUIns. A Surgeon's Skill. NOHTH Bfi.xn , Neb , , April 18. [ Special to the Hue. ] Dr. A. P. Elwood , of this place , performed quite a scientific and delicate picco of surgery this afternoon by remoVlngagruIn of corn from the bronchial tube of a three- year-old child of a farmer named McDanlcls. When the doctor took charge of his patient , to all appearances , the child was lifeless , its breath haying stopped. Quickly cutting open the child's windpipe , the surgeon soon fc > uc- cccded in withdrawing the kernel and at present there is no doubt but that the child will recover , * Gone to Work on the Elkhorn. FunMOST , Nob. , April IS ) . [ Special to the Ben ] JohnRoche , left hero to-day for Glen- rock , Wyo. , with thrco pile drivers and sixty men for the purpose of putting in the bridges on ttio extension of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road from Glen- rock to Fort Oasper. This line , covering u distance of thirty-flvo miles , was graded last yuur , und as soon as the bridges nru in McDonald & Pcnlleld. of this city , will pro ceed at once to lay the Iron , and the road will bo opened and trains running us soon there after as possible. Charged ivlth Crime. OKD , Nob. , April 10. [ Special to the Bnn. ] T , It. LI n ton was brought before Judge Tiffany on the charge of assault with intent to kill. Liiitou waived preliminary examina tion and was hold to bull in the sum of ? 1,000 to appear nt thu next term of the district court. Incompetents at-I'ulnior , PAI.MBU , Nob. , April 10. [ Special to the BEE. ] That B. & M. railroading is "rough" ij connlpntiy illustrated nt this point. The engineer on the Orcclcy train quit to-dav , leaving the train hero with no prospect of its going out. A railroad man says that the nsh ? lt contained largo quantities of metal from "burnt out engines , " and that the rolling stock that runs from this point is in bad ha | > c. A mover who passed through to-day with some live stock , says ho laid at Lincoln seventy-two hours. Complaints arc heard on every side by shippers. Kicked by n A Iclous Horse. BnowNViu-n , Nob. , April 10. [ Special Tel egram to the Br.n.'l Howard McLaughllif , n roung man of this place , was kicked in the liead by a vicious horse this evening and now lies in a critical condition at his home. riatcst advices say his skull is fractured and the injur.vmbro serious than was at first sup posed. Dr. Stewart , however , thinks It will not nrovo fatal. _ May lliilld n Pontoon Bridge. PI.ATTSMOUTII , Neb. , April 19. [ Special to the Bnn. ] Colonel S. N. Stewart , the pontoon teen bridge builder , was In the city and has made a proposition to the board of trndo to build n pontoon bridge similar to the ono which Is to bo 'jonstructcd at Nebraska City. The board will take action this evcnlngwhcn It is confidently expected that his proposition will bo accepted , GOUIjD'S llEPOnT. lie States the M. , 1C , & T. IH n Money IjOHing Ilond. Nnw YOIIK , April 10. At a special meeting of the directors of the Missouri I'aciilo road to-day , President Gould presented a long report concerning the Missouri , Kansas & Texas road , which the directors took under advisement. After detailing the provisions of the lease by the Missouri Pacific for ninety years of the Missouri , Kansas & Texas , the rental being the not earnings , he describes the many improvements which hud been made during the past eight years , and says the Missouri Pacific has now advanced to the Missouri , Kansas & Texas about $800,000 to meet current interest. These advances were necessary during the periods of light earnings , und additional largo ad vances will bo required to carry the Missouri , Kansas & Texas along until Improved earnings can bo realized from the new crop. In the meantime interest payments must be met , amounting in the aggregate to ? 1 , 500,000. During the past year the credit nnd earnings of the Missouri , Kansas At Texas have been shaken and diminished because of the failure of the entire corn crop on the company's lines in Missouri nnd Kansas ; because of the construction of three rival lines Into Texas , and because of the litiga tion of the Income bondholders , which re sulted in an unfavorable decision in the lower court. To fiavo further expense the directors' adopted a plan of settlement which Involved an increase of fi per cent of the general , consolidated , and amalgamated debts amounting to $11,700,000 , the delivery of Gnlvcston , Houston & Henderson first mort gage bonds to the amount of $1,100,000 , and n cash payment of 214 , 000. Even these ex ceedingly favorable terms were refused by the script holders to the amount of $ r > 00,000 and upwards , nnd Judgment for the amount of their claims is likely to bo entered within the next few days. * "On my return n few weeks since from my absence abroad , " said Mr. Gould , "it was un- uounccd in the public prints that a syndicate of great financial strength hud taken half of the affairs of the Missouri , Kansas & Texas , and that u board of directors of equally strong names would bo presented for election nt the coming annual meeting. This move ment met with my cordial approbation and I cheerfully decided not to make any opposi tion. I have given my time and attention to the affairs of the campauv for over cicht years as president without receiving u dollar of salary theiefor , nnd I was not only willing to stand aside in favor of , but also to welcome any ono who could render more elllcient service. Just at the close of the transfer books , however , Mr. Bull , ono of the active men in the new movement sent ono hundred shares of stock * o the transfer ofllco to bo reissued in the following names : William Si Honudo , .1. Montgomery , Jr. , , T. D. Ncufvllle , Simon Stein , E. Emory Anderson , W. L. Bull and Mr. Martinson. Another member of tlio committee also transferred to Rudolph Kcpp- ler , Daniel I , Worden nnd John .1. McCook ten shares each , and W. L. Bull seventy shares. It is assumed that the transfers wore made for the purposes of qualifying the persons named as members of thu proposed new board of directors. If the assumption is correct , the list , emlfTncIng as it does tin eo lawyers , several brokers nnd the names of some who were very active in pushing the company to the uttermost in connection with the income scrip suit , it is certainly n very disappointing one. * It has also been announced in the public press that Mr. Anderson , attorney for the income bond holders in the suit referred to would bo the new president of the company. "It Is mv duty under thcso circumstances to present tlio foregoing facts to yon , as , if it should bo decided by your board to hereafter adhere strictly to the terms of the lease prompt notice to that ef fect should bo given to the board of directors of thu Missouri , Kansas & Texas railway company in order thut the necessary tinati- cial iirrnngernents may bo made elsewhere for its immediate interest requirements in excess of the net earnings of the road. A Heavy Shortage. MixxnAi'Oi.i ? , April 19. The winter wheat crop report In the Northwestern Miller says : Developments for the last fourteen days , nnd particularly the last seven , have put a largo percentage of winter wheat in a condition where there is no longer any doubt. April linn been favorable. Sunslrino nnd plenty of moisture , but both have failed to give the favorable clmngo hoped for. In formation of u reliable character nt this stage of the month puts the shortage in the winter wheat belt at from eighteen million to thirty-Mix million bushels us cum- pami with the preceding crop. The outlook in tlio Missouri river valley was never better. In other parts the outlook Is the reverse. Illinois now promises to give the poorcnt yield per nero of any state in the wintci wheat belt , and \\hllo other states have held their own , there has been continued depiccla- tlon in the general situation tticro since the first of April , A Denial , NEW YOHK , April 19 [ Special Telegram to thoBnn.J Husecll Sago denied tlmttho dl- rectors of the Missouri Kunsas & Texas rail road company have taken any steps to ap point a receiver as reported , The security holiloi s who arc fighting Gould and Sngu for control nro confident of being able to entirely change the complexion of the board of direc tors at thu annual election in May , The "Wisconsin FloodH , POHTAOB , Wis. , April 19. A break oc curred this morning at the levcu on the west bank of the Wisconsin river. A crcvasso 200 feet wldo occurred seven miles from the city , and before night ono-miurtor of the town ol Caledonia will bo Hooded. Farms and IIOUSCF arc Hooded , and the agricultural season will bo set back fully u month by the flood. The Wisconsin is at u standstill at Portage to-day * A Missouri IMan Mnrdorotl. TIICM-OK , Mo. , April 19. ( Special Tele gram to the Buc.l The body of William Nurse was found near his farm with his skull crushed und the brains ooilng from his head. No clue to the perpetrator or motive. His character und standing wcro excellent In the community. IlrowcrH * fitrlkc. CINCINNATI , April IT. Some JOO men em ployed in ribaut n dozen breweries heio struck to-day , on a refusal of the owners to negotiate with the brewers' union regarding differences , HARD TALES ABOUT IIURLBUT His Wholesale Drug House Flttoil Out Lilko an Arsenal. t HIS EMPLOYES CARRIED GUNS. Dtibuito | Presbyterians Klntctl Over Their Pnitor'H Succensful KlRltt The Hallroad Commissioners Investigating the Wreck. Progress of the Hnrlbut Trial. Boosr , la. , April 10. [ Special Tolegrnm to the Bnn. ] The trial of Hurlbul , charged with being accessory to tlio shooting of Con stable Logan at Dos Molncs , is progressing rapidly. Witnesses so far of Importance to the state have testified ns to the general understanding nmong Hurlbut's employes that they should arm themselves nnd make it Interesting for constables who attempted to Interfere with tlio business of thu store. Ono witness of this kind named Will Coon stated that ho had worked for Hurlbut , Hess . & Co. for a year and n half , but was discharged a llttto whllo before the killing of Logan. Ho testified to the arming of the men ; that ho saw Hurlbut hand How what ho thought wcro two revolvers nnd that Row gavoono to Campbell ; that Row and Camp bell both showed him their revolvers , nnd also that there was n revolver In the shipping clerks desk-ami ono in McCartys desk ; that Gondcn hnd one nnd Ward ono ; Shepherd was the shipping clerk ; that How and Camp bell kept their revolvers In their pocket most of the time ; that the mennoro armed Just after the seizure of the beer ; that the next day after the pistols were given Row und Campbell , Hur hurt told Co- baugh , who was In chnrgo of the third floor where the liquors w ere kept , that ho would fill some half-gallon bottles with sul phuric acid and set thorn all on the floor beside - side the elevator WHJ- , and If Frank Picrca or any of his gang attempted to como up that ho ( CobsUigh ) should reverse the elevator , and If they persisted In coming he ( hould then knock the bottle of acid off on them , and tmld they would novcr know who did it ; but the acid was never put tuero that the wit ness knew of : that two days after the killing Hurlburt cautioned the witness to keep still and not talk about the matter , as ho might ba locked up us n witness. Ills Parishioners Pleased. DunUQUE , In. , April 10. [ Special Telegram to the Br.K.l The case of Rov. H. E. Mott , pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of this city , has Just been settled to the great Joy of his parishioners. Mr. Mott was called to this church from Newburyport , Mass , Ho is a young man , scholarly , eloquent and pro gressive , and some of the old mossbacks in the denomination didn't ' think ho was slow enough for them , and so when the presby tery met some weeks njo they refused to consent to his installation ns pastor hero. Somebody had raised a cry that ho was hardly orthodox in all his views and so ho must bo kept out although refused formal approval by the prosbytry.iHo was kept on filling tlio pulpit here , and his congregation have threatened to withdraw from the presbytry if ho wcro not admitted. The presbytry has Just been holding another session , this tiino In Lluu county , and to-day , as the result of a long und somewhat bitter debate , it considered Its former action and decided to install him. The news was received in this city with great delight , and tlio bell of the Second Presbyterian church has boon rung for on hour this evening to express the Joy of tlio congregation. Investigating the Creston Wreck. Dns Moixns , la. , April 19. [ Special Telo. gram to the Bnn. | The railroad commis sioners have returned from Creston , where they have been investigating tlio cause of the wreck on the "Q" there last Sunday. They tire now preparing their report , which will bo issued In a few days. It 13 understood ! that they find that the accident was duo to n combination of causes. The evidence showed that the engineer and conductor of tlio freight train Inul been overworked , the engi neer having been on duty not loss than thirty hours. The evidence also showed that the engineer's watch had stopped nnd misled him ; that the conductor was asleep when the train passed Cromwell station ; that the brakemnn had no wutch to warn him of the time and danger , and the operator had failed to report to tlio train dispatcher. A Unto War Imminent. CHICAGO , April 10. The Burlington & Northern road has announced its intention ot again cutting rates to meet the competition of the Luke Superior line. It Is supposed the reductions will bo made about May 1 , nnd another great wnr is thought to bo imminent. A DAY OF SUIC1DKS. Six DcspondcntH Attempt to Slinlllo on1 This Mortal Coll. Kvxsvs Gin ; Mo. , April 10. [ Special Telegram to the Bin : ] An opldomlo of sul- BldcsHwopt over this city and surroundings in tlio past twenty-four hours. Mrs. Eliza Conroy , of Argentine , drank nn ounce ot laudanum and attempted to throw herself oft Riverside bridge at Armourdalo but wag caught by n policeman. Recent trouble with her Husband is the causo. Max Hoffman , u bartender , took laudanum twlcn , duo to cra-to from drink und his wife leaving him , owing to lack of Hupport. .lolin .lames , a despond. . out laborer , took adlmu's ' worth of morphine1 ; cause , lack of work and sickness In his fam ily. ErnstUH Jolins had his pistol at his head when u nephew kindly uitorfored and wrested It from him ; despondent over his beautiful young wife's death ; ho died sud denly yesterday. Agnes Leon , a young woman , attempted for the third tlmo In twenty-four hours to Uko her lilo with laud anum ; cause , despondency over love mat ters. Hi'iiry HueehuH , of Centropulls , slushed his neck nid | arm with n ra/.or in grove near the postolllco of that placn ; ho was for * merly u good bookkeeper but drink downed him. in all these cases prompt , medical aid has saved the lives of each. Klro. Nnw YORK , April 10. A nro bvoko out In a rag-sorting factory this morning and penned about fifty men and women in n fivc- story building. Many wcro forced to Jump from windows , but they wcro caught with out being seriously injuied , Aftcr the tire was extinguished tlio dead body of Mlnnlo Leonard was found. Pecuniary losa small , Htciuiihlii | ) Arrivals. H.U.TIMOW : , Apill 1 ! ) . JSp''ci.il Tolograin to the BEIArrived : ] - -Tho Oregon , from Liverpool. QnixsTO\v : : ; , April 10. Arrived The Wisconsin , Galllu nnd Brlttunlca , from New York , the Bavarian , .from Boston. SotriuMiTox , April 19.--Arrlved--Tho Ems , from New York for Bremen , Flood Damugo Exaggerated. WI.NONA , Minn. , April 10. Dispatches pub- Jibhed yebtcrday alleging great damage to the lumber interests hero arc grossly oxng. gerntcd. Earls Younms , n prominent lumber man , says the mills hero have not sustained nnd dumuge , The expense to the logging company will not exceed f 10,0110 , nnd tbla covers all loss , Missouri Iturgliiru Caught. KANSAS Cirv , Mo. , AprlUp. f Special Tele , cgram to tlio BKB. ] l-Yank Smith , vrhp id wanted at Jamcsport , Mo. , -burt'larlzlujf Jarncs ( jreon's clothing store and obtaining clothing and jcwolry , was nrrested here today - day Oll'.ccr ' Parker of that place icturued , with ' , Uc pntiuiiiir tu'ia evcniotf.