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THE OMAHA DAILY BE ! NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOILING , JULY 30 , 1889. NUMBER 41. ' | uol put leal Morloy's Droory Harnnguo to Bored Listeners and Empty Bonchoa. 1 JOSEPH'S SQUIBS AND CRACKERS A Cortnln "Mr. Jesse Colllnss" Goes lnto An Kcstnoy of Delight Over Ills Lender's l < 'unny Bnylnga. Dcnth oT the Grants Dch.itc. ICopurtuht 188) hu .Ainu * O.nJiu flJiuntt.1 LONDO.V , July 29. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tun Bnn. ] Everything it would bo possible to say with advantage on tbo royal grant question was said last Thursday nnd Friday , Why como to BOO Morley laborously threshing over old straw } The uiojority of the members stayed nway. Whole rows ot benches "wore empty to-day when Morley began. On the front opposi tion bench were Chamberlain , Sir Henry James and Sir W. Harcourt , who were after wards Joined by Gladstone and Hartington. On the other side were most of the ministers with a look of more complete boredom than usual on tholr intellectual countenances. Smith tnlfrht have sat for n study of an early Christian martyr and Hal four for a memorial figure In the stained glass window. Bclo w the gangway on the ministerial side were only four members present. Consul General Now sat under the gallery. Ho vanished after n time. Morley was evidently too much for him , Morley came to set a dead horse on bis legs uudanako him run over the course again. It could not bo dono. Morley produced his essay and laid it on the box bo- fora him. K1s very convenient to have that xbox , for you aopcar to bo only casting a ro- " flcctlvo glance at it , whan in reality vou nro' searching for n catchword In your nutes. But Morley itoos n good deal moro thau that. Ho roads sen tences after sentences and page after prvo ; nnd it Is certainly not too much to say that yesterday ho road fully two-thirds of his speech. It is impossible to make this sort of thing lively for an audience , and Morloy's style Is little adapted to carry oft such a burden with good grace. Ho has n somewhat feminine manner and seems to bo anxious to disguise the weakness of which he is con scious by throwing a tremendous emphasis on unimportant words , or each half word with many jorklnga of the head and doub lings ot the body. Morley bad a big weight to lift an'd ho could not lift it , small blame to him , for nobody could have done it. Confident of success , with a manifest con tempt for all who bad preceded him , Cham berlain advanced gaily to the desk. Ho re quires very few notes. Moreover , ho can onsworpromptly and his arguments , If not deep , generally have a dapper appearance and nro pretty sura to go oft witli a snap. Ho had no very difficult task before him lu showing up Morloy's inconsistencies , which 'really have boon almost too absurd for belief on this question. Why vote against Labouchcro's resolution on Friday night and then bring forward ono ot your own moan ing precisely the same thing the following Monday ! This question and others Ilka it did Chamberlain press upon his dear friend , "honest John , or finally Jack , " an the last playful nickname goes , until ho was almost out of breath. When Mr. Chamberlain wont Into tho'humorous line and gave extracts from a diary of a per plexed politician very carefully got up but not at all entertaining ; the conservatives opposite , good , honest souls , saw that their newly acquired friend , Joseph , seriously In tended to be funny und they generously en couraged him with a laugh nnd a cheer * By this time , if not before , It must have become clear to everybody that the great royal grants debate was really and truly defunct nnd that the kindest thing to do with it would Do to toke it asldo and bury it. At the beginning oMUo debate "a certain Mr. Jesse Callings" was seated comfortably on the front bench , but when Mr. Chamber lain began to speak ho moved to the gang way und there took his seat upon the stops close to Storey , the moinbor for Sundorlaud , no doubt with a vlow of interfering ns n sort of buffer between that member of tbo stal wart party and Cnamborlaln. Should Storey go for Joseph , lie could only do it over the prostrate form of the faithful Jesao Collinya. There ho sat ou the floor lost In an ocstacy of delight , hanging breathlessly on every word that fell from his revered leader's lips and gazing into his face with simple and pathetic adoration. Presently ho saw that the great man was getting ready to lot oft the squibs and crack ers which Joseph always has ut baud for the conclusion of a speech , and his spectacles fell from his nose in the excitement of the moment. Bang , fizz , went ttio fireworks In all directions , but especially among Mr , Chamberlain's old comrades , the radicals , Ho bad evidently como down for the express purpose of having it out with them and re paying some of the shrewd dies they have lately been giving him about llunkyism and n manifest desire to creep into the tory fold , Chamberlain's attack , llkohls apologies of tbo diary , was overdone. Ho pumped himself - self UD into a fit of great Indignation , but you could hear and sco the pump nt work. The now radicals he denounced as good only for destructive purposes , not good in any way for constructive. They sought to pull down every thing. They wanted to throw thu construction into the molting pot. One rubbed ono's eyes and looked around In astonishment. Were not these the very accusations which were Drought not long ago against himself J Thuro was once u book published called "Who's Who1' ! The ser- goant-ut-arms should buy a few a few copies for the house ot commons. Now there is in deed war to the knife publicly proclaimed between Chamberlain and the now radicals , i u ? PAKUAMENT. 1118 1MM12NS12 "What the Klnii of the Ilflirlans lu ; For i he Coiio tiliito. Ini Jama Oinlaii lititntl' . } Buussew. July 29. ( Now York Herald Cable Special to TUB BEK. | The Congo railway company will bo regularly consti tuted bora Wednesday with a proposed c.iul- tal of 25,000,000 francs. The Belgian state baa subscribed 10,003,000 , francs and the founders 5,000,000 francs. A public sub scription will boon be opened simultaneously Bl.HrusiuU , London and Berlin for 10,000,000 , francs m ! ,000 500-fruuc ordinary shares. It Is believed here that It will be Impossible for the king of the Belgians to continuo his im mense pecuniary sacrifices for ttio benefit of the Congo Btato and that the assistance of the Belgian government will soon become necessary to conduct the enterprise to a suc cessful l sue , - - A Prominent Han FrnncUuau Ulen. SAM FIUSCISCO , July 29. A dbpatob from Ixmdou announces tuu death tbero to-day o : George 8. Ladd , a well kuown San Francis can and prcsldont of the PaaUlo Bell Tt'lo- phone company. BOUbANGEll IS AVIARY. How Ho ItrcolvcB the Hesultn of the French KleottoiiH. ICopirrtfjM 1H83 bvJamvi Onnlon flennttt. } LONDON , July 29. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tun Bnp. ] Boulanger , vas In deep thought , apparently , when n re- > ortor saw him this evening. Ho had denied ilmsolf to everybody during the day , nnd evidently expected now * from his visitor. On his largo office desk , methodically ar ranged , wore piles of telegrams from every i.irt of Franco , tailing of the result of , ho elections In the the cantons. Boulangor looked weary. In his hand lie hold a volume of statistics. They looked dull reading. His face showed un- nUtaknblo signs of disappointment. When .10 was asked for his opinion of the elections. "I had expected that you had brought mo Fresh news. I have no means of forming dens yet , " ho said. Ho approached the desk nnd ran his fingers over a pile of telegrams , and said : "No , I have , as you sco , got n largo num ber of dispatches , but they only give mo de tails of how the battle Is waging. " Ho was shown a list which gave the republicans 810 , conservatives 100 , Boulangists 13 , revolutionists 0 and 47 cantons In which a second ballot would bo required. The general read It carefully , nnd his brows knitted over his licavy forehead. Then ho looked disdain fully and said : "Thoso uro only the results from about COO cantons. There nro altogether about 1,550. , The government has Intentionally given out these adverse to mo first , so as to Influence public opinion. They strive iti'that way to harm mo. It Is un order of the prefect , but they will bo compelled to declare the whole lot shortly , and then wo shall sco. I originally selected eighty dis tricts , but delegates came from thirteen others und said that if I would not stand thny would nominate mo anyhow , and so I allowed my name to bo put down. " The French Elections. PAIIIS , July 29. The latest returns show the following results : Republicans , 704 ; con servatives , 419 ; Boulangor , 13. A second ballot will have to bo taken in 149 cantons. The Temps says the definite result will not bo known until to-morrow. It is certain thattlm republican majority will only suffer In the department of Illo-Kt-Vilaine. Three BoulnnKiHtt Arrested. PAIIIS , July 29. Three persons have been arrested for stealing from the senate court the evidence published regarding the case of General Uoulangor. JlAKItlSON'S THANKS TO DUBLIN. Lord Mayor Sexton Snyt ) the better WaB Tampered With , Dun MX , July 29. President Harrison has sent a loiter to Lord Mayor Sexton in reply to the corporation's expression of sympathy for the sufferers by the Johnstown disaster. In It ho says : % 'I ' highly appreciate the exceeding kind spirit which prompted your action. Please accept tbo warmest thanks of the president and the American people for the touching expressions of sympathy and the generous gifts of the citizens of Dublin , " Sexton stated that the official envelope in which the letter was enclosed bore plain traces of having been tampered with. The seal had been melted and the envelope had been fastened with another kind of gum and the American crest on the envelope was de : faced. * _ _ _ Harrison to Ijonvo For Washington , DEEH PARK , July 29. President Harrison has definitely decided to leave ueer Park for Washington Thursday morning. TUE Dim'Y'3 NAH1I3. A Hcntod Doh.itc Over Its Insertion in the Washington Preamble. OMMPIA , W. T. , July 39. The convention suent ttio morning in the discussion of the proposition to but , the name of the Dioty into tbo preamble of tbo constitution. The preamble - amble as rsported reads : "Wo , the people of the state of Wasalngton , to nresorvo our rights do ordain this constitution. " Turner wanted inserted : "Profoundly grateful to Almighty God and invoking his favor and and guidance , " etc. It was opposed by several speakers as being unnecessary. Each of them professed ttio greatest rovcr- ouco for God , but some feared it might bo construed to mean n union of church and stato. Sullivan , of Whitman , caused a sen sation by declaring that although a good church member himself , ho believed it all buncombe. Insincere and dona for political effect. The debate was very boated und tbo preamble was finally referred b.icic to the committee to report a now ono. The remainder - dor of tbo article passed with little discus sion. _ "Woman Suffrage Dead. BISMAKOIC , July 29. A quorum was not present nt roll call this afternoon , and the convention adjourned without transacting any business. Prohibition Is making no headway , woman suffrage , is dead , und rail road taxation U the ono question which will probably cause animated debate. At Noise City. Boisii CITY- , Idaho , July 29 , The con vention dodged the temperance question by adopting a section saying the first concern of all good government is the virtue of the people and the purity of homes , nnd the legislature should further all wise and well directed effort * for the promotion nf torn- pornnco and morality ; established com missioners of Immigration and labor statis tics ; made eight hours u day ou public works ) , and shut off convict labor outsldo prison grounds , Italians must not bo em ployed on atato and municipal or public works. The Day nt Hnlonu. HKLIIXA , July 29. Strenuous efforts were made in the convention la-day to bring the capital question up again , bur , it failed. The remainder ot the day was devoted to tno consideration of the bill of the executive de partment in committee of the whole , several articles being adopted. Plot nnd Adjourned , KJOUX FAM.S , July 29. The constitutional convention mot and adjourned to-day , dis pensing with the services of tbo chaplain and clerk. Only nub delegates were present. A I'ruHpoctlvo , ISimliHli Piiraliiiio. CHICAGO , July 29. A special from Strealor , 111. , sayft'that William L. Scott , the Ponn- B.vlvanla millionaire coat baron , who owns nearly all the stock of the Spring Vulloy Coal Mining company , is said to bo figuring with un English syndicate for tbo sale of the eutlro Spring Valley (111. ( ) mine including all the machinery and 40,000 acres of land , Tbo price nt which tbo plaut is offered la Raid to bo $4,000,000. < Caused Uy the Lewi * Failure. Pniiuncu'uu , July 29. G. P. Dennis , proprietor of the Yoadon mills at Chaster und the Todnorton mills , Bancroft's Bank , has decided to close these Industries In con sequence of the failure ot Lewis Bros , & Co. The general presumption Is tha sus pension will bo brief. The worsted mills of Bchoppors Bros , closed Saturday in cons o- quonco of thu failure , A AVnrnlni ; to Collcotoru , HOI.YOKK , Colo. , July 29--fSpecial Tola- cram to TUB BKB.I A Mr , Bruin struck At torney Kolsy about the bead , Indicting torl- ous but net fatal injuries. Bruin is under arrest. The assault arose lu ttio collection of un account against Urulu. A JOURNALIST'S ' HARD LUCK , The Hastings Gnzotto-Journal Plant and Building Burned. STATEMENT OF THE INSURANCE. Fairmont's Third Inoemtlnry Blaze Poiider'n Suspected Murderers NchraRlcn Clly'fl Quick Tlilcvcs NIobrnra'H TnxTlllo How. Tire. HA8T1N09 , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele gram to TUB BKn.J The Gazottc-Journnl printing , binding anil manufacturing estab lishment was burned tbls morning , and la almost n total loss. The establishment was the largest of its Kind In the atata outsldo ol Omaha ana Lincoln , and did a largo busi ness. The origin of the flro Is nhroundcd In mystery. It was discovered by the engineer who went to build the flro in the cngino room at about 5 o'clock this morning. Bo- fovo entering the basement ho found It filled \vlth smoke and Immediately turned in the alarm. The flro department responded promptly , but owing to the location of the lira and the arrangement of the interior of the building , wore unable to extinguish the flames until the building was entirely gutted. The Qazctto-Journal establishment was owned by S. P. Hounds , Jr. It occupied a largo three-story brick building , CO by 100 feet. The press , Job and bindery depart ments were supplied with the best of machinery and inutorial. The Gazette Journal company was first formed hi 1SS3 nnd Incorporated under the Inws of the state. It was reorganized in 1S85 anu the capital stock increased to $100- 000. In November , 18S8 , the company went into the bauds of a receiver who sold it in January of tlio present year to the Nebraska Loan and Trust company , the principal mort gagee. The plant was then bought byMessrs. Wigton & Evans , who carried on tub busi ness until last Juno when they disposed of It to Mr. Hounds. The latter named gentle man had put the cstablcshmcnt in shupo , added largely to Its facilities for doing work and was wonting up n largo trade when to day's ' disaster overtook him. Ho has already leased another building and will put in a now plant as soon as tno Insurance on the burned plant can bo settled , The building also contained a retail boot nnd shoo store nnd a general dry goods store. Both stocks are a total loss. The Insurance is as follows : On the building. which is owned by the Nebraska Loan and Trust company , $9,003 ; on the paper and stock , $5,1)00 ) ; on machinery and plaut , $10,500 ; on the shoo store owned by Vail & Green , $ J,000 ; on general merchandise owned by F. D. Hollmgsworth , ? 0,000. The loss on the building will bo $10,000. The total loss on the Gazottc-Journnl estab lishment cannot be estimated at the present writing , but tbo Insurance will not cover It. An Injustice to Smith. SpiuxoriEUJ , Neb. , July 29. [ Special to Tuc BEE. ] The dispatch printed In TUB Ben Saturday from this place In record to J. W. Smith has done that gentleman a great In justice. There was no such an attempt made by Mr. Smith , mid ho did. not leave Sprmgileld on account of any such proceed ings as stated. The facts are that the young lady in the case is the 0110 to blame in the matter if blame there is. She had been m tbo habit for some time of slaying n great deal around the depotin splto of often being told by Mr. Smith that he did not wisli her there , and that her repeated presence at tbo depot was attracting attention and much talk. There wcro many citizens of SpringQuld who wcro and are now perfectly willing to testify to the facts as hero given , that Mr. Smith had often used every means to Induce her to keep away from the depot , but to no avail. It can also bo proved that she told her own brother that she would visit the depot as often as she liked and that it was no ono's business. Mr. Smith never showed any spirit oxceut that of a friend towards the lady and there was never anything further than above stated to cauao trouble. Mr. Smith is a young man of good character and has hundreds of friends in Springfield and vicinity who would like to see the matter ex plained in your columns properly. New hodco oT Masons. BCNKELMAH , Neb. , July 29. [ Special Tol- egranf to THIS BEE. ] Grand Master Mason J. D. Mercer and L. P. Gillette , grand cus todian , instituted Justice Ledge No. ISO at this place this evening. The following ofil- cers were Installed : J.V. . TouipsonV. . M. ; J. R King , S. W. ; H.R. Edwards. J.W. ; L. Morse , treasurer , and F. W. Dawson , sec retary. The installation was public , and the grandest banquet Bcnkelman has over had followed. About ono hundred and twenty-five masons and invited guests par took of a most bountiful ropast. The Masons have a strong ledge composed of many of Duudy county's ' best men. * The Suspected Indians. PENDEU , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele gram to TIIE BEE. | The four Indians nus- pccted of the murder at this place last Satur day wore safely lodged in Jail here at 3:00 : this afternoon and will have their prelimi nary bearing Thursday. While the excite ment over the case has materially subsided , there is considerable quiet talk about town tonight. An Indian came in to-night and nuido numerous inquiries regarding the names of the prisoners , which created some suspicion that the reds might attempt to re lease them , but. a careful watch will bo kept for them. Gofnsr Into Camp. \WMOitB , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tun BEE. ] Camp Harrison was opened to-day and visitors nro beginning to arrive and the camp presents n very lively aspect. A largo gathering is confidently ex pected and preparations have been made to accommodate 15,000 pcoplo. The different committees have worked harmoniously and the result is one of the finest and prettiest parks in the west. A grand military ball in honor of General Thayer and staff will bo given on August 3. A Drummer's Escape. I'LATTSMODTII , Neb. , July 29 , [ Special Tolourain to TUB BEE. ] Goo Imol , a travel ing man from St. Joe , Mo. , narrowly escaped a horrible death to-night at Pacific junction , la. Ho attempted to board a passenger tram that had started from the station , and lout bis footing and full across the track be neath the curs. Ho made a desperate at tempt to roll out of the way , but his loft foot was caught beneath the wheels and badly crushed. _ Too Quick For the Chief. NEHIIASKA CITV , Nob. , July 29. [ Special to THE DEB. ] A. F. Riddle nnd Lewis Iloutc , two men suspected of having burglar ized several stores In the city several nights ago , were run down by Chief Abbey yestor- dn.y on tbo river near Aspmwall. The thieves throw their booty overboard when the chief approached , thus destroying all evidence against them , The officer retuif ted homo without them. Over Tax Titles , Niomuiu , Nob. , July 29. [ Special to TUB BEE. ] Senator Robinson , of Hartington , has been In town two days looking Into the status of a largo tract of land In this county sold to John R. Markloy and R. E.W. Spargus for taxes at a discount of fifty per coin. He will probably commence suit against tbo county , the laud being now valu able and the title clouded. An Old Citizen Hlrloken. Coi.uML'1' * , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele gram to TUB Hits , f Charles Wake , aged sixty yours , ono of the Oldest nnd most re spected citizens of Columbus , was stricken with paralysis while on 'his ' way homo this evening. Medical aid was summoned , nnd at this hour bo Is resting quietly and hopes are entertained of his recovery , Periodic Inocnttlnrlam. FAIKMONT , Nob. , July 29. [ Special to Tnn BKE. ] Fairmont had another Incendiary flro this morning nt 5 o'clock. The flro was started In a vacant dwelling house owned by Mrs. Burdick. n widow. The flro depart ment extinguished the flames before much damage had been dono. Dili makes Fair mont's third incendiary flro within a year and n half. Kicking Pedagogues. KnAHNRT , Nob. , July 29. | Special Tclo- gram to Tin : UEH. ] The annual session of the Buffalo county normal Institute began hero this morning , and will bo In session four weeks. The matter of low wages paid teachers in rural districts was discussed and the idea of pooling Interests In the teachers profession prevails. It Sobered Him Up. GKANT , Neb. , July 29. [ Special Telegram to TUB BEE.I A. S. Olds , traveling sales man for Mostlor Bahmann & Co. , safes , of Cincinnati , got on a hilarious drunk at Grant Saturday. Ho wanted to sober up Sunday and took an overdose of morphine , and bad not nrorapt assistance been rendered would have died. Ho Liked thn Motor. NnnuASKA CiTf , Nob. , July 29. [ SjMSclal to Tun Bui ! . ] The Nebraska City street railway company Is making preparations for putting In an electric motor. President Kartling has boon to Omaha to investipato the motor's workings and returned perfectly satisfied. Knox County Teachers' liiRtltuto. NIOBKAIU , Neb , , July 29. [ Special to THE BIB. : I County Superintendent Clare has Just returned from the teachers' Institute , which closed at Crolghton Saturday. Ho says it was the best institute cvor hold in Knox county , the average attendance bolng sixty. _ Forced to Drop His Plunder. BEATUICE , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] Night Clerk Lewis of the Grand Central hotel discovered a hotel thief operating at 1 o'clock this morning. Lewis opened fire and made the fellow drop bis plunder on the street. A Hrawllntr Editor. KEARNEY , Nob. , July 3. [ Sneclal Tele gram to THE BEE.I Editor Carson , of the Gibbon Beacon , became engaged m a brawl hero this evening and exposed a gun. Ho was placed under police protection and fined $25 for the offense. Their Bier Pair. FAIIIMOST , Neb. , July 29 } [ Special to THE BEE. ] The management Jof the Fairmont district fair is making arrangements for the largest exhibition knoxvn In the history of the association. The data has boon sot for August 27 , 28 , 29 and 30. BUKMNG TIMBER. The Mountains In the Vicinity of Gun- nlsoii , Col. , Ablaze. DENVBH , July 29. All yesterday and to day a heavy , smoky atmosphere huog over Denver , giving the sun thfcf appearance of a red ball of fire. Information , received from nil points in the state wyoming , northern Now Mexico and western Kansas nnd Ne braska indicate that the same condition ex ists In these localities , A telegram from Gunnison , Col. , says : For two or three days the mountains of this vicinity are ablaze with burning timber. A flro was discovered Friday afternoon last at the head of Lost Gulch. To the north of the gulch the flro was soon racing along the tops of the well-timbered mountain. The air was dense with blacic smoke , and on the following morning the sun looked ruby in tbo dark sky. The lire is supposed to have been started by sparks from a passing locomotive. _ Fires In" Idaho. BOISE CITT , Idaho , July 29. Forest fires are sweeping the country about Banner , Idaho , destroying ono of the finest bolts of timber in Idaho. The country is so dry the fires are liable to spread over a great ex tent. Governor Shoup < has telegraphed the secretary of the interior , asking aid in ex tinguishing the fires. Flrca ItnglnK Near Santa Barbara. SANTA B.uiu.uu , Cal. , July 29. Fires have been raging in the foothills back of Santa Barbara. Twelve dwelling bouses , a number of barns and a largo quantity of bay were destroyed. A numbor'of horses and cattle also perished. Tbo loss will reach 150,000. California Forest Fires. CHICO , Cal , , July 20. Largo forest fires are raging on the Humboldt road , eighteen miles from hero. The flro has burned over a district four miles in length and is sweeping everything before it. Much valuable timber has been destroyed. People are flehting the lire and expect to get it under control to-day. A Illjj Fire nt Wichita. WICHITA , Kan. , July 23. A flro to-day in the three-story brick building occupied by tbo T. Cannon Fruit Commission company spread to the adjoining four-story brick building occupied by the Wichita Wholesale Grocery company : loss , (170,000 ; Insurauco , $75,000. J A GHASTLY DISCOVERY. The Charred Bodies or a Half-Breed Family Found on Sun ICIver. ST. PAUL , July 29. A Pioneer Press spe cial from Helena , Mont. , says : News has reached Helena of a ghastly discovery made last weeic on Sun river. From the meagre particulars at hand'lt , seems that a few months ago a - family of FlatHead ' Head Indians loft their reservation , crossed the mountains and wont Into tbo Sun River cduntry to hunt , Last week ono of tbolr relative , a half breed , found ono of tholr pontqs with a white man who claimed ho had purphasod the animal at Sun River. The half breed began a search for bis relatives , Af tcnhunttng two or three days ho found a chuip which had been burned and the charred remains of bis rela tives , a family ot three or four. There is no doubt that they were jobbed and murdered. The half breed at on Co notified tbo authori ties , who are looking for the perpetrators of the fiendish act. A Well Known Kciitucklnii Dylnp. LouisviLLL' , July 29-Jamea F. Bucknor , collector of internal revenue nt this point tor two terras under President Grant and ono term under Hayes , is dying from a paralytic stroke sustained last night. Ho was speaker of the Kentucky legislature forty years ago , a member of ttiu Btato semite and the holder of other prominent official positions. Ho is seventy years of ago and quite wealthy. Three Months for Back Talk. DUIII.IN , July 20 , IJr. Tnnnor , member of parliament , was sentenced to-day at Tipper- ary to a month's Imprisonment for assaultIng - Ing a police Inspector in May last. When Judgment was pronounced ho cried out : "I defy you : the magistracy uro tue real crim inals. " For thls.outbrcak three mouths was added to bis sentence. Saloonkeepers Give Ball , CINCINNATI , July 89. The cases of the saloonkeepers arrested for violating the Owen law yesterday , wcro called In police court to day and bonds wcro given for ap pearance far trial. Most of the cases were cot set for trial for any special day. WESTERN UNION'S ' PROTEST , Wannmnkor's Ono Mill Rate Pro- uounaod Unreasonable } . HAS OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDS. Ills I'owor to Mnko nu Unroinuncrn- tlvo Tariff Denied Au Increased Toll Demanded In stead or the Reduction , Monopoly's L'lnlnt. NEW YOIIK , July 29 , The following is the substance of the protest of the Western Union Telegraph company against the post master general's great cut of the rates to bo paid for telegraph service in the transmis sion nnd delivery of government mosaajos , giving the history and objects of the act of 1800 , and the actions heretofore taken under it. The rate In force for the past flvo years has not been a uniform rate of 1 cent per word , as many papers hftvo assumed , but Increasing on a scale of distances above 1,000 miles , with a minimum of 20 cents per message and a maximum of 2 } cents per word. The telegraph companies hold , and are legally advised that the lan guage of the act docs not give the postmaster general absolute power to flxnny rate bo may deem lit. That power Is qualified by consti tutional restrictions. In nrtlelq 5 is the lan guage , "nor shall private property bo taken for public use without Just compensation. " The power depends therefore on the ques tion , is 1 mill per word a Just compensation ] Hon. John Wnnamaker , Postmaster Gen eral Dear Sir : Title 05 , revised statutes , embracing the acts of July 34 , 1800 , and of Juno 10 , 1S72 , was the outgrowth of thu first efforts to Induce congress" to estab lish a government telegraph. A scheme was pressed before a committee of congress to incorporate a new telegraph com- panj by the general government , with which the government should contract to transmit telegrams at a price ix > bo agreed upon , the government receiving and delivering the messages , nnd being the only party knowu to the patrons of the telegraph. Tills scheme was justified on the ground that the govern ment had no right to take existing telegraph properties except nt prices and on terms ac ceptable to the companies that owned them ; nnd the schcmn was objected to by the tele graph companies then existing , on the ground that the government entering upon the tele graph business at a rate that would not pay expenses , would simply destroy existing telegraph properties. It resulted in u com promise between the tolegrophcompanies and tbo committee of congress , of which 1 believe the lamented Garflcld was chairman , giving to the telegraph companies certain franchises and privileges , and to the govern ment certain advantages and privileges , in cluding the prior rlcht to telegraph services nt the rates to bo annually fixed by the post master general , and what were deemed at the time of most importance to the govern ment , the right to take the existing telegraph properties of the companies who accepted the provisions of the act , at an appraised value to bo ascertained by arbitrators as described - scribed , In section 5207. Tills compromise agreement was enacted into law subject to the formal acceptance by the telegraph companies , and their acceptance filed with the government rendered it to all Intents and purposes a compact between tbo government ana tele graph companies , the operation of which was Intended to bo that the government should have too right to take all telegraph proper ties , and that if It should elect to establish a government telegraph It should take tbo ex isting telegraph properties on terms to bo ascertained as tbo law directs. Tbls section 5207 , revised statutes of 1878 , annotated as being enacted Juno 10 , 1S72 , Riving the gov ernment the right to take telegraph proper ties is , in substance , the same language as the proviso at the close of section ! i of the original net of July 24,1600 , and therefore a part of the compact accepted by the Western Union Telegraph company in Juno of 1807. The fixing of rates by the postmaster gen eral does not appear to have beea considered an imperative duty on tbo postmaster gen eral , for no action seems to have boon taken by that ofilcer in the direction of fixing rates till July 1 , of 1871 , wncn the necessity for it was alleged to have arisen by reason of the complicated character of the service in trans mitting the original weather report. A con ference with the telegraph companies was involved by Postmaster General Croswell through Captain Howgato. the acting head of the signal service , and a decision of tha subject wai had in Washington , President William Orton representing the Western Union Telegraph company , and the post master general having the assistance of As sistant Attorney General Whaling and the head of the signal bureau ; and the rates were fixed satisfactorily to the telegraph companies. They were not annually revised until some years later , and in almost every instance the telegraph companies were con sulted as to what they could afford to do the service for. In two Instances Postmaster General Jewell and Postmaster James , at the Instance of the telegraph companies , re called and modified choir orders after they bad been officially proclaimed. The language of the act , that messages between the several departments of the government "shall have priority over all other business at such rates as the postmaster general shall annually fix , " may bo construed ns con templating the fixing of a higher rate than is paid by other patrons because of such priority in transmission over all other business. Cer tainly It never contemplated conferring the power to fix the rates below thp actual cost of tbo service. Such action Is nothing short of confiscation , an ox-proprlation of the property and service of employes to the use of the government without just compensa tion therefor. THE ItATB AS I.ABT FIXED. Twenty-flvo cents for twenty words or less for distances of 1,000 miles or loss , and 1 cent for each additional word and 1-10 of n cent per word for each additional 100 miles or fraction thereof , is for distances of about 1,0(0 miles ( as between Washington and Now York and St. Louis , or Chicago ) , scarcely one-half the rate paid by. the public on current messages. For distances of 300 miles and under it is about three-fourths the commercial rate. Our gross receipts for the last fiscal year , as shown by the annual report were $111,711,104.12 , nnd the current working expenses were (14,040,592,18 , leav ing the protlts 5.070,571,04 , out of which S.VM,25S.30 was paid for intercut and the sinking fund on the bonded debt , which m part of our capitalization. It will bn readily soon that the working expenses , without any return for any part of the capital , costs within a fraction of 75 per cent of thu total earnings. If , therefore , the government rate averages less than 75 per cent of the rate to the public ( as it undoubtedly docs ) , then the government business is now done at a loss , . The annual report shows the average cost to the company of handling messages to bo 2.3 cents per message. If the government business docs not pay Eomothlni ; moro than this average then it must bo done at a loss , for the messages , in order to yield such an uvorago , must bo con siderably above the average length of busi ness messages ( about seventeen words ) and It Is a very exacting service , having pre cedence over all other business and requiring prompt und often long distance messenger deliveries , or rewriting In some cases to tie- liver by special wires , These exhibits demonstrate that the rate as fixed for the past year Is a ureat Injustice to the telegraph companies and not on a fair business basis of living profits awarded to railroad companies und other corporations for services rendered. Tha rate ought , therefore , to bo Increased rather than diminished , By the present rate the government is saving a largo sum , probably (100,000 annually by the reduced cost of Us telegraph service below what other patrons have to pay , and that caving is necessarily made from other customers , lu all justice and fair dealing the rnto should thejroforo bo increased. To do the government's work for nothing necessarily Imposes heavy burdens on the pcoplo who sustain the telegraph. If the railroads hauled the malls for nothing they would have to collect more for other sorvlces to sustain the expenses of operation and pay a moderate return for the capital employed. The government is able to pay , and every business consideration demands that It shall pay a fair nnd reasonable consid eration for whatever sorvlces it may require. As Instructed by the executive committee of the boa d of directors , I must respectfully make this the protest of the the Western Union Telegraph company and of the subor dinate telegraph companies which It controls against nny further reduction below the rates In operation during the last few years ns a wrong and Injustice to the company , to its 0,000 stockholder * and to its 1,000,000 of other customers. I have the honor to re main , most respectfully yours , NOKVIN Guri.v : , President. INTO ONE. Six nondn Consolidated Into the " \Vabanh Katlroad Cominuy. " CHICAGO , Jnly 23. A special from Spring field , III. , says articles of consolidation were filed with th'o secretary of state to-day com bining the Toledo Western Railroad com pany , the Detroit and State line , tbo Wabash Railroad company , the Wabash Eastern Railroad company , of Indiana , the Wabash Eastern Railroad company , of Illinois , ami the Wabasli Western Railroad company , under the general management of "Tho Wabash Railroad company. " The capital Block Is $ .73,000,000. The first board of directors Is constituted ns follows : James F. Joy , of Detroit , Mich. ; Ossiau D. Ashley , of Now York : Thomas II. Hubbard , of Now York ; Edgar T , Wells , of Hartford , Conn. ; George W. Smith , of Chicago ; Abram M. Pence , of Chicago ; Charles llonrotln , of Chicago ; John \V. Buun , of Springfield , and John Maynard Ilarlcn , of Chicago. The Union PnoiUo'a Donmnd. CnioAOO , July 29. It Is understood that ono of the matters laid before the executive committee of the Transcontinental associa tion to-day was a demand by the Union Pacific that it bo permitted to share Puget Sound business with the Northern Pacific. This claim was made by the Union Pacific some time ago , but it was decided against It. Now , it is said , it threatens to withdraw from the association unless allowed part of this traffic. The controversy over the Puget Sound business was afterwards referred to the eastern officials of the Northern and Union Pacific roads , who will meet in Now York this week to sec if an nmicaolo adjustment can bo reached. The remainder of the dav was occupied in the discussion of the South- urn Pacific nnd Canadian PacilTu dispute. Early in the discussion General Manager Stubbs of the Southern Pacllie loft the meet ing in disgust und refused to return during the day. day.A A FUHIOUS IIAIN STOUM. Worcester County , Maryland. Mourns lV > r Its Crops. SXOWIIILL , Md. . July 29. A rain storm surpassing all previous ones that , buva fallen this year in Worcester county began hero early Thursday morning last und continued through Friday. All railroad communica tion has been cut oil In consequence of the numerous washouts , and it will be probably several days before trains can run again. Purnell's mill , uear hero , was completely swept away , together with the bridge and part of the dam. 'With this storm is swept 'away the last remnant of hope for growing crops in Worcester county. A low jfurmorn most favorably situated will perhaps raise half an average crop of corn , while others will raise none > The ArkanuaH on a Tear. LITTLE ROCK , Ark. , July 29. Specials to night give damages wrought by the destruc tive wind and rain storms which swept over this section last night. At Clarksville the streets were flooded und the town was in danger of being swept away by Spadia creek , which was out of its banks. Many people took to the hills. All the creeks were out of their banks nnd overflowing the bottoms ad jacent , ruining crops , nnd it is very naturally supposed thatftho Arkansas river will over- How its banks and rum the fine cotton crops in the bottom lands. The river had risen fourteen tcct in nine hours up to 0 D. in. , and was still rising. Twenty Miles of Truck Flooded. SAUSHUIIY , Md. , July 2'J. Yesterday , bo- twccn Laurel and Suaford , a cloud burst oc curred , flooding the country , The corn fields and strawberry Holds are under water , and the railroad tracks between Seaford and Delaware for twenty miles are flooded. From yesterday morning llj inches of rain have fallen. A Tcrrlilo Thunder Storm. KANSAS CITV , July 23 A special from Springfield , Mo. , says n terrific thunder storm accompanied with hailstorm ? occurred in that vicinity early this morning. The fruit crop was badly damaged. Corn suffered somewhat. _ A lloirulnr Cyclone. BOSTON , July 23. A cyclone storm of wind and rain this afternoon unrooted orchrrds , plowed a furrow fifteen feet wide for a long distance and throw water out of Chlco pee river fifty feet high. Tbo streams uro ris ing rapidly. Touaceo Crops Ruined. ' MILWAUKEE , July 29. Specials from points in Rock und Jefferson counties say that the tobacco crops in those sections wcro completely ruined by a hall storm Saturday afternoon. The plants were ready to bo topped and the loss Is' Irreparable , Other crops are not much damaged. A. JHnd DOR Huns Aimiok. HOIIOKEN , N. J. , July 29 , A moncrol black ran into the stable of the street car company tills morning and bit Frederick Brubn , a hostler , on the Ifuml nnd arm ; bo then ran to the corner of Washington and First streets where ho bit Nicholas Crozottl , aged twelve years , oil the arm , and the dog belonging to Crozottl. The supposed rabid brute then ran to the Hamburg steamboat dock , ( lushed into the ofllco of the custom house olllcors , bit Charles Basso , chock clerk , on the right fore arm and ran down the dock and bit Peter Joppa , fireman on the steamer Gollort , on the loft forearm , The dog was killed on tbo dock by a policeman and a stevedore. The OffrtitHO Indictable. MUSOOQEE , I. T. , July 29 , When the Creek nation desired to Negotiate for the sale of the Oklahoma country Messrs. Pies , Porter and B , M. Hodges were chosen aologates to rep resent tbo nations. They drew 10 nor cent of the purchase money , and claimed that they had paid that ns per agrenmont to ox- Governor Crawford for attorney's ' fees. The 10 per cent drawn amounts to 223.000. On the other hand it Is claimed that Secretary Vlias cancelled the with contract ex-Gov ernor Crawford. To rccelvo Indian money without the sanction of the. department Is an indictable olTonso. The matter was brought to the notice of the authorities at Washing ton and General Gardner Is now here IUVCH- tlgatlng tbo mutter. Supposed to Ju ) Drowned. PKOUIA , Ills. , July 69. Last night at eight o'clock Frank Kowultz and Hannah Shearer wont boating , This morning the bout was found upside down. KowalU'B hat und coat wore in It , und as neither of the parties can bo found , they are supposed to have buen drowned. Tbo river Is bolng dredged. Weather IndluutlonH. For Omaha nnd vicinity Fair weather. For Dakota and Nebraska : Fair , wanner , northerly winds , becoming variable , For Wisconsin , Iowa hud Illinois Fuir. ttariuor , northerly wlucli. ARMY CIRCLES INTERESTED , The Fort Omahn Oasonn Absorbing Toplo AMONG WASHINGTON OFFICERS. Nehrnikix's Interim ! Hovonuo Col" lections The Qoodotla Survey A Supposed DcCiiuUor Now Pout * masters Appointed. WASHINGTON' HUUKAU , TI\B OMUIA. HER , ) GUI FOUKTBKNTH SrilCBT. > WASHISOTOX , D. C. , July 29. J The court-martial case now In progress at Fort Omaha Is attracting a great deal of at tention lu army circles horo. All the nowa that can bo idcnnotl In relation to It from tha papers Is eagerly scanned , nnd army oillcora frequently coma to Tun Bin : office to ascer tain whuthor nny additional Information has boon received at this end of the wire. Every copy of TUB Biic received here is road by nt least a dozen ofllcors anxious for the details of the court-martial , A SVITOSKn IIIIFAUI.TIH. The Associated press dispatches this morn ing from Kaunas City stated that Charles S. Cryslcr , a prominent lawyer of Independ ence , Is a defaulter in the sum of fVJ,000 nnd that ho has ucca missing from bis homo for some days. Cryslur has boon In Washington since last week and was stopping at the Eb- bitt house until this morning , These who know ho was here attempted to sco him as soon ns the ptragrnph appeared in the pa- pots , out it was discovered that ho had loft early In the day and no ono about Washing ton has nny idea ns to what direction ho took. It is about a twenty hours' ride by the most direct route from Washington to the nearest point on the Canadian bonier. INTIEUNAL 1IKVKXUU Itni'OHT. The annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue for the fiscal roar just closed was issued to-day. It shows the fol lowing receipts in the states of Iowa nnd Ne braska from all sources : Collector Byron Webster , of the Third Iowa district col lected $149,032 , and August II. ICuuhlmesor , of the Fourth Iowa district , reported (243- 404. During the year two men have served uscolloctor of the Nebraska district. Dur ing his term Simeon II. Calhoun gathered la S2.UI 1,793 , while John Peters' reports show that his collections were $3J.S3-J. Tin : OUOIIUTIO suuvr.y. Prof. S. C. Mondcnhall , of Indiana , who was recently appointed chief of the coast geodetic survey , lias arrived and took charge of his ofilco to-day. Prof. Moiulcnhall doea not intend to make any Immediate changes in thu force under him , nnd will probably re tain all , or nearly all of bis subordinates. The force In the court survey is an excellent one , and the work performed is s > o scien tifically accurate that when two lines were brought together , ono from the coast of Maine on the north ami the other from Charleston on the south , there was less than half an inch lu variation , HAS ins CIIOICR. Mr. A. B. Ball , of Tccumsoh , who was re cently apuolntcd timber agent of the general land ofllco has been In Washington a day or two for instructions. Mr. Ball has his choice of three locations. Ho can go to the Black Hills in the northern portion of South .Da kota , to Arizona or to Washirigton'tcrritory. He' has not yet fully determined which of the assignments ho will accept , but at the present time U inclined towards Seattle , and will probably make up his mind to go there. inn rc.s'sio.v omen i.WESTiffATfo.v. The Investigation into the methods pre vailing in tha pension office Is progressing rapidly. It promises to be more searching than it was expected at first , nnd the chances are that It will extend back to the period where tha last investigation loft off. Com' missioned Tanner has supplied the commutes with ovury facility for carrying on the In- quirv , and among the data furnished Is a batch of papora upon which cases were mudo "special. " These papers extend over a peri od nf several years , nnd among thorn is n pllo occupyinga space of about fourcublo feet. It is reported that thisplln accumulated during the administration , and that nearly all of them were casus in which Civil Service Com missioner John II. Oborly set forth excellent reasons why some fifteen bundled cases should bo taken out of tholr regular order before tbo democratic national convention met in St. Louis last summer. There is no question that Commissioner Black made hundreds of cases special during the last months of his administration , and. It may bo proven , that in matters of this Kind Civil Scrvico Commissioner Oborly was the most powerful man in the country with the pen sion ofilco , IOWA I'OSTMASTIillS AH'OINTKU. Canna , Scott county , Joe Henderson ; Moingona , Boone county , Mrs , J. 15. Gilbert ; Whcatiand , Chuton county , Jerome Dutton. NI'.W NEIIUABKA I'OSTMAHTBIIS. Elwood , Gospor county , M. B. Reid ; Una- dllla , Olive county , Henry Iluckins ; Oxford , Furnas county , J , M. Lee , MISCELLANEOUS. The secretary of war to-day published the retirement of Major Alexander Sharpe , pay master. The retirement of Major Sharpe re duces the pay corps to forty , live moro than thi > maximum fixed by a recent am of con gress. _ _ _ INTEHNAlj UIQVKNU15. Preliminary Uoport For the Fiscal Vcnr Eluded Juno < IO. WASHINGTON , July 29. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Mason made the following preliminary report of the operations of the internal revenue service for the fiscal year ended Juno 30 , last : The total collections tot the fiscal year just ended were $1.10,095,433 , an Increase over 1833 of (0,5133,957. , The cost of collection for the fiscal year just ended will aggregate abouHIlS ! > ,000 , buing a'frao- tion less than 3.2 percent , which is exactly the same ns In IShS. The total receipts from the ( Jlffcient objccto of taxation worot From spirits , $74 , 310,200 , an Increase of f5,007.09 ! ! ov r the previous fiscal year ; from tobacco , fll.SGT.SOO . , an Increase of tl.L'tM.IS'J ; from fermented liquors , $23,723 , . . b3fi , nn inuroaso of $309,017 ; from oleomarga rine , | S'.11,2IS , an increase of . ' (0,103 ( ; from banks , f 0,214 , an incruasu of 1 2,011 , ami from miscellaneous , $01,009 , a decrease nf t-T.'i.SW. Taxes were paid on { 1,811.720.050 tclgars , 1,803,720,000 cigarettes nnd 3JW7,765 pounds of oleoinaruarlno. Among the contributions by states were those : Illinois , $31,007,410 ; Indiana , $5,788,2305 Iowa , SiOJ.fiTO ; Kentucky , (10,910,811 ; Missouri. $7,730,00 * : Nebraska , 83.848.024 : Ohio , 11,6JJ,7J , ; Wisconsin , , . 090-IUS. The report also contains a Btute- ment of the collections by districts , wbtctt shows tha collections to bo heaviest in the districts named an follows : Fifth Illinois , $19n ! , > ,205 ; First Illinois , t'J.lUl.IHO ; Fifth Kentucky , JI.BfASSa . ; First Ohio , tS,002,2"il ; First Missouri , 10,419,077. Nohrnska nnd lowu WASHINGTON , July 29 , | Special Telegram to TUB BEE. | Pensions granted to No- bruskana : Original invalid Thcodoro F. Barnes. Increase John 12. Curtis , George V. Wells , lowans : Original Invalid John A. Mo. Cluro , Philip II. McCartney , Asa Brown , Daniel iV. Lutmnns. Incrcaao Willmtn I , McLean , Peter Kline , Samuel Morrison , Samuel Moffatt , Smith M. Wax. Clinton Do- wltt. Andrew J. Uurr. Reissue Joseph liuulc , tiuldon II , Stacy. Original , widows , etc. Lucrutla M , widow of Joulah W. Mo- Cadden , _ Whut AIN I ho Toxa * ? WASHINGTON , July 29 , Reports from Norfolk - folk respecting the construction of the Texas ut the navy yard there have occasioned dome disturbance In the equanimity ot the offiulaU about thu navy department , In tlto nbHenco ol Secretary Trucy nothing dttlmtu uau btf luurncd , 1