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, 4 ! THE OMAHA EIGHTEENTH YEAJR. OMAHA. MONDAY MOKNlNG , JANUARY 21 , 18S9. NUMBER 221 PROHIBITION IN IOWA , A Streak of Daylight From a Dark Luntorn. GOVERNOR LARRABEE'S ' VERSION. The True Inwardness of Prohibition ut Doa Molnos. THE SHAM AND THE REAL. Police Oourt Records That Kuook Out Pretenders. SOME DES MOINESSAMPLE ROOMS The KfTect of I'rolilliltory in the Cnpltnl City Hcnl Us- tntc , Coininoruo and IniliiHlry. Does Prohibition Prohibit ? Under Instructions of the managing editor Of Tun BII : I have Just completed a tour of observation In the leading cities of Iowa with special reference to the practical opera tion of prohibition In the Hnwkoyo state. 1 must state at the very outsoi * , that my In structions were not to write prohibition down or to color my reports \vith tiny bias. The facts as submitted herewith are the un varnished truth and can bo verified at anytime by parties who arc willing to got the bottom facts about prohibition rather than to bolster any particular version of the temperance issue. My report is written purely from the standpoint of the newspaper reporter , whoso chief aim is to present a faithful picture to the public of what ho ban seen and heard , Thu capital city of Iowa was the llrst point visited by me , and I must say I encountered very little diQlculty in familiarizing myself with .tha real status of prohibition , This Is nn unfavorable season of the 5'car to visit Des Molnes , for the people toll mo that In the summer time it is really a place of exceeding loveliness , while now it is dreary , cold , dirty and begrimed , evincing hardly n redeeming feature to make good the assertions of the inhabitants. I reached hero In the mtddlo of the night. Listless repose rolguod throughout the city , and my llrst impressions of the place were naturally dismal and dreary. Under such circumstances ono feels badly the need of some sort of stimulus as 150 miles "roughing it" has had quite a racking effect upon both physique nnd mentality. But as this is one of the places , according to Gov ernor Larrabee , where the blessings of strict prohibition are exemplified to their fullest measure , I had little hopes of Indulging in anything of a liquid shape , and made up my mind that a good square meal and a cup of hot coffee was the most I could expect. The \Vlilto Klophnnt. Iu a few minutes the sign of the White Klephant , a restaurant kept by nn accommo dating young man named Terry Chambers , on Fourth street , Just south of the Kirkwood house , caught my attention , and 1 walked in and set down my valise. The room is a long ono , with a huge soda water fountain and cigar stand occupying the forward space on the . left as you enter , and a row of dining tables runs down the right side of the apartment until the counter of the cuisine is reached , while on the loft , partioned off snugly is a series of wino rooms , with lock and key to each door. 1 walked back nnd entered the first of these and tapped the bell , A colored waiter was promptly at my service , and in an off hand , matter-of-fact sort of u way , 1 said : "Jim , bring mo a bottle of beer. " The darkoy o.yed me a moment , then said : "You's a traveling man , is you boss ! " 1 replied : "Yes , 1 sell Chambers 'bout all his best cigars hurry Jim with tlfat beer , I want to get to the hotel. " A Hot tl < 5 of Ueer. The next moment the waiter returned with t , bottle of beer and a glass , and pulling the cork poured mo out n draught. I drained the glassjind smacked my lips as if the bovonigo regaled mo much , but hon estly such vile stuff , a sort of a cross between drippings and dish-water , I never tasted be fore. I excused the waiter and looked nt the bottle. It read : "Jos. SchliU & Co. , bottled ntRoek Island by Carso & Ohlwclller" and as 1 afterward learned was made espec ially for the Iowa trade. The bottle cost mo 35 cents. As I left the place , I ran Into a knot of llvo or six men , nil more or loss In- ' toxicatcd , at the corner of Walnut street. They were of course discussing the likelihood ol a repeal of the prohibition law. ns every body does hero when they got under the in fluence of Schlitz's slop , or the forty-rod whisky obtainable at a hundred different places. But more of that anon , t A Vlmv of the City. Yesterday morning , after an ordinary breakfast at the Savory their now grand hotel hero-1 took n dcsulory stroll about the principal streets of thu city , nnd I must ac knowledge that it strikes mo that the opinion I formed of the plnco at the midnight Hour was about the correct thing. In fact at this time of the year it Is bettor to see Dos Moines by oloctrlo light than in the full glare of the noonday sun , which might also bo said of a good many other cities. The streets are painfully narrow , exces sively muddy , and everything Is dingy nnd dirty to a superlative degree. There are but few attractive build ings , the capitol , with Its hugo glided doxno , overlooking the entire city from n consider able eminence across the river on the cust Blue , being the most conspicuous , the post- oflk'o and government building coming next , nnd the Savcry house ranking fourth , But I am not hero to describe Des lolncs , neither am I bore to belittle or disparage by depre ciating comparisons , for it is a well known fact that It Is u line old town , aud an uristo- cratlc one at that. Yet through force of cir cumstances it has become In a large measure stultlllcd and deadened , hus fallen in desue tude , so to speak , nnd is not marked with that stirring life and get-up that so charac terizes all our western cities. The people hero says the town is improving now every day , but not as she would have improved had the state been spared the Incubus of prohi bition. But the citlrnns of DCS Molncs would bo unworthy of their ancestry If they did not claim everything that was good for her. But that in nowlso n/Tocts / the impressions of the disinterested visitor , anil to the majority of these It appears that the clf'ylis embosomed In the heart of ono of the ' Croatost states la the unloi , but that for 80mo inexplicable reason she lies dormant , anil In population , business , customs , man ners , she remains Used ; while tbe great tor rent of migration god improvement which Ut making such incessant changes in other parts of this restlesi country swoops by her un heeded. DCS Monies Is like one of the big uayoiii bordering the Mississippi where the drift wood may bo seen peacefully lodged against the shores or revolving slowly In the siug/jish / depths , undisturbed by the rash of the passing current beyond. A Talk With tlic Governor. I went ever to the capitol in the afternoon for a talk with Governor Larratec. I found him ut leisure in his sumptuously appointed ofllcc and ho received mo 'cordially. I ap prised him of the nature of my errand , to learn something about ho results of pro hibition In Iowa , nnd wo got down to work sans ceremony. "How Is the law enforced , anyway , gov- crnorf" I enquired. "Well , " ho ronliol , "just about as the or- dhmiylaw is enforced. It Is n most satis factory success here. " "You said , governor , In your speech at Governor Tlmycr's inaugural , that thcro were sovonty-nlno counties in this state where tlio law was absolute , and It was im possible to get a drinlcof intoxicating bev erage. " "Whilu I did not say that in so many words , it is a fact , m fact there are more than seventy-nine counties in this state where there Is absolutely no liquor to bo had under any circumstances. " "Will you please name them ! " "It would bo easier for mo to name the towns and counties whcro Uie law is not en forced thoroughly , nnd these , Allamukeo , Dubuque , Jackson , Clinton , Scott , Muscn- tine , Pottawattamie and Johnson in all the rest of the counties in the state the law is enforced most rlpldly , ami it is naxt to an impossibility to get anything to drink. In DCS Molncs ! Yes , sir , it is nn forced hero ; but thcro are one or two places where an esoteric trade In beverages is maintained , but in time they will bo extirpated root and branch. " "You will please enumerate some of the most noticeable benellts of prohibition in your state governor , as I dcsiro to get ns near the bottom facts as possible. " "To begin then , Mr. McLaln , the superin tendent of the county poor house , says ho has but sixty paupers now , the same number ho hud a year ago ; but two years ago ho had many more , nnd three years ago still a larger number. Again , three years ago thcro were seventy-live saloons in full blast in DCS Moines , now there is not a single one , and for u period of three years I have not scon a half dozen drunken men upon our streets. Before the passage of the law a reeling drunkard was a common sight. 1 have talked with our Judges about the criminal business before thu courts , and three out of four declare there Is not half there was three years ago. In fact the law business In both branches , civil and criminal , is at u low ebb in Iowa , and attorneys everywhere are complaining. " "How about the river towns ; is the laws enforced there ? " "Not so well. It is dolled In Dav enport , nnd everything is wide open there , and pretty much the same condition of things exists at Oskaloosa , Ottumwa and Burlington. However , they'll all have to go ; they can't withstand the pressure that is being brought to bear upon them. But hero , read this letter , I just ro- cclvea it before you came in , and it will give you nn idea of how things are working , " and the governor handed me the following open letter : KEOKUK , la. , Jan. 7 , 1889. Hon. William Larrabee , Duui GovKiiNon : Your letter of Deo. 30 received. I do icaro for the good opinion of good men. I do not care for the good or bad opinion of saloon keepers and whisky men. I have them down hero now and will keep them down if I e.in. You estimate the crowd rightly. They care for nothing that is decent or right. I thank you heartily for your letter. Yours Sincerely , JOHN N. InwiN , Sheriff of Leo County. "Do you think , governor , that this law will ever bo repealed ( " "No sir , emphatically no none of us will ever see such an unwglcomo thing come to pass. But while I think of it I want you to say that I would not have mentioned the sub ject of prohibition before the Nebraska leg islature had not Governor Tlmycr given mo my text and thcro was no getting out of it. I think , however , that it wns well enough , for iu the country districts of that state thcro is a rapidly augmenting sentiment in favor of prohibition , and u bill submitting the question to a vote of the people is to bo laid before the present legislature. Yes , I will confess there has been a shrinkage in real estate valuations since this law went into ef fect , but It was not prohibition that caused this diminution in values , for the saino. con dition of things exist In many states * where prohibition docs not reign. The argument' that the closing of the saloons hurt business is the weakest of all. Our croos grow just the same , and the produce is marketed , and if the people can't spend their money in the sa loons they will spend it elsewhere. You will bo safti In chronicling , taking everything into consideration , that thcro will bu no rest until the law of prohibition 11 absolutely en forced in every nook and cranny of this stato. As an evidence , Kinsio Jordan , of Ottumwa , one of the most obdurate saloon men in the state , just loft my ofUco before you came In , after declaring an unconditional capitulation , and ngroclng to quit the business forever. Ho Is notoriously known as "Stormy" Jordan , nnd hanging before his saloon in Ottumwa was a sign which read : "Thu Houd to Hell , " and another over the door entitled , "Nose Paint , " He has been pursued and arrested time and time again , and up to an hour ago there were lines standing against him to the extent of 7,1)00 ) for violating the liquor law. I lirst re leased his bondsmen , Jordan having made oath that ho will hcronftor refrain from the sulo of intoxicating liquors and demean himself - self ns a good nnd law-abiding citizen. I h > vo Issued an order suspending execution of the sentence of the district court of Wapollo county against Jordan , and ho has gonouway hnppy. " They Ham Kycs , But Sco-Not. Now to show how a greut and good man like Governor Larrabco may bo fooled , I will proceed to detail my subsequent investi gations in this city , On my way down town from the capitol I dropped In at the police station anil with Clerk Johnson wont ever the criminal rec ords of the city for the past three years , and I must say tha Information must strike Gov ernor Lurrabco and the good people of Iowa Hiio a revelation. In 1SSH ilia total number of persons arrested for Intoxication wus 4'i3 ' ; in 185-1 , the iirst year of prohibition , U9S ; lu 18V5 , Mand in ISSS , til'J , and at the ratio they are being run In now , 1SS9 will outstrip all former yeurf. This , it must bo unilorstor.il , is not the sum total of the ar rests for Intoxication In this city by a long shot , for since the pn&sago of the law consta bles Inivfl been vested with the power to make arrests for intoxication , and to search houses for liquors , aud for each case rs. tabllshcd they received n fee of from il.OO to fcj.f.0 n ease. There are eleven Justices of the | > eaco In the city , with two constables tea a Justice , nnd scores and scores of drunks are run In by these ofllcials that are not recorded lu the annual report of the clerk of the pollco court. However , enough has been ascer tained to show that the arrests for drunken ness in the city of Dos Molncs since the en forcement of the prohibition law , have been largely in excess of that when the saloons were wide open. The best citizens , reliable business men , tell mo that where one drunken Individual was encountered on the streets formerly , two are met with now. From police headquarters 1 made ray way to the internal revenue oflleo , but this being a deputy's ofllec 1 was unable to seeuro the number of liquor licenses Issued. These Ilg ures I shall have to procure at revenue head quarters at Dubuquo. The deputy collector assured mo , however , that there was not milch of a fulllnir off in the issuing of govern ment licenses , an aver.igo of four or five being taker out dully. Decline ol' . It cnl V nl now. From the internal revenue oflleo I called upon the lending real estate men of the city , to obtain the comparative real estate valua tions before anil since prohibition. A unanimity of opinion prevails In thcso quarters. I was told that there was any "God's quantity" of good property hero now that wouldn't soil for any uioro than it would in 1SS.1. They agreed that there was not the slightest question that the law had had indirectly a disastrous effect upon the real estate of the city. It had sot the people to quarreling. Ono side attached an undue importance to the enforcement of tlio law leone one way , and the other in another. Tills had a demoralizing Influence. People Hod from the city as if from a pestilence , and business suffered in a deplorable way. The shutting down of the mammoth Kidd distillery the largest manufactory of rc- flned alcohol and high wines in the world , wns a calamity within itself. The prodigious market it offered ceased entirely , and over 300 hands were thrown out of employment , and most of them were compelled to leave the city. This immense establishment made no beverages , nnd the prohibitionists claim that it is was not the enforcement of the law in this state that compelled this institution to discontinue operations , but the whisky pool that so completely controls the distilling in terests of this country. But while in a way this is true , it was the passage of the law of prohibition in Iowa that made it possible for the pool to compoll Kidd to closedown. While the real estate men now claim that prices are linn , there is no hfo in the market , and transfers are few and far between. The city of Des Moines , in spite of the drawback given it by prohibition , has undergone much natural improvement , and her cit izens hope to see it continue and increase , as it certainly will. But under the present condition of things a boom is undreamed of. Views of BiiHine.ss Men. Business men cluim their yearly showing has fallen off over one-third since the old days when prohibition was unknown , and bui inoagro evidences of improvement are now reported in any branch of trade or tranic. Unhampered by the law , Des Moines , with her fourteen or fifteen railroads , and her thousand and ono natural advantages , exhaustless - haustless resources and business tact and enterprise , would bo ono of the largest , most populous , prosperous and thrifty cities in nil the great west. No one can gainsay the truth of this statement after once going over the ground. And then , after all , there is but a sem blance of prohibition hero. It exists only in name , aud not in actuality. A Iilst or Places. ' I made the rounds of the city last night and following will bo found a list of the places whcro intoxicating beverages may bo had : Pat McAteo's a small frame building next to the International hotel , across from the Hook Island depot. A billiard parlor is the blind. Under the Aborn house is a place run by a man named by John Cavunaugh , a bona ildo saloon , run on the sly , of course. D. T , McGee presides ever a little store- box of a room next to the desk in the Aborn house , whcro whisky straight may bo pur chased at 15 cents a table spoon full. Jake Hugolon , on Court avenue , at the corner of the alloy , between Second and Third streets , whisky and beer. Day Kutterson , a shoemaker on Third street , near Court avenue , dispenses "rot- gut. " Ono side of the apartment is occupied with a fish market , and you go in a small room to get your drinks. Tom Avhalen , across the alley from the Whalon house , on Third street , runs a whisky shop. Further up Third street , between Walnut and Locust , Just west ot Wells' livery stable is a cigar stand that sells nioro whisky than cigars. At the corner of Fourth and Locust street is one of the most frequented resorts in the city , where the young bloods go to get their "Jag on. " It is owned by George Ilumoy , a once noted gambler and saloon keeper bore and is run by his woman , vari ously called Mrs. Parker and Winnie Ulppoth. You entered a small room in front , ostensibly a cigar store , but on signifying your wants you are directed to a rear apart ment , and sit there while Winnie goes out to the drug store and gets you a Lottie of whisky , beer , or whatever you want in the bibulous lino. The sign at the door is Dcl- monlco's Restaurant. On Walnut street , next to Foster's opera house , Is George Johnson's pluco lunch , whisky , beer , etc. On thu South SIde , at his dwelling house , Frank Grogan runs a lushing dive for the minors. Nim Wyott , at his dwelling , also dispenses liquid refreshments , without much fear or favor. On the East Side you can get your drinks at the Capital City hotel , run by John Harty. Low Foley runs the toughest hole ever known In Des Molnes. It is an alleged bar ber shop on Walnut street , This place is nightly the scene of the wildest orgies by an intemperate gang that rendezvous bare , Mrs , Day , on Sixth street , near Court ave nue , runs a popular boarding house , whore the chief diet is vile whisky and rotten beer , ut Hoffman house prices , These are but n small number of the places where intoxicating beverages can bo hud at any time , Anil ThlH IN Not All. Hut , these places do not drive the bulk of the trudu In liquors , as DCS Molucs IB u city of drug stores , and out of a list of about Jif'ty of those establishments , twcnty-nino sell whisky by the drink ever the counter , andvwith one or two exceptions , every drug store In the town sells It by the pint or quart. In my ncU letter I propose to describe about thirty odd sample rooms which I visited In company with souiu friends who know just whcro the latch strings hung. DAKOTA'S OUTLOOK BETTER , Prospects of a Speedy Ronllzntlon of Her Hopoe. ANOTHER FIGHT ANTICIPATED Over the Hnspctirtloii oftlie llulos for tlio PunsiiRi ! of the Oklahoma Territorial nml tlio I'n- ClliC FlltUling Dill. WASHINGTON HumluTiin OMAHA Bun , 513 FOURTEENTH STHECT , WASHINGTON , D. C. , Jan. 20. There is a moro cheerful outlook for Da kota's ' statehood. It bus been agreed by the delegation hero from that territory , who are working for the division and admission to statehood of the southern half by proclama tion of the president , with an enabling act for North Dakota , that the conference com mittee , which will bu appointed by the two houses , on the omnibus bill will likely reach an agreement , nnd work is to bo concen trated to that end. Thu delegation to-night determined to go In and do everything possi ble for an agreement by the conference committee on the line indicated , and the prospects are that there will bo thu state of South Dakota by the middle of next summer , without the inter position of an extra session of the Fifty-first congress. The likelihood that u failure to legislate on the territorial statehood bill dur ing the next six weeks , will have a potent influence towards nn extra session , is work ing wonders on the democrats of the houso. ANOTHER rlUIIT KXl'KCf CD. To-morrow another sharp tight is antici pated In the house for the suspension of the rules and the passage of the Oklahoma ter ritorial ami Pacific railroad funding bills. Both measures will bo adopted If u vote can bo reached , but it is expected that Anderson , of Kansas , and others will filibuster the day away. The Iriends of those bills have been doing some very quiet , but exceedingly de termined and effective work during tlio past week , nnd It is stated that promises of re wards to the lobby , In the event of success , have been made without limit. It is not generally known , but it is true , that ouo or two railroad companies are behind the movement to organizu Okla homa , and this fact bus done the project moro harm than all things else. Of course , the Pacific railroads are exceedingly anxious to have their bill passed , and would bo will ing to "do the handsome thing" to secure success. XIJW TOHK MEN . A senator who has Just returned from New York says ho hud a talk with ox-Senator Warner Miller , and u number of thu friends of that gentleman and also of ox-Senator Platt. Mr. Miller does not expect to ba called into President Harrison's cabinet , and regrets exceedingly that there has been an attack upon Mr. Plutl in connection with the cabinet speculations. The senator learned from thu friends of the two distinguished New Yorkers named , that they beliavo K. . is more than likely that President Harrison will tender the English mission to-Senator Evarts , which will make ft vacancy in the senate and which may l > o filled by one of the ox-senators , and that they will be given an opportunity to test their popu larity with the people through the legislature. Senator Evarts prefers the position at the coart of St. James , whore he can demonstrate bis diplomacy , to the ono he now ocouoioa , * or anything that could be given to him in'the ' cabinet. If Mr. Evarts should be sent abroad the friends of Messrs. Miller and Plutt bellovo that these two gentlemen will bo left to scramble for the senatorship , and that some other repub- in the Empire state will bo called Into the cabinet. PENSION HILLS VETOES , It is stated that the real reason why so many pension bills are becoming laws nowa days without the president's signature is be cause Commissioner Block has refused to write any moro vetoes. Ten per cent of the bills which have become laws during the present session have done so without the name of President Cleveland. The presi dent has quit the veto business , so far as pension bills are concerned , and the em ployes of the pension bureau say that it is be cause the bills are returned to the white house without the customary memorandum for congressional messages. AIIMY ORDERS. The following named enlisted men having performed the duties assigned them January 13 , nt Fort Kobinson , will return to that sta tion with permission to delay flfieen days en route : Saddler Sergeant Hobert Benjamin , Ninth cavelry and Private John W. Nichols , company I , Eighth infantry. Charles T. Kennedy , now at Fort Sidney , is detailed ns a hospital steward at Fort Niobrara. Major Charles H. Whipple , paymaster , is relieved from duty in , the Department of the Missouri , nnd will take his station at Chey enne , Wyo. , reporting by letter to the com manding general , Department of the Platte. The leave of absonootm surgeon's certificate of disability grauted First Lieuteaunt Kich- nrd T , Earley , Second infantry , January 11 , Department of the PJutte , Is extended flv o months on surgeon's certificate of disability , vith permission to go beyond the sea. ( .11. IIOOM JOHN'S ASl'lllATlONS. What promises to be a most vigorous cam paign for a cabinet portfolio under President Harrison huibecn begun by John | Thui-bton nnd his friends. Mr. Thurston was hero a week ago , nnd then went to New York , and is to bo'in Washington again to-morrow. His friends claim that ho has done nothing to start this boom , but is being urged as the western and northwestern representative , and that they will yet receive the endorse ment of Senator Stanford , SenatorQuay , and u lot of other monopolists. SLTUUSTIT10U.S AUTIljT * . Strangers to the capitol during the past year have wondered why the brass relief work , which has been in progress for ten or llftemi years in the circle up near the dome , and which so admirably resembles work in marble , hus been at a standstill , It is be cause no ono can be found to complete it. Two Italian masters have already died while engaged on this work , and thcro seems to be a superstition amongHhoso who are capable of continuing it that to take this work means death. A couple of arttatu were standing in the corridor on the west side of the llrst floor of sonata wing of the capitol the other day ad miring the frescoing , when one of them said : "I remember very 'well when this work was done. Old Burmidl , a well-known fresco artist , had cha'reo ' of the worK. You sco , these cupid headsand fruit pieces uround on the ceiling look very beautiful at a glance , but they do not well stand criticism. This Is because of the fact that there was not n largo appropriation made for , the work , and It was done In great haste. Burmidl simply painted the lending llgures , sucli us the largest eu- plds and fruit pieces. When ho had com pleted his work and was ready to turn It ever to the artists of lesser note for the Mill- ing-ln' process , ho called some of his nrtistlo friends to look at his work. Ono of them , after gu/lng at the work fern n few minutes lu silence said , cither through n spirit of real and honest criticism or jocu larly , that the'work looked like the wall pa per In hotel corridors. Then the artist laughed at the scroll Work , too , and agreed that 'it was like hotel wall paper , ' and u few days lutor Burmldi killed himself , The criticism played upon his mind until it frnnzied him , nnd , UKO the cook who got Ids master's steak too well done , ho preferred death to shame. " ' AllII ) LANDS. The chief of the geological burvoy soys ho bus already commenced active work , under the law of lust October providing for the survey of urid lauds' with a view to Irriga tion , some of which are located in Nebraska and Colorado. Six parties have been organ ized , and important surveys begun in two of the states and four territories. ' Sites for reservoirs and canals have been selected , lands to bo withdrawn from sale have buou iii il leu ted and a system hus been devised on which the surveys of the whole vast un fertile raglnu will bo curried forward , It la estimated by Mnjor Powell that not less 150,000 square miles of land now barren can bo redeemed and made worth from $25 to $50 an acre. Mi rnt.t..vsrors. To-day's Washington newspapers speak In high praise of the musical accomplishments of Miss Hustln , of Omaha , who Is the guest ol Senator and Mrs. Paddock. lown renders of TUB Urn will bo plcnscd to learn that the Post to-day pays Joseph S. Morgan , private secretary to Senator Allison , H compliment of unusual proportions. Joe has been showing u party of Hawkeye re publicans around the city during the past few dayi , and they have voted him extra ordinary thanks. H is said thnt Heprcsentattvo William TJ. Scott , ot Pennsylvania , who contributed so much cash to President Cleveland's cam paign , Is going to contest with Secretary Whitney for the presidential nomination In lb'J2. Pnitiiv S. HBABII. Tit 13 OIjli3.VIl.VNOK KI3OOUI ) . The Financial Transactions of the Punt Week. BOSTON , Mass. , Jan. ' 'O. [ Special Tele gram to the BCE. ] The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of thu leading clearing-houses of the United States , shows the gross ex changes for the week ended January 10 , 1SS9 , with rates per cent of increase or decrease - crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week in 1SSS ; CITIES. CLKAIUNGP. Now Yorlt liosion 118,8111,141 J'hllnuulpmn 73.WJ , B7ii . . . .18.H Chicago ( , ! ! 15,000 . . . .lfl.0 St. 1,01118 lU.fi'it.Ofi' ) ! . . .18.1) ) Sun I'rnnctsco . . .1U.3 . . Now Orleans Iliiltlmoro 1i.UIS,74U ! IMttsbiirg Cincinnati . . . ' . ' (1.2 ( Kansas Oity Louisville 7 7U7 1-5(1 ( * . y ' I'rovlilunce Detroit Olovulund 4oi.vvui : ! ! ! j Minneapolis " * " " ' Denver ! ! . ! st. 1'iiul . . . 4.2 Onmliii 36.5 MiMinmis ' ' ' llnrtforil i'.itrt'.n lilchmond , . ' Jlllwixukco 2,014,000 ! ! ; : ) ; Commons , ' " 1U.U ( iulvcston ii > 2.r > s.s . "isJiB Ios Angeles 1 , 030.0- vn New Haven 1I1S1I7I : ! 3.8 Portland l.Oll.MJI . . . o.i : 1'eorla . . . . B.7 Snrlnirlleld Dulutli St. Joscptk , , Worcester l , 011.014 ; Norfolk S > : .Y lo Wichita 70fl.i7l : . . . .111.8 Lowell TOwr. ' . . . m..i Syracuse Tsa.astt1 ( Inum Itaplds IH1.77fi' ' 15.0 Total OutsldoNow York. 40 ' , WV . . . .Ifi.tl CONTRACT IjAHOK. A L/argo Consignment Arrives nt CnHtlc Garden , NBW YOIIK , Jan. 20. What appears to boone ono of the biggest consignments of contract labor over landed here in ono ship was dis covered by accident nt the landing of the passengers of Ln Champagne at Castle Gar den to-day. It was noticed that more than half of the 2ll ! steerage passengers were bound for Florida. It was found that all had come from Alsace. Germany , and that their passage money had been paid by a man named George Sturm , of that province. Later in the day a member of the firm of Straiten & Storm , of this city , appeared at Castle Gar den. Ho said ho was an Alsatian , and had arranged to have his countrymen come here , but denied having paid their faro. Ho had a largo tract of land In Florida , and proposed to furnish each family with a house and forty acres of land , and start them ut raising Su matra tobacco. Ho would buy the product , The people , to the number of 1110 , were de tained , awaiting the action of Collector Ma- gone. _ Died ofliockjaw. FOUT GAiti.ANi ) , Colo. , Jan. 20. [ Special Telegram to Tni ! 13un.J A sad accident oc- cured here last Friday which resulted in the death of Billy Carson , the son of the famous scout , Kit Carson. Friday evening , while attending to his horses , one of them kicked him on the hip , striking a revolver , which ex ploded , the ball entering the fleshy part of the thigh , and , passing downward , carne out near the knee , shattering the knee-cap. Medical aid was telegraphed for , but failed to reach here in tune to bo of any assistance. From the excessive loss of blood Carson be came very weak , and late last night died of lockjaw. Ho has been sheriff of Costilla county for a number of years , and is almost the last of the famous Carson family , he hav ing but one surviving brother , who is In the cuttlu business at Cammeron. Tlio NebruHlui Damaged. NBW YOIIK , Jan. 20. The steamer State of Nebraska , which sailed lienoo for Glasgow lastFriday"roturned to this city in n leaking condition this morning. The vessel had pro ceeded a considerable distance on her voyage when the captain discovered several feet of water in her hold. An examination was made and it was found that two pivots in the steamer's stern post had been broken. It is expected that repairs will bo completed and the vessel sail by noon to-morrow. She car ries about ono hundred passengers , n\K \ Fire nt Bt. ioseli. | ST. Josni'ir , Mo. , Jan. 20. [ Special Tele gram to Tim Hi'.i : . ] At 1 o'clock this morn ing a llro broke out In the wholesale and re tail art supply store of L. F. Indcrmlll , The store is In one of the handsomest blocks in tlio city , and thu lire had reached the stoelc of mouldings on the third floor before the tire department arrived , The block was saved , but the ontlro stock of goods , valued at WO.OOO , was totally destroyed. Insurance , 818,000. \Vytlu ; I > eiiuinlK a Niw : YOIIK , Jan. 20. William L. Wytho , formerly mannclnir ; clerk ofV. . S. Lawson & Co. , bankers , who was arrested several days ago , charged with the embezzlement of live llrst mortgage $1,000 bonds of the JSvansv illo & Terre Haute railroad , in September lust , had a hearing in the Tombs police court to-day and demanded an examination. Bail was lixed at $10,000 , pending a hearing on the 24th lust. MoGlynnN Action. YOIIK , Jan. 20. Archbishop Corrl- gan's circular regarding Dr. McGlynn and the meetings of the Anti-poverty society and those who attend them was read at all masses In the various Catholic churches of this city to-day. Some priests commented strongly on the action of Dr. McQlynn In continuing his tlrudu of abuse against the church authorities , A Jt'aloiiH HiiKliaml'K Crime. PiTTSntiwi , Pa. , Jan. 20. Frank Hemlcr- shot went to his homo last night and dis covered John FJtzsmiinona In company with Ills wife , Hendcrshot secured a hammer and lealt Fitzslinmons several blows on the head , indicting fatal injuries , A Wutcliiiniii Cruinntad , DETROIT , Mich. , Jan. 20. The Detroit Have and Heading company's main building nurned ut midnight last night. Loss , $ : )0,000. James H. Midillcton , thu witchinan , was j u mod to death. M'ho fire was the work of on Incendiary. Shot IllH Creditor. TOSTOX , Mont. , Jan. 20 At the village of liadcrsburg , Hebcrt Hosbfield was shot and killed by John P , Freeman. The cause of thu shooting was Hossfcld's demand for thu [ iiymeut of $2S , which Freuuiuu owed him. COMING WI2KK IN CONGUtiSS. Important "Matters Pending lit the HOIIRO nntl Senate , \VASIIIXOTOS. Jan. 20. By agreement , the senate is to proceed to a vote upon the sub stitute for the Mills bill at 1 o'clock , Tues day afternoon. But if that limit Is not ex tended some important provisions will have to bu voted on with little or no consideration In the senate. Among the schedules yet un disposed of arc those which concern lumber , wool and woolens , gloves and leather. Over wool and lumber the principal eonllii't has been raging be fore the subcommittee ou llnnuco In charge of the bill , and members of the committee say that In consequence of the continued pressure from Interested parties no agreement cun be reached respecting these subjects until the last moment. There has been some talk about the tirobabillty of certain republican senators not voting for the bill , but well Informed friendst > f the measure say that there is no danger to bo feared from that source. Ills believed , fur thermore , Unit Senator Brown , of Georgia , Will vote for the bill , When the tariff bill is disposed of the sen ate will find itself confronted by an accumu lation of business demanding prompt atten tion. The llrst In Importance are the appro priation bills which have come over from the house. Several senators , however have other legislation which they dfslre to accom plish. Mr. Chandler will endeavor to have consideration of his resolution for election in vestigation , nml Mr. Fryo wants to take up the Pacille railroad fund ing bill , already a special order. Among other bills in a position to be called up for action Is one upon thu regulation of trusts and combinations. In the house rn Monday suspension day tlio Oklahoma bill is unfinished business. Mr. Crisp expects to cull up the pending con tested election eases on Tuesday and Wednes day , but Just what order the business of the week will assume it is not yet possible testate state , as the committee on river .mil harbors have selected the same for consideration of the appropriation bill , wbilo Mr. Hiiudiill In tends to move to proceed with the sundry civil appropriation bill , already before the house. In addition the conference report on the Nicnrnftun canal bill , which may provu to be a bone of contention , is likely to uo added. A IHSASTItOL'S WItKCK. Fivu Men Drowned ily tlio liroulcint ; Down ol'a ItrldKO. EVANSVIM.B , Ind. , Jan. 20. Oflleors of the steamer Dawot , which arrived hero this evening , report n disastrous wreck on the Louisville. St. Louis & Texas railroad bridge across the Green river at Spottsville , ICy. , eighteen miles above this city , in which llvo men were drowned and several fatally in jured. There are no telegraphic or telephone communications from that point , but the facts are about as follows : Last Thursday the Louisville , St. Louis & Texas railroad was granted an injunction by the circuit court of Henderson county against Ihu Keystone Bridge company for interfer ing with the plaintiff's trains running over the bridge. Tlio order , it seems , tvus obeyed until this morning , when the bridge company sent a force of men to the bridge , driving tlio railroad employes oft and at once commencing to tear up the track and ties from the draw of the bridge. This afternoon , while the workof tearing up tlio ties was , in progress , the dis mantling of one of the draws caused the opposite end to overbalance , when It broke in two , precipitating about twenty workmen into the river , live of whom are known to have been drowned and seven seriously if not fatally injured by the falling timbers and iron. iron.A A later report from thj sccno says that n dozen were killed. No names of the dead are yet obtainable. Strike of 1,800 Miner * . Sriu.vo VAI.LCT , 111. , Jan. 20. The ccal miners of this city , who have been in the employ of the Spring Valley Coal company , held a mass meeting in the opera house Uiis morning , and , by a unanimous vote , decided to quit work as long as ono , Thomas Mulvoy , works iu the mines. This throws about 1,800 man out of employment. Several weeks ago the coal company shut down two of its mines , throwing about COO men out. Two shafts re mained at work , and the men in these shafts agreed to share their worlc with the idlomcn. The idle men were to draw lots to determine which mine they went to. One , Mulvoy , who had been transferred to ono of thu mines re maining at work about the time of the shut ting down of the two mines , refused to give up his work and draw lots with the rest of the men , or quit work. Thu miners applied to Manager Devlin to discharge Mulvoy , but ho refused to do so. A muss meeting of the miners was called this morning , at which they resolved not to work with him in the mines. Both the manager and the minors are determined not to give in. The strike may last a few days or six months. All Is quiet in town to-night. Dakotn'N Financial Condition. ST , I'AUI , , Minn , , Jan. SO. A Bismarck , Dak , , correspondent of the Pioneer-Press sends that paper a long array of llguros and big extracts from llnanolnl reports regarding the financial condition of the territory , showj ing that the general fund has been over drawn t27",03ll and the bond fund has been used to meet the drafts. Ho further suys thnt the territorial treasury is bankrupt. Axworlliy'tt Partial Kent It ut ion. Ci.nvxi.AND , O. , Jan. 20. Attorney Squire returned this morning from Toronto with paper s to which ho had obtained the signa ture of Thomas Axworthy , the defaulting city treasurer of Cleveland , transferring to the trustee for the bondsmen all ot Ax worthy's property , Axworthy's wife is with him , and the couple will settle In Toronto. A M is v I on ti NowHjinpor AVnr. CITV OF Mnxico , via Galveston , Jan. 20. The Voz do Mexico , the conservative organ of Archbishop Labastidc , has begun tin nt- tuck upon the government for alleged mis management of the country's llmtnues. The ofllciul organ of the government denies the charges , and declares that the government was never in a more prosperous financial condition. _ Thrown From iliu Slolt > li , Iito.v MOUNTAIN , Mich. , Jan. 20. Whilu a pleasure party were out sleighing this after noon the team ran away and overturned the sluigli. Herbert Armstrong , agent of the canal company , was fatally hurt. Three other occupants wore slightly injured , Tlio Mnlidl HnflVrs DoCcat. SUAKIM , Jan , 20. Pilgrims from the south of Berber report that thu Muhdi , after buf fering u severe dcfout on the \VliIto Nile , toward - ward Wudolal , at the bunds of regular troops ( presumably Kmln Pasha's ) , aband oned further hostilities and 1ms since suf fered lu civil wars. Drowned in IJIIKO Mloliliun. RitANAiiA , Mich. , Jan. SO , Two boys , Willie Murch and John P < .tor on , have dis appeared , and no doubt both are drowned , When lust ( .con they were skating far out In the lake. Three Tr.ilmnon Killed. KNOXVIU.K , Tcnn. , Jan. iu. A passenger train on the East Tennessco roud ran into a freight at Hader's station last evening. The engineer , fireman , and a man named Kufus Patty , of Johnson City , were killed , and sev eral others slightly wounded. Tlio I'roHldi-iit-IM . , Inu-i Jim20. . General Harrison parsed the day with bis family , at tending church in the moiMhig. No polltl- cnl gossip of unj signitioinuo developed to day , A Final Saloon ISow. MSW.VIIK , O , , Jan. 20 , In u saloon quarrel ast night ever the payment of some liquor , Jiurloa was f.ually stabbed. SHOT OOP BY VIGILANTES , A Torrlblo Bnttlo Between Ofllcora and u Mob , FIVE MEN INSTANTLY KILLED. Two Otlinri Mortally nml Sevrrni Seriously Wounded A Wliolo Family Jlurdcrod and Cro * muted In A Texas TrnK < 'tly. ST. Louis Mo. .Inn SO. .A Fort Worth I Tex. , dispatch received Into lust night suys that KhcriiT Klcliimlsou , of thU comity , re ceived u toloiiliono message nt midnight from Graham , In Younir county , to the effect , thnt at about 10 o'clock Ian night , xvhllo United SUitcs Marshal ; Johnson , with it posse of Graham iciti/ons , was escorting the four Marlow brothers , Buck Hart and another man named 1'lercn to the 1'arUor county Jull \Vouiliorford , tlio prisoners being Indicted for four murders mid eight cases of horsa theft , a mob of citizens attempted - tempted to lynch them. The marshal and a posse defended the prisoners , when a terrible light took pltieo. Marshal Johnson , with his prisoners , occu pied two backs. The mob pulled the mar ] shnl from the hack and thun llrod Into the the hacks from each sldo of the road , Kph , mid Alf Miirlow and Sam Creswoll , ono of the guards , were killed instantly. Uruoo Wheeler and frank Pnnuuson , of the mob , were killed at the first volley ot the guards , \vhllu Marshal Johnson and ICu- gene Logan , the latter ono of the mob , were fatally injured. The other two Marlows were chained to the two Murlows who were killed. They secured a iinlfo and cut olT the legs of the deail brothers at the ankle , and , with Buck Hart- and thu other prisoner , escaped in ono ot the hacks. Moth the Mnrlows who escaped and Buck Hnrt were wounded , and worn forced to slay at a farm house fourteen mile * from Graham. Ofllcers have. gone to arrest thorn , and it is thought their wounds tire too serious to permit their escape. A largo posse has been mailo up at Qrn ham ami are in pursuit of the fugitives and members of the mob. Tlio report snyw that the excitement at Graham is at fever heat. It appears that this all'alr was the B0iiicl | to another which oc curred Friday night. Hoone Marlow , ono of the four brothers mentioned , all of whom were in bad repute and accused of various thefts , killed Sheriff \Vallaco , of Young county , on the 17th of last December whilu tlio latter was nttemptinc to ar rest him , Marlow escaped , but his brothers wore arrested as accessories. Later they broke Jail but wore captured , and Friday night a mob of about thirty men at tacked the Jull with tlio purpose of lynching them. The mob failed , however , and at 9 o'clock Saturday tlio prisonersundor u strong guard , weru started for Weathorford for safe keeping. It was while this party was en route that they were attacked with the above result. _ A Terrible Tram'ily. KAXSVS CmMo. . , Jan.20. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BIK. : ] A special to the Times from Brookfleld , Mo. , says : At 10:30 : o'clock last night the house of Mrs. Minnie Hall , a younp widow with four child ren , living four miles south ol here , was burned down , and when the neigh bora pothered they found the charred remains - mains of the mother and the lour children , tlio oldest being nine years old and tlioyoung- eat about two. There being fresh snow on the ground , It wns discovered that hay had been placed under the house and llro sot to it , scattered hay being scon from the shod to the house. The tracks of a man were seen leading towards the city , and four men followed them , which resulted in James A. IIowoll being arrested about 8 o'clock this morning by Marshal Grltchlleld in a room at the Kubb hotel. Howell had in his possession a revolver with no loads In it , and he was going to tulto the early morning'train , so ho said , for Lai cledo , and would walk from there south to the Prairie Mound school house , where ho i $ teaching school. The accused murderer Is a cousin of tha woman , and public sentiment seems to bu tlrnt criminal malpractice was performed from which the woman died and that the fellow shot the foiiB children and fired the house to cover his crime. Ho had been spending Saturdays and Sundays with the murdered family. There is a high fever of excitement among the farmers , and several from the neighbor } hood have been around the Jail here to-day t and to-night it is well guarded. The prisoner is twenty-four years of ago , sandy complexion , with a light mustache. He says ho is innocent and knows nothing about the crime. Ilu sec-ins to bo very cool and not at nil nervous. The live charred bodies were past recog nition and were put In a box all together. I'lio remains of a criminal mnlpraetleo operation were found in a vessel which had not been entirely destroyed by the fire. Strung l'i | the Old .Mini. ST. Louis , Mo. , Jan. 0. The following was recoivtid from Holivar , in Moreotf county , Missouri , to-day ; Henry Thomas , im ohV farmer , has four grown daughters , named 1 tattle , Margaret , Nancy and Jane , aged sixteen , eighteen , twenty and twenty-two years respectively. Last Wednesday night Sumuol and ( Jhurles Ilusburn , brothers , pro cured a ladder and helped Margaret anil Jniin oat of tin ! HCi'ond story window of their father's house , anil as tlwy were about to dope with the girls tlio old man appeared on tlio Kci'no. but too late to iirnvunt their oscapo. He at onto procured the best horse hu had and a shot gun and started In hot pursuit. When about twelve miles from homo ha ovortooit the Hoeing party , and immediately opened lire , killing both boys and fatally wounding Margaret. Aftnr getting nearly homo with the glrla ho was told that the other two , llattlo and Nanny , had also eloped with Ned Graasou and Thomas Allison. Ho at once luU tliu girls ho had with him In charge of neighbors and started after thu others. After securing the other two girls without any sorloua trouble , ho started bnck , but when about two miles from homo a mob took possession of him and strung him up to a treo. The old man was terribly strict with the girls. Ho would hardly lot them out of bin sight ; hence tlio olopment. , Hc ulwuya bragged that ho would not bu bothered with lax.v srju-in-lawA Public fouling Is strongly In favor of thu lynching. Margaret died last night. A I'all ' ol'I no llouiiiiriil , Ntw : YOKK , Jan. " 0. Snow commenced fulling hero this afternoon , but soon ttftefi dark turned to ram and sleet , with snow ut Intervals. At midnight the storm had eoasfid. The theriuomotur Is several degrees above the free/ing point , Lv.\riiiiL-iir. , Vn. , Jan. 20. The first snow storm of the season occiiried to-day. Dis patches from other places In Virginia -report snowing unit sleeting , and that In soinu places tlio snow Is ton inches deep. Travel ! Is much obstructed. WASIIINUTO.N , .Inn. 30 , The llrnt snow this winter began fulling herd uarly this morn ing. In thu afternoon it changed to ruin , making walking dlsugrccablo , Heporto ro ciuvc'd by thu signal ofllco show that tha storm Is general throughout the United States. Thu east Mississippi river iiidloa- tloiiH urn that thu weather w < ll clear up to morrow and that the thermometer will full considerably on Monday night.