THE OMAHA DAILY
EIGHTEENTH YEAB. OMAHA. MONDAY MOKNING. AUGUST 20. 1SS8. NUMBER 67.
NEBRASKA'S ' BIG CORN CROP ,
An Excerpt Prom the Agricultural
Commiaslonor's Report.
A GOOD OUTLOOK IN IOWA.
RcprcRcntnllvo fjymiui Snya Kcpnbll-
liniilnin N Orowlnn In North Cnro-
linn Clovclnnil and the Mor
mons Army 1'romottons.
A FlnttcrliiK Prospect.
WASHINGTON Huitiuu THBOMVHA. BRK , I
GUI FOUIlTr.ENTIlSTUKBr , \
WASHINGTON. D. C. , August \0.
The commissioner of agriculture has Issued
a report on the condition ot growing crops
throughout thu country , which contains the
first reports from Nebraska rcoJlveJ under
the present administration. The condition
of the Nebraska corn crop Is given by coun
ties and is as follows :
RLotip Best crop for four years , though n
little late ; but clean and In good condition
nnd a portion of it tasseling. Unless some
thing unforseen happens wo shall have moro
corn than over before.
Fillmore Prospects were never better fern
n good crop.
Saundcrs Corn is doing well and warm
weather Is improving It. It is two weeks be
hind but prospects are good for an average
crop or more.
Dlxon A little late but good crop.
Buffalo There was trouble in cultivating
corn on low ground , owing to so much rain.
I Grcolny Above the average condition , but
chinch bugs may do some damage probably
10 per cent.
t Valley The crop has made rapid progress
and Its condition Is favorable.
Antelope The crop is improving very rap
Idly.
Idly.Cherry
Cherry The crop is backward but grow
ing finely.
Colfax Owing to the warm rains and
favorable weather the crop is up to nn av
erage.
Gngo Corn has recovered wonderfully
since the last report nnd prospects nro good
Wheeler The crop has not recovered
from the winds of May and Juno.
Hurt The crop Is injured by an Insect or
worm Tlieioworo foity acres destroyed li
ono field.
Clay Excessive wet weather about June
together with hot dry weather following , bas
injured corn.
Furnas This county promises a good crop
If wo could get rain now.
Johnson With a/air rainfall this mouth
there will bo an Immense crop.
Lancaster The crop never promised bet
ter.
Lincoln Corn is better than over before.
Sarpy Promise of a better crop than for
many years.
Washington Best stand in many years ,
but a worm In some localities is working a' '
the roots of corn , and wo cannot tell to wha
extent tlio damage will reach.
IOWA'S ciioi's.
The following Is from the state agent o
Iowa , showing the condition of the crops ii
that state :
Corn shows n steady improvement. S (
far ns growth is concerned , it seems to be
' ' all that could bo desired , but it Is still twc
weeks Into. Spring wheat has lost in con
dition during the past month. Rye
oats nnd barley have also suffcrei
from the same cause excessive hea
and moisture. Oats , occupying much the
largest area of tluS small grains , will entai
the heaviest loss , which will bo enormous
Potatoes , so far , have had an uninterrupted
growth , but in many parts of the state thoj
bad all the moisture they will bear and sign
of rot appear.
SAYS XOUTH CAUOUNA is nnruni.icAN.
Representative Lyman of Iowa returnei
yesterday from his trip to Mount Holly
North Carolina. Ho was invited tbero to ad
dress a state meeting of farmers on the sub
Ject of protection. Judge Lyman says tun
ho was treated In a royal manner and enJoyed -
Joyed himself immensely.
"Tho time is near , " says ho , "when
North Carolina will bo a republican
stivto. In fact , from the deep
interest manifested in the subject
of protection by the farmers , I am inclined to
think that the republicans will make largo
gains in the Tar Heel state next November.
The people In North Carolina , Irrespective
of politics , favor , as near us I could learn ,
the repeal of the Internal revenue system
and bellevo in protecting American indus
tries as laid down in the Chicago platform.
nd that In itself will work u wonderful
change In the politics of the state.
AM11ITIOUS AUMV OrFtCKUS.
Much of tlio president's tlmo is taken up
now with bearing applications for the numer
ous vacancies on the staff of the army
which are soon to occur. There uro
hundreds of applicants for those places ,
and many of them have senators and
members to make n personal presentation of
Iholr claims. To day's Capitol says that
there is little doubt Captain Bourke will bo
promoted to the Inspector general's depart
ment , but that the other selections will de
pend from Mr. Cleveland's careful study of
ull the facts in each caso. It Is probable
that none of the appointments will bo do-
tcrmincd on until two or three weeks henco.
CLEVniANl ) I'AVOllS MOllMON OlllMINALS.
Ill the house last week Delegate Dubols of
Idaho opresontcd n resolution , which was
promptly adopted , calling upon the
attorney general for n list or pardons
granted by President Cleveland to
polygnmlsts in Utah and Idaho. Mr. Dubois
Bays Mr. Cleveland has shown great partial
ity to Mormon criminals , and that as the cam
paign progressed ho was becoming moro and
moro partial , and that many more polyg
amous criminals in Utah and Idaho have
been pardoned than have been announced
from tbo white house or the department of
justice. Ho thinks the answer , when it
conies , to his inquiry , If correct , will burprise
everybody , nud that it will show a very
reprehensible catering on the part of the ad
ministration tot bo Mormon church , and that it
can be shown upon the basis of the report that
the administration expects material assist
ance from the Mormon churcti of the country
in the impending campaign. Mr. Dubols will
probably make a speech on tbo subject bcforo
the adjournment of the present session.
, llISCEI.LANKOfS.
Rev. E. A. Lowe , ton of tbo late Governor
of Iowa , now pastor of a flourishing church
in Lebanon , Pa. , occupied the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church of this city ( Uov.
Dr. Sutherland's ) today , and will do so
again next Sunday.
Lieutenant C. G. Morton , of the Sixth in
fantry , arrived In the city yesterday from
Fort Lewis , Colo. , and Is tha guest of his
brother-in-law , Colonel E. Hastings , of 717
Twelfth street.
Judge Lyman of Council Bluffs says bo
( will not yield to the pressure now being
/brought to bear on him , but will contlnuo to
raise the point of no quorum until the dem-
i oorats assign a day for onoral pension legls-
lation , or enough of tbo absentees return to
have a quorum on band.
General Schonold was looking up apart
ments hero last week , which were only torn- '
l > orary until ho settled down for good herewith
with his wife and daughter.
PKUUV S. HKATU.
Crop Prospects I in pro veil.
WASHINGTON , August 19. The weather
crop bulletin for the post week says that the
weather during tlio week has been favorable
to growinjr crops in tbo wheat and corn ro-
Rlon of the northwest , where the reports In
dicate that the crop prospects have been 1m-
proved.
i
McKlnlcy on Protection.
WASHINGTON , August 19. Upon invitation
of the Piedmont Cuautauqua usssoclatlou ,
Hon William McKlaloy , Jr. , left Washington
tonight for Atlanta , Go. Ho will speak at
the ClmuUunua , ncur Atlanta , Tuesday
ktturnooii on the subject ot protection.
THE SPlSAKEItSIUP.
I'ho PoHHlbllltlcH lii CnHo tlio Ilcpnh-
HcniiH Control the House.
WASHINOTON , August IS. [ Special to Tun
Hcc. ] Republican membcrsof the house nro
speculating already to n moro or less degree
about the organization of the Fifty-first con
gress in the event they should succeed In
electing n majority of that body ut the ai > -
preaching election. There are about a dozen
men on tbo republican side who would make
excellent speakers and there will , undoubt
edly , bo quite n contest for that position un
less it should bo earlier determined who will
bo the popular choice.
Mr. Reed , of Maine , has" long had his cyo
upon the speaker's chair , und would un
doubtedly bo the first ono to announce him
self as a candidate. Mr. Reed is not as pop
ular among his follow members as ho was a
few years iuo. When thu committee on
ways and means was announced It Is charged
by republican members th.it Mr. Reed made
a strenuous effort to bo the leader on
the republican nldo of that committee ,
nnd began to hobnob with his most reliable
friends with u view to that end ; and also
that ho has ignored manv republican mem-
burs who were not considered his admirers ,
and this has been felt in many of the debates.
When a measure is taken up which is re
garded as i-spccialty partisanand the time in
which It shall bo considered is divided be
tween the two parlies in the house , ono
leader on cither side is givou control of the
time. It has so happened that in nearly
every instance Mr. Reed has had charge of
the time for the republican side , and , of
course , ho could not let everyone nu the re
publican side speak , and ho has Selected the
men ho presumed could most ably represent
republican principles. The consequence has
been that a great many members who are
not noted orators and who are not pro
nounced admirers of Mr. Reed , have not
had opportunity to speak , and they blaine
Mr. Reed for the oversight.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois , who has been ono
of the leading members of the committee on
appropriations for many years , and who is
chairman of the republican caucus , will un
doubtedly come to the front for the spaaker-
ship If the Fifty-first congress Is republican.
Mr. Cannon believes in tariff reform , as do
nearly every ono of the republican members ,
and has the popular idea of protection. Ho
is well liked by members ou both sides on
account of his congenial disposition and his
ability to deliver hard hits iu an opcm fight
and a fair battle.
Michigan would undoubtedly put Mr. Bur
rows to the front as u candidate for the
speakorship. Mr. Burrows is very popular ,
; md being a member of the committee on
ivays and means and possessed of not only
Lho elements of popularity , but an ability for
executive work , ho would bo a formidable
ispirunt to the position. For a whllo in this
icssion of congress Mr. Burrows was re
tarded as a very intimate and partial friend
if Mr. Reed's , and there wcro criticisms
undo of him and his actions on that account ,
but ho has disabused every mind of anything
if that kind , and ho stands to-day ono of the
nest popular men on the republican side of
.ho house.
If tlio south should present a candidate for
ho speakcrship that man would no undoubt
edly be General GolT , of West Virginia.
'Jiencral Goff was in General Grant's cabinet
'or a while , and is an admirable executive
onicor , a splendid speaker , u thorough gen
tleman , cool and calculatlvo in times of excitement -
citement , and occupies ono of the best posl-
Mons on the tariff question of any man in the
louse. If a southern man were selected un
doubtedly General Goff would bo the fortun
ate one.
Ohio has two men who would bo very
strong for the speakcrship. They
uro Majors McKinley nnd But-
tcrworth. Both of these men
are extremely influential nnd potential , and
yet there Is little similarity between their
elements of strength. Major McKlnlcy is re
yarded ono of the most careful students ol
political economy and tariff in the whole
Country. Ho Is ono of the high protection
is'ts , and is put forward to "do the heav.1
lighting wK.cn the strongest machinery li _
brought to bear on the democratiosidoof-tho
houso. Major Buttcrworth is also very pop
ular. Ho is a moro liberal tariff reformer
than Major McKinley , and has given
evidence of growing strength by
bis position in favor of commercial re
ciprocity with Canada. As a companion on
the lloor of the house and a helpmeet to now
members and old ones who are busy , or , In
fact , as an accommodating man in every
capacity , ho is regarded with more popular
ity than his colleague , Mr. McKinley. Majoi
Buttcrworth Is not only strong in his own
state , but Is regarded very highly throughou
the northwest , and If that section should no
put forward a candidate for the speakership
it would undoubtedly take up Major Butter
worth.
Iowa would como to the front with Genera !
Henderson , than whom there is not a more
courteous , able or nffoctivc man in Washing
ton. Ho is extremely popular with all
classes. Ho is good natured , yet ho Is de
termined and successful In every light bo
makes. There is not a better speaker on the
lloor of the house when it comes to heavy
work , and no man would bo likely to make amore
moro popular speaker than General Hender
son. If the northwest should conclude to put
a candidate of its own in the Held General
Henderson would undoubtedly be tbo man.
A NOVEL SWINDLING GAME.
But Ono Which So Far Has Failed to
Strike Pay Dirt.
New YORK , August 10. | Special Telegram
to THK BLE.I Another novel swindling
scheme is reported. In several counties in
this state and Pennsylvania circulars have
been received by farmers like this :
"Dear Sir : Moro than $2,000,000 of the
great estate of AV. VanderbUt were left
recently to bo given to the poor , regardless
of race or color , In proportionment of $50
each. Sind $3.50 within ten days nnd flvo
days thereafter you will receive KO. This
is to help the poor of the state of Pennsyl
vania as far us it will co. The $3.50 you send
the agent helps to pay the executive board
only. You will do well to send in your order
at once , for wo wish to close the estate ns
boon as possiblo. Bo careful to send your full
address to J. L. Church , Long Island City. "
The circular is printed and the names nud
amounts nro 11 lied out in ink. It is not
thought that Mr. Church has realized much ,
for at the Long Island City postolllco it was
said that no letters hna been delivered to
him. Nona of the letters awaiting his call
uro registered. It is thought that the swind
ling circular bus also been sent through
western states.
Wnr on MlsccRtiimtlonlsts.
NJSVT ORKEANS , August 10. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BEE. ] Tlio war against mis-
ccgcnatlonists Is not ended. At Freetown
the whlto people nro generally opposed to
acts of violence , except where armed oppo
sition Is looked for. The people of Brous-
sardvillo huvo organized 100 men for pro
tection , and with 100 from Scott's plantation
nro armed with Winchesters , Both com
panies declare that they will not inaugurate
violence , but will-protect their homes from
reprisal and spoliation. The onti-miscego-
imtlonlsts uro organized into oath-bound
leagues all over the state , and cases have
oecurrr'-a already where whlto men have
been assassinated by mysterious men , after
disobeying repeated warnings. At Now
Iberia and Freetown things have assumed
their normal condition again , and no further
trouble is anticipated from any quarter. The
coroner and Jury , upon visitlm ; the scene of
the conflict , learned that ten negroes were
killed and u number wounded.
Lincoln Enters the Field.
NEW YOKK , August 10. Among the pas
sengers by the steamer Atiranla to-day were
Robert Lincoln and Ignatius Donnelly. In
nn Interview Mr. Lincoln said : "I have no
doubt of the election of the republican ticket.
I will start for Chicago to-morrow and enter
the .Mold for victory. I will remain in the
light till sunset on the ( Ith of November ,
next , and will bn satisfied us a reward for my
labors with the election of Harrison and
Morton.
ENLIGHTENING JOHN BULL ,
Ho IB Quito a Strnnsor to Yankee
Politics.
THE SITUATION IS EXPLAINED.
An KntcrprlHlni ; Journalist Makes
Mutters Very Clear A Prejudice
Against Itlalnu The Pnrncll
In vest IKIUI ni { Commission.
Considerably in the Dark.
. liy .Tcimcs ( lin-dnn llcnnctt , ]
CAIILTON Ci.un , London , August 10. [ Now
York Herald Cable Special to Tin : linn. ]
The presidential election begins to attract n
good deal of attention over hero and people
follow with interest nil that the papers re
produce from the Herald. They have re
cently learned that the democrats nro some
what ( lagging in their exertions , though what
n democrat Is they have no moro notion than
they have why ho should "Hag. " From trav
elers and newspapers alike they get the im
pression that President Cleveland will bo call
ed upon toservo n second term , and that this
is evidently exciting some of the Blalno party
to great wrath. The Times , In an unguarded
moment , opened its columns to a controversy
between G. W. Stnalloy , of the Tribune , and
W. II. Hurlbort , at which knowing ones
cannot help laughing in their sleeves.
Smalloy thought ho had a monopoly
of schooling Britishers in the mysteries
of American politics and for years has
driven everybody else off the field with his
big club. Now hero is that follow Hurlbert
having tlio impudence to prance around , and
John Bull actually seems likely to lend an
car to him and to regard him as the only
genuine oraclo. It is enough to make a man
llko Smalloy blush for his country , and ho
docs blush through moro than half n column
of the Times. If Hurlbert and ho should
chance to meet there will bo n capital con
tribution to the obituary column of the Her
ald. In the clubs people are very anxious to
know what It is all about. What nro the
principles at stake ) If Blaine stands to win
nothing , why is ho so eager to defeat Cleve
land ? These and other questions can always
bo promptly answered at any club by someone
ono who has mastered all the intrica
cies of American politics in the course
.veil , say of a month's run in the United
3t ntcs.
Still there remain English people who can
not understand your affairs , and , therefore ,
t is very providential that Smalloy has for
once thrown off his modest reserve and
como forward to enlighten them. His Unas
suming and j genial manner of stating his
own opinions and his toleration for the
opinions of others give him a great ad vantage
.n the controversy. Ho has already made it
perfectly clear that any man who dares to
speak a word against Blalno will do so nt his
own peril. Blaine himself , if ono may say so
and live , did not create a particularly good
impression here. Ho met many leading men
n public Ufa and held forth a good deal
about England's iniquities in the pas
nud present , and explained what ought
to bo done with Ireland , but the un
tutored English mind did not take
kludly to him , and other American visitors
this summer have not exactly put him upon
the sauio level as Washington or Lincoln.
There are many Americans going about , old
members of the republican party , who will
require Smullcy's closest supervision if they
nro to bo loft in line with Blalno. Ono of
them , who fought through the war , assured
mo the other day that thousands of the bet
ter class of republicans had been driven out
of the party by Blalno. Reports of this
kind como from all quarters and show , as
Smalloy says , bow easily It Is to malign n
good man.
The point upon which Englishmen nro
hopelessly In tlio dark Is that concerning the
American tariff. They Imagine that the
democratic platform means adoption of free
trade ns in England , and the Cobden club
flnds it to its interest to encourage this de
lusion. The word is passed round
that "General" Cleveland means to
abolish all duties , especially on English
goods , and , of course , ho is greatly praised for
his wisdom. It would bo hard to blame
Cleveland for the mingled ignorance and
stupidity of a certain class of Englishmen.
Many of thorn know loss of American poll-
tics or the nomenclature of parties than they
do of the moon , but what they have heard
and read has given them the belief that the
president is a thoroughly upright man who
is trying hard to reform abuses In the public
service and discharge bis duty to his country
faithfully. That is the chief causa of the
good feeling entertained for him by the
English people. They do not know much
about American shibboleths but. they respect
sincerity and pure motives. They sco evi
dence of thcso qualities In President Cleve
land's record , and therefore wish him well
without wishing Blaine harm. The friends
of both would do wisely In moderating
tncir zeal and leaving the contest to its nat
ural course in the United States. On ono
side wo are told that Cleveland's election
means a triumph for free trade , on the other
that every charge brought against Blaine has
boon not only denied , but disproved. How
can people hero go into thcso matters !
Have they not enough to do In trying to
make out whether Parnell or the Times toll
the trtithl That matter may possibly bo de
cided before the presidential election. The
commissioners have no idea of keeping tbo
investigation going two years , or oven ono.
They will somehow or other manage to sift
out \ho facts on all essential points before
many weeks have passed. It is a great thing
for the Parnellltos that they have Gcorgo
Lewis on their side. Ho Is not so infal
lible as some people pretend , but
bo is the sharpest solicitor in Lon
don , and when ho is working his
hardest bo is not likely to miss much.
The Times' solicitor is a highly respectable
gentleman of tbo old school. Safe and steady
but slow , and by no means up to ull the
moves on the board. Gcorgo Lewis will
open bis eyes a llttlo bcforo the inquiry is
over. Tbo Times will need the help of the
attorney general and Sir Henry James. The
former , it is not likely to got and Sir Henry
James is not particularly anxious to accept a
retainer , but if ho docs take it bo will per
form bis task better than any man in Eng
land. Ho is a man much to bo feared by
anyone who has a strong motive for conceal
ing the truth. His scent for hidden secrets
is like that of a bloodhound for its prey.
What sort of a case the Times has Is known
only to its managers and its legal advisers.
Thut It can legally provo every charge it
brought against tbo Parnollites is simply im
possible. If it falls in establishing the authen
ticity of the .famous letters , its authority
will bo completely broken down and the gov
ernment , which has supported it , will have-
received a heavy , perhaps fatal blow. An
eminent conservative said tp mo only yester
day : " 1 very much fear that the Parriell
commission will wreck the ministry. Mr.
Parnell will undoubtedly swear that be never
wrote the letters In question. The lories
must then depend upon the evidence of ex
perts which , In nil such coses , can bo had
cither way. Unless someone looked on whllo
Pornell wrote the letters ascribed to him
what Is to disprove his denial ! Considering
thcso and other things it Is not surprising
that the ministry anticipate with some anxiety
the Issue of the Inquiry and are heartily
sorry they took Chamberlain's advice in
pressing it upon the Pnrnellltcs. "
A MI'.MIIBK or PAHLIAMHST.
A IIOY'S BOASTING.
French XcwHimpurB Make IdKlit of
KliiK William's Kcccut Utterances.
lCnjrfht ] / ( / 1S&1 lii ] Jiinics Gordon JleimcK.1
PAUIS. August 10. [ New York Herald
Cable Special to TUG Bnn. ] The defiant
shouts of the young German emperor nt
Frankfort-on-Oder find no answering echo
this side o' the Vosces. The moro the kaiser
swells his boyish voice and blusters the
moro reserved and guarded grow the French .
The experlcnco of the last two years has
taught them the wisdom of meeting the cal
culated mouances of their enemies with cool
ness. They know their policy nt present Is
to play a waiting game , and show no inclina
tion to bo drawn into a quarrel. A promin
ent Frenchman , as ho read aloud the as
sertion of the kaiser that ho would rattier
sco his eighteen urmeekorps destroyed than
give up a single stone of German conquests ,
said : "Ills phrases wcro braggadocio.
Though it has stirred the Brandcnburgers to
enthusiasm many equally solemn pledges
have been taken ore now which Inter on
were broken. " Most of the Paris papers con
tent themselves with publishing the Frank
fort speech with llttlo or no comment.
The Nationalo says : "Our duty Is to an
swer this violent language by coolness , but
wo may remind this youug prince a country
man of our own once sa'ld : 'Ni un prince d e
notre territoiro ni un pero do nos for-
tercsses.1 As it happened , his hope and
trust were disappointed. "
Tlio Petit Journal merely remarks : "Hero
ivo have the short and haughty defiance of a
despot replying 'Never' to those who dare
even to speak of historic necessity or equita
ble compacts. "
The Intransigeant , usually so intemperate ,
only says : "This clearly means that concili-
ittiou is out of the question. Now , moro than
over , wo must watch , arm and get ready. "
The Liberto quietly says : "Tho imperial
declarations are those of all conquers , but
who knows what unforsoen things may como
of this circumstance nud the chance sup
pression of a portion of the irritating speech
in the IZeichanzelger hero attributed to Bis
marck. The chancellor seems likely to have
his work cut out for him in restraining the
impetuosity of his schoolboy sovereign. The
Kaiser's latest freak , however , is harmless.
Having for the time exhausted the Joys of
criticising his officers at Potsdam and count
ing the dirt spots on the book of the gardes
do corps , ho has peen amusing himself by reviewing
viewing a lot of Bedouins who are at present
on exhibition in Berlin. "
Til 13 CMCAUANCK KECORD
The Financial Transactions of the
I ns $ V/ook.
BOSTON , Mass. , August 19. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] The following table
compiled from dispatches to the Post fron
the managers of the leading clearing-house :
of the United States , shows the gross ex
changes for the week ended August 18 ,
1S3S , with the rate per cent of increase or de
crease ns compared with the amounts for the
uorresppnding week lust year :
cmcs. OLE A KINGS.
Now York . . 7.5
Jlostou 77.S1I.8I9 . . .12.1
IMilludelphta < Beoo , : ) . . .19.0
Chicago 57,471,000 . . . .5.5
St. Louts 17,2.1' > , HW . . . .1.7
Bnn Francisco 17aiO , oO 10
Ilaltltnore , . . .11.9
I'lttsburj ? 10,404,1X19 . . .2U.1
Cincinnati 8sifinoo
Kansas City 7S01 , 40
New Orleans
Louisville 4,7tHI,9'.Kl '
Detroit 4,70t,7J7 *
I'rov Iclcncu - ( )
4,07,00
Milwaukee , ,
St. Paul 3.084010
Omaha 3.703.918 31.9
Minneapolis . 3i85K19 :
Cleveland. . , 2.7 ! , BS7
Denver ! ! .40I,0 0 . . . 5.1
Dulutli ' . . .80.2
Commons 1,813,919
Indianapolis 1,023,002 . . . 0.9
llnrtrord l.tOT.r.-- . . . 5.5
Memnhls 1.UW.771 . . .2tl.9
St. Joseph , 17
1'eorla l,14-ttW . . . 3,0
PprlnuNold UM.UTG . . .11.0
New Haven OGI.U- , 20
Worcester 83.45'l ! . . . 3.4
Portland . . . 0.0
Syracuse GO 1,2119 . . . 3.2
Wichita GJ4.0TH
Onlvestoii IXM.'U *
Norfolk i. . . 619.3T . . .18,0
Urand Itaplds . . .10.8
Lowell . . . 5,5
Topeka , . . .2-J.7
Total J 7I,1 I,38H
Outside Now 1'ork. ,
COMING WEEK IN CONGUKSS.
Important Measures to bo Acted Unoi
by the Senate niul House.
WASHINGTON , August 10. It Is probable
that the fisheries debate iu the senate wil
bo suspended on Monday for the prcscnta
tlon of the conference report on the navy
appropriation bill. When the treaty is dis
posed of it Is to bo followed by the Washing'
ton territory bill , which' has been for semi
time unfinished business on the legislutlv
calendar. The Jbill to admit North Dakot ;
and Montana are naxt on the republican
programme. During the week Senator Wilsoi :
will seek opportunity to speak on the Jack'
son , Miss. , election riots , und Scnatoi
Chandler will make a speech on the Louis
lana elections.
The attendance of members in the house
has fallen off to a point where a quorum can
bo obtained only witb difllculty , and single
objection Is usually suulclent to defeat legis
lation. For this reason llttlo can bo don
this week beyond disposing of appropriation
bills. The effort to pass the general d
cieney appropriation bill will bo renewed to
morrow or Tuesday. Conference reK | > rts on
the army and navy appropriation bills are
also ready for action , and they will bo foi
lowed by the conference report on tbo sun
dry civil appropriation bills.
T11EIH HEARTS A11I2 HAD.
Pine Illdge Agency Bloux Leave On n
Murdering Expedition.
PINE RIDOB AaENor , Dak. , August 10.
There was great commotion hero tbls morn
ing wbon it was learned that a largo band o :
Sioux bad gone to Ctioycnno county , on th
Tongue river , in defiance of the objections o
Agent Gallagher. They claim to bo going ti
tlio sun dance , but It is fcarea that they hav
moro serious intentions. They have often
threatened to Join the Cnoyennes and murde :
the unprotected whites along the Tongue am
Powder rivers. Colonel Dudley , at Fen
Custor , bas boon ordered to send out troop ;
to intercept them , and two companies of tlv
First cavalry started in pursuit this after-
noon. It is believed that a bloody battle wll
bo fought before the Sioux are taken back U
their reservation.
A DOublc Drowning.
PjTTsnuno , August 18. Edward Call and
Sadie Fahey wcro drowned In the'river this
evening by tbq capsizing Of a" iff. ,
CROVERANDMATSONAREOOT
The Indiana Mnn Is Playing the
Cards For HImsolf.
HE COMPROMISES CLEVELAND
It } ' lleportiiifj tlio limitation of Pen
sion ArrenrnsOH Hill From 11 in
Committee to Cat uli the Soldier
\ otes in Ilooslci'dom.
f
In Iliul Odor With tlic Hosi.
WASHINGTON , August H > . [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Br.i : . ] Chairman Matsor. , of
the house committee on invalid pensions ,
who , as the democratic candidate for gover
nor of Indiana , is trying to lead himself to
victory on the pension question , continues to
get into worse and worse odor at the white
house dally. In these dispatches , some days
ago , it was stated that the selfishness of Mr
Matson on the pension question had gotten
him into trouble with the president , and that
ho was without inllucnco at the white house.
That statement was made upon Information
furnished by n democratic member of the
house who is often in consultation with the
president und Colonel Lament , and subse
quent developments have proven the truth
of the assertion.
Mr. Matson has bcca trying to perform
the difficult circus fe.it of riding two horses
at n time with a wide distance intervening
between them. Ho has attempted to carry
out the instructions of the president in the
suppression of general pension legislation
during the past three years , and at the same
time make it , appear that he , himself , is doing
everything ho can to enact general pension
legislation. As long as the question was
confined to Mnlson's individual district ho
was able to satisfy himself by secretly pre
venting pension legislation and mak
ing n reasonable open demon
stration to show that ho desired
action in the house on pension bills. But
when ho was nominated for governor and
had the whole state of Indiana to canvass ,
and the pension issue was ono of the leading
issues in the campaign , ho felt that ho must
change his tactics. As soon as Mr. Matson
received the nomination for governor ho cut
loose from the president , swung out into the
open stream of at least assumed independence ,
and began to openly declare himself in favor
of extravagant general pension legislation in
direct conflict with the policy and desire of
the administration. Ho saw that ho must do
something to capture a largo number of the
70,000 soldier votes in Indjanu or ho could
not bo elected governor. Ho immediately
declared that he intended to report the bill
from his committee to repeal the limitation
of pension arrearages. This astonished the
president very much , but Mr. Matson pro
ceeded to carry out his declaration. It was
n direct compromise of the president when
the bill was reported and put upon the cal
endar , as it was a stumbling block in the
way of all classes of general legislation
The committee on rules , of which Speaker
.Carlisle is chairman , has not met since Matson -
son put Ills arrearages bill on the calendar ,
because there has been such it general de
mand on the part of all the republican mem
bers of the house and hundreds of thousands
of people throughout the couutry for the con
slderation of Matson's bill that the commit
tee on rules feels that it would bo necessary
to do something with the demand in the event
that it hold a meeting. All the republican
members of the committed on rules declare
thut if a meeting Is hold no business shall bo
transacted whatever until the day Is Hxed for
the consideration of Mntson's bill , and to fix
a day for its consideration means to deter
mine when it shall bo passed , as it would
surely pass the house if It was taken under
consideration. Of course , if it passes the
house it will pass the senate. The latter
body would run It through in a hurry. The
passage of the arrearages bill contemplates an
expenditure of § 2TiO,000,000 , and certainly
there could be no such tariff reform as the
president has proposed during the next ter
or twenty years. There are a number ol
bills on the calendar which the president
is very anxious to have passed al
this session , but they cannot bo passed
without a decree from the committee on
rules , and the latter cannot meet while the
Matson bill is on the calendar , und there is
such an overwhelming petition from the people
ple for action upon it. One of the members
of the committee on rules is Mr. Uundall ,
who , although a democrat , is a tariff proteo
tionist of the gilt order , nud us such ho Is no !
in harmony with the administration , and is in
favor of the passage of the Matson bill. Ol
course if the committee on rules should meet
Mr. Hundall would vote with the republicans
to consider the Matson measure , and It would
bo favored by 11 report of the committee.
The passage of the bill to repeal the limita
tion of pension arrearages would mean death
to the president , slnco it would bo passed by
a solid republican vote and the assistance ol
Handall democrats , and since it would make
tariff reform impossible , it would , at the
same time , elevate Matsou immensely , ant
Mutson is working with all his power for
selfish ends. Ho has his cyo on the vice presidency
idency , In 1892 , and Governor Hill , of Now
York , It is well known , Is his ideal
candidate for the presidency. Matson wcult
llko to sco the ticket 18'J Hill and Matsoii.
The president is bitterly opposed to Hill , and
of course ho cannot look with pleasure upon
the machinations of Matsou. Ho has in
view the record made by Mr. Hendrleks in
Indiana in 1872 , when the latter was , by dinl
of exceeding popularity , elected governor by
about seven hundred .majority , while nil the
rest of the republican tiouet was elected by
much larger majorities. If Matson could
secure the passage of the arrearages bill ant
elevate himself in the impending campnlgi
and secure his election for governor , whiio
Cleveland would lose Indiana , ho would con
sider his road to the vice presidency in 18'JS
paved with granite , and Cleveland n very
dead llttlo duck iu n very largo pond. Pres
ident Cleveland knows all about the selfish
efforts of Matson ; knows how the Indiana
member nas sacrificed every Interest of the
administration ; knows how the democratic
candidate for governor In Indiana is working
in ways that are thoroughly inimical to the
policy and interest of the administration ,
and for thcso reasons Mr. Mutson is no'
swimming thcso days ut the white houso.
Another thing which Is being tallied of
at the white house is this : In the high bids
which Matson is making for the soldier vote
In Indiana at present ho feels entirely se
cure. Ho can make every conceivable prom
ise with perfect security against over being
called upon to fulfill his promises. As gov
ernor of Indiana ho would not only bu with
out influence with the administration , but ho
would bo without influence in congress , and
therefore could not only not assist his friends
in securing federal positions , but ho would
not bo able to bring about the promised legis
lation in congress. He is , therefore , in a po
sltion to bid as high as ho pleases with per
feet assurance that ho will never bo called
upon to show his band. If bo was running
for a re-election to congress it would bo a
different thing. In the event of his election
ho would bo asked to cash his political
drafts. Matson's course in relation to pen
sion legislation and his attitude toward the
interests of the whlto house are attracting
general attention in congress , andnino-tenthi
of the democratic members of the house and
senate are heaping imprecations upon his
head. .
Kpanliih Conspirators Arrested.
LONDON , August 18. Advices from Spain
say that a conspiracy has been discovered a
Madrid. A cavalry officer and several ser
geants and privates have been arrested. A
strict watch is being kept upon suspectci
men in the garrisons at Saragossa am
Lerlda.
The Weather Indications.
For Nebraska ! Light local rains , slightly
warmer , Variable winds.
For Iowa : Light local rains , nearly sta
tionary temperature , variable winds.
For Dakota : Fair , preceded in southern
and eastern portions by local , rains , slightly
warmer , variable wind * .
PISTOLS KOU TWO.
Nuhlivlllo Editors Indulge In Flcrco
Personal It Ion.
NASHVIU.I : , August 10. [ Special Telegram
oTitB Bin : . J The sensation of the day Is the
challenge sent by Colonel A. S. Colyar ,
editor-in-chief of the Dally American , to 13d
vnrdCorumck , editor of the Daily Democrat
.The trouble between these gentlemen grow
out of certain publications made In their re
spective newspapers In reference to political
natters. For some days the Democr.it has
laid its respects to the American and its
idltor-in-chlef of stockholders ,
- - and some its
t has questioned the democracy of Colonel
Colyar and the stockholders , and spoken of
ho reports that not only Colonel Colyar con-
rlbuted $100 to the Davidson county repub-
lean campaign committee during the last
5Ubornatori.il campaign , but that ho ex-
irossed n dcsiro to know whether certain
stockholders had not boon avowedly con
fessed republicans up to a few days utro.
This raised the Ire of Colonel Colyar. Ho
addressed his communication to Cormack
.wo days ago. Cormack prcp.irod
its reply , and the correspondence appeared
In thu Democrat to day. Colonel Colyar ,
referring to the personal references to him
self , denying certain statements , closed his
reply with the following words :
"Therefore , 1 take the liberty of denounc
ing you as a liar , and I brand you as such.
You can take your own course. 1 shall re
main In the city. This note proceeds upon
the ground that the newspaper is not the
place to settle personal difficulties , and I do
not wish to involve any friend ; therefore
1 send this by mail. "
Cormack decided to publish the note mid
his reply thereto. In his reply ho expressed
the hope that his business with Colonel Col
yar , personally , is ended with the letter , but
says the Democrat's business is with the
American , its editor , and Us management in
so far us they may deserve notice at its
hands. Cormack says that Colonel Colyar
may , indeed , "denounco" him as a
liar , but that ho denies that the
colonel can "brand" him as such.
He admits that Colonel Colyar has done him
no personal wrong , and assures Colonel
Colyar that , ho bears him no personal ill-will.
Cormack reiterates the charge that the
colonel contributed to the republican cam
paign ; charges , Mr. Cormack says , which
were Hrst made public against Colonel Colyar
ono year ago , and have stood without denial
to this day. Ho then says :
"I do not belieto that you were seeking the
defeat of Governor Taylor , because even the
republican managers who handled your
money never hoped for such results , but you
placed your money in the hands of the re
publican committee , where it was beyond
your power to control it. "
The publication of the correspondence has
excited a great deal of comment , owing to
the prominence of the gentlemen and the po
sitions they occupy. There has been con
siderable speculation as to the outcome of the
mutter , but it is thought that there is not to
bo n hostile meeting. Colonel Colyar is over
seventy years old , while Cormack is quite a
youug man.
A JUjIOHT ON INDIANA.
The Terrible Pow.-r Wioldcd By the
"White Cnps. "
ENGLISH , Ind. , August 19. [ Special Tele
gram to Tnc Hi'.i : . ] The "Whito Cap'1 in
vestigation has resulted in the gathering of
n great pile of secret evidence that will bo
used to tremendous advantage in the sitting
of the next Crawford county grand jury. It
Is the -general opinion , however , that the
local courts nro so powerless that nothing
less than the atuto militia will bo adequate
for protection in the trials that will bo the
outcome of the numerous indictments that
will bo heard from in October. If the
"White Caps" find it possible they will so in
timidate those who turn state's evidence on
them as to drive them out of the country.
Before the session of the court great care
will bo taken with the cases. This must , of
necessity , bo done , us it has become a matter
of absolute necessity with the people
ple to drive the regulators from
their security. Property has depreciated ,
nud the people are terrorized. Never were a
people more cowed and subdued. Men of
property arc afraid to denounce the "Whito
Caps , " fearing u loss of some of their posses
sions. County officers , commissioners , mar
shal , newspapers and many business men
have been served with warnings to never
open their heads. In approaching the people
on the "Whito Cap" topic , they are flrst non
committal and utterly opposed to saying n
word , and yet , under breath , they bitterly
denounce the wnolo proceeding. An eminent
Judge said that It was the worry of his life ;
that it was the only evil that annoyed him ;
that ho felt as if a nightmare had como over
the community ; that the "Whito Caps" had
established a precedent that would follow
them for half a century , and that it leaves a
blight that will bo felt during the remainder
of the present generation.
APFMCTl'JD WITH A OANOEK.
The Days of General Craig or St.
Joseph Suid to lit ; Numbered.
ST. Josci'ii , Mo. , August 18. [ Special Tel
egram to Tin : BEK. ] The fact became
known to-day that General James A. Craig
was afllictcd with a cancer , and physicians
say ho cannot live more than sixty days. Up
to within a couple of weeks ago ho was
treated in this city for nu enlargement of
the gland , und poultices were applied to his
neck. This gave no relief , and ho loft foi
St. Louis to bo treated by specialists. There
ho was informed that the treatment hai
been wrong , and that hi > had a cancer. They
refused to treat him and ho loft for Plula
dclphiu. General Craig is probably the
best known of any of the politicians
In Northwest Missouri. Ho served in con-
grrss before the war with Ilendricks of In
diana , and was the first president of the ok
Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad. Before the
I'latto purchase- was divided into counties ho
was the prosecuting attorney , who uccom
pained Judge Norton on horseback over the
territory now comprised in the Third am
Fourth congressional districts. During the
war ho was n general of the army , stationci
nt St. Joseph , and was prominently ideuttfici
with state politics until the present tlmo. Ho
is now seventy-live years of ago.
The \ullow Kovcr.
WASHINGTON , August 10. Surgeon Gen
era ! Hamilton has received the following dis
patch from Jacksonville concerning the yel
low fever :
"Official bulletin for the twenty-four hours
ending 0 p. m : Now C.ISQJ , 1 ; deaths , 1 ; re
coveries , 2 ; under treatment , 18. The fever
is assuming a more severe type.
JACKSONVILLE , Flu. , August 19. Five now
cases of fever were reported today and ono
death. All new rases are traceable to the
two known foci of infection , showing that tbo
disease is not epidemic.
A ? lanl c'H Horrible Suicide.
CHBVCNNE , Wyo. , August 10. [ Special
Telegram to TUB BEE.J Worth Jackson , a
young man of twenty-five , whoso homo Is in
Hot Springs , Dak. , was brought to the city
yesterday by a ranchman who had disco vcrcO
him on the plains violently Insane and flco-
ing from imaginary foes. Jackson was
placed in Jail until ho could bo taken to an
asylum. Last night he reached through the
bars of his cell , seized a lamp chimney , oroko
it , and with ono of the pieces gashed his
throat in such a horrible manner that his re
covery is impossible.
The Aincrlunn Kricccrbund.
CLEVELAND , August 10. The city was
given up to the Germans to-day , the occasion
bolng the fourth annual meeting of the
Krlcgcrbuiid of North America. Societies
are bore from the principal cities of the cast
and west
To Protect American Interests.
NKWPOBT , R. I.,1 August 10. The Untied
States ship'Galena left here-lust night 'for
II ay 11 to look after'tho American Interests
there.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES IN IOWA ,
A Forecast of the Nomlnooo Foi ?
Some Political Positions.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
llopnblicnns in the Klovt-n ll-trict ) <
Who Are Llixhlo to ho Struck With
Concrcshlnnnl Llnlitnlnj ;
Weaver's ClmnccH.
llnwlcoyo Politics Ilovlcwctl.
Dr.s MoiNiis , In. , August IU. [ Special to
Tin : Br.u.1 The remaining county convcn *
lions wore being held yesterday , nnd the nd
vices that como indicate that tlio nomination
of Messrs. Smith and Campbell for railroad ,
commissioners will bo practically unanimous ,
Eastern Iowa will unite upon Hon. Joint
Mabln , of the Mtiscatlno Journal , and MarJ
shalltown will push the claims of Merritt
Greene , of that city. The northwestern part
of the state will como In almost solid for
Senator J. S. Lawience , of Sioux City , nnd
ex-Commissioner Cofltn , of Fort Dodge , who
poses as a "farmers' candidate , " but who la
unanimously repudiated by the Farmers'
alliance , will also bo a candidate. Just how
many dark horses will show up is uncertain.
No matter wbo is nominated , ho will very
likely bo slaughtered at the polls , The dem
ocrats will nominate Commissioner Doy , and
as the onlco is non partisan and Mr. Dc-y has
made u good officer , many lepubllcans will
support him.
It has never been suggested that the re
publican convention should place Doy In
nomination in order to make the commission
non-partisan and divide tlio responsibility of ;
dealing witli the railroad question with the , $
democrats. Of the aspirants for noinjt'itloli
for the third commissioner the chok will
lay between Mahln and Lawrence , unless a. .
close combination can bo formed between the
friends of Judge Given , who is a candidate
for supreme Judge , and the Held for railroad
commissioner. The railroads will support
Given if Scevors is sidetracked , as now
seems likely. The antt-monopolists will
support Granger of Allnmakco for supreme
Judge nnd the bar of the state Is strongly in
favor of his nomination. Should the friends' '
of Baker and Romley , candidates for supreme
judge , unite , tin- contest will bo close and ox-
filing. John Y. Stone of Mills county will
have a strong following and If ho t'an satisfy
the antt monopolists of the Eighth district
that ho is fully in sympathy with their views
ho stands un excellent chauco of securing
the nomination.
Tlio railroad gangs have been routed in ,
nearly every contest at the primaries. 1H
Linn , Mahaska and Polk counties , three of
tiio corporation strongholds , the delegates
are half and half. Judge Iluboard , of the
Northwestern , did not get on the delegation
from Linn , but no doubt ho will set in the
convention as a proxy.
TIII : coNiii > sioN.u < CUXVASS.
In the First congressional district John II.
Gear , republican , will undoubtedly bo re-
elected. The majority is less than one thou
sand , but the democrats do not seem ut ull
havjnonious. Kcokuk will slaughter any
candidate Burlington may favor , and Bur
lington will return the compliment with in
terest. The prohibitionists have named a
candidate but will not bo able to draw oft
many voles.
Walter I. Hayes , democrat , will bo re
turned from the Second , Park W. MeManus ,
n very popular republican of Davenport , will
contest the district , but cannot possibly overt
como the 7,000 opposition majority. Colonel
D. B. Henderson , republican , will bo sent
back from the Third as a matter of courso.
There Is a lively scramble golnf ? on ,
for the republican nomination in the Fourth ,
Hon. W. E. Fuller , of Fayotte , Is a candidate
for the third term und his seat Is being con
tested by John McHugli. a leading Irish re
publican , of Howard , Hon. II. C. Bulls , of
Winneshick , and State Senator Sweeney , of
Mitchell. Fuller will probably bo renouv
inutcd.
In the Sixth ( Weaver's district ) the repub
licans have nominated John F. Lacy , a -J
lawyer of Oskaloosa. Weaver will bo in tha -3
Hold again backed by the solid support of tha f
democrats and grecnhackers. The repub
licans have committed the unpardonable
folly of sending Pelo Hepburn ami your own.
silver-tongucd ( ( ) John M. Tliurston into th'at
district , and this will materially aid Weaver
If not insure his election. Weaver delights'
to meet railroad lawyers on the stump Id
Joint debate , and the party can never hope to
defeat tbo wily grcenbacker until ho is confronted - '
fronted with a true blue anti-monopolist can/
didatc. I
In the Seventh Major U'ongor will bo unani
imously renomiimtcd for the third term , and
ro-elected by n largely increased majority. i
There is going to bo n pretty race m tha
Eighth district between Hon. J. P. Flick , x > f
Taylor , and Major A. R. Anderson. Ander
son beat Hepburn two years ago by soraa
two thousand votes , running ns an inV
dependent candidate on n platform of
his own construction. Ho will posa
this year as an Independent ocalnJ
but has been nlready endorsed by the union
labor party , and will likely bo by the demo
crats. It Is possible that Mr. Flick will bo
cleetod , though the fight will be closo.
In the Ninth a now man will bo selected , ' .
Major Lyman is practically out of the racaj
Council Bluffs , are regularly In the floldV
Harrison county has instructed for Lymaii ,
and Cass is debating whether to "bide hc
tlmo" nnd'bring out a candidate. Scnutptf ,
Young or Representative Wilson of thav
county would make an excellent candidate
could either be persuaded to enter the fiejd/
The fight for the republican nomination'
in the Tenth waxes warm and a
multitude of candidates are hust
ling each other at the primaries
Mayor Holmes , of Boone , who has repre
sented thn district for thrco terms , is In tha
field backed by his own county nnd with
scattering support from other sections. Jj
P. Dolllver , the silver-tongued orator ot
Fort Dodge , will have solid delegations from
Webster , Hamilton , Humboldt and perhaps
Calhoun. Ex-Speaker Head will huvo tha
delegates from Greene , Judge Connor those )
from Crawford , Hon. W. L. Culbortson the
Carroll delegates , nnd perhaps other aspir
ants will have a few votes. It looks at if tha
field will combine against Dolllver llko they
did two years ago on account of his youth.
Hon. 1. S. Strublo seems to have a per
petual lease on his seat from the Eleventh
district. Ho will be elected this year for tha
fourth tlmo und with practically no opposU
lion.
lion.Tho
The Fifth district , which was omitted In ,
this .summary , will return Hon. S. V. ICerr , ' ]
of Grundy Center , without doubt. The dls J
trict has been recently changed and is now
reliably republican. i
EHayes will bo the onlv democrat from Iowa' '
In the next congress , unless the wily Weaver' '
should slip In again through republican mls '
management. Rrjf
A Onnndinn Kmbcz/.lcr Arrested.
MONTUEAT , , August IS. David Davis ,
cleric of the storekeeper and the postmaStctf'
nt Q'Appcllo. loft that place to spend 014 !
holidays in England , a short tltno ago. a ]
his absence it was found lie had embezzle"
aW
$30,000. He was arrested yesterday ut Vtf :
cott and brough hero. W
Instructed For Gnllom.
CHICAGO , August 18. The Fourth
torial district republican convention nom
inated S. II. Reynolds , of Jefferson , and E.
J. Wbltebcad , of Cicero , this morning upon ,
the first ballot. The nominees were In
structed to vote for the re-oleution of Shelby
M. Cullom to the United Statci senate , f
File Wcrku Shut Down.
LOWKU. , Mass. , August 18. Tha IILsco *
File company , of West Cuclasford , shui
down last night for an indefinite per ! dewing
owing to tbo persistent and aggressive wwr'
of large incorporated concerns. The Bggr4
gate liabilities are in the1 neighborhood of
(100,000. The Value ot tha assets u not Kaon * , ;