Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
PART I. , 1-8.
NINETEENTH YEAfl , OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , 'SEPTEMBER 29 , 1889.-SIXTBEN PAGES. NUMBER 102 ,
TflE COTTON CRISIS.
It ia Expeotod to Strike Liverpool
on Monday ,
LIVELY TIMES IN PROSPECT.
Indications That Somebody Will Go
to the Wall Financially.
6TEINSTRAND AND THE SPINNERS
They Are Actively Engaged In Try-
Ins : to Down Each Other.
HAVRE MARKET ALSO CORNERED.
An Kvon WOMO Stjito of AfT.iIrs He-
porteil nt TlmtPlnee Ani
mated Scones Antlol-
tinted on 'Cl
Fortune * ) In the Hnlnnoo.
tCo/rfjM ) ) | / ( 1Kb ! ) ltn Jumet Gordon lenn'lt.\ \
IiivniirooL , Sept. 23. | Now York Herald
Cable Special to TUB IJii : . ] The crisis
in the cotton corner is approaching and on
Monday tuero will bo such a scene on ex
change flacs at Liverpool as hns not been
witnessed since the occasion of the Morris
Hanger corner. In that case the cotton king
WU9 utterly and completely ruined. It now
remains to bo seen what will bo the result of
Stccndstrnnd's big speculation. As to what
thin will be , opinion Is somewhat divided ,
The quietest day's work which can bo re
membered for years was transacted yester
day , when only a,000 , bales were sold , but the
record was beiiteu to-day , when the quan
tity disposed ot was only 2,000 bales. Thcro
has been butouoprevious similar occurrence.
This was on the occasiDii ot a semi-holiday ,
during the time of the American war , when
only 1,500 bales was sold during the day.
I Interviewed to-day the head partner of
perhaps the leading linn of cotton merchants
In Liverpool , who , however , for obvious
reasons , though not adverse to talking ,
would on no account permit the publication
of his name. Ho said :
"Tho general impression appears to ho that
Stcenstrand has yet to receive 70,000 , bales ,
nud of this not moro than 3J.OOO can bo ten
dered him. For this reason it is probable
ho would make the piico nbout 7d a pound ,
and that the defaulting brokers would have'
to pay this prlco , wliijh is penalty , which
will bo Impossible according to the rules of
the cotton association. It is now believed
that the stock hold oy Stoonstrand on Octo
ber 1 will bo overwhelmingly largo , as bo
lias continued regularly to supply tuo trade
demand throughout the month and in this
way hns disposed of cotton tendered to him
almost as quickly as ho has received it. The
ponitioti of cotton next month is of course a
very puzzling one. There will bo no corner ,
-t ut as the spinners have allowed their stocks
to run down to n very low point they must
either close the mills or go on buying it. It
is generally thought that they will adopt the
latter course , und therefore that there can bo
no very sorlquH shrinkage in thffvuluoof
jcotton iu Liverpool. The Impression which
Jl , in company with nthor merchants , hnvo
'rformcd , is that Cd to 0) ) d per pound may bo
Jho value of cotton for the next
a\vc months , The receipts oC cot
ton from American points nro vor.y
largo nnd tbo supplies consequently will bo
very abundant Inter on , and possibly a some
what lower range of prices may bo current
Jor a time. The crop is estimated not to exceed
/coed / 750,000 bales , and so our supply of cot-
ion next season will bo all that is required ,
and if values do sink between now and tbo
nd of the year much below Od a pound neon
nlderablo notion must necessarily follow. It
will no doubt Interest the general public , ni
it has Interested the commercial community ,
1o know that ns a result of general stock
taking It has boon ascertained that the
actual stock is 03'JiU bales of all kinds less
than tlio estimate , and about 29,000 bales of
American cotton less than the estimate. The
actual stock last year ut this time was about
40,000 , bales over the estimate. It has boon
for BOIUO time anticipated that the actual
slock was less than the estimate , and there
fore the effect of this deficiency on the mar
ket will prob.ibly not bo so gtoat ns If this
state of things bad como as a surprise.
"Durine this week the spinners have , " said
another loading merchant , who gave mo an
impartial review of the proceedings of the
past wcok and of ttio present aspect of affairs ,
"bought less cotton than they had bought in
uny week for many years. Yesterday the
amount of business transacted and the sales
effected was much less than It bus been for
years past. This affords evidence of the ox
r uordinnry determination on the part of the
spinners to resist the corner , and In addition
to this there is u ilrm belief In many quarters
that cotton is truing to bo very much cheaper
next month. The market has been subjcc1
to somanhut blinrt ) fluctuations during tin
wcok. Steenstrand yestordny tcok nearly al
liia cotton oft" the market and refused to offer
it nt nny price , For what ho did offer h
ashed from if to 8-1U of a penny per pound
udvaucoover the ptlco ho had boon taking
the dny boforo. Ills object in puraulng this
course is to foica the prlco , and his notion
clearly shows that if thosplnnoia dutormlni
to atop buying ho would atop selling ,
.Such u determination Is clear oyidcnci
of ttio fact thai ho is not afraid of tils cotton ,
An interesting Incident has occurred In con <
uoction with ono oj the steamers which have
come into port this week ludun with cotton ,
which Is being ot out of them us rapidly as
possible in order that It may bo warehoused
nnd ready for tendering boford noon or
Monday. The vessel I refer to Is the White
Star steamer Teutonic , Despite th fact
that she is said to have over 13,000 , bales o
cotton on board , she U lying In Lungtoi
graving dock and 1s to day open to public in-
ipoctiou , Iu consequence of this the Teu
tonic cunnotveli bo unloaded nnd the mer
chants Interested la cotton on board her are
Iu n terrible way about It. Of course , It de
pends upon \vhut arrangements have been
made between the company und the con
slgnocs ns to who will bavo to boar the loss ,
it any loss is Incurred , and there is no doub
that if the cotton It pot tendered on Monday
U will mean the drppplui ; of a pile of money
by some ono , This being so , thorn will no
doubt ho a great effort to get the cotton out ,
but how they are Rolui ; to unload u vessel
lying In a fil living dock and open to public
nspoctlou , no end knows. Liverpool is not
itlio only market Unit Is ut proicut in a state
of corner. The Havre market la cornered
even worse and yesterday prices for Sep
tember delivery rose to 7 fd. The Block In
Havre la also abnormally small because the
principal part of the early tmipmcnU from
America came hero for our corner und In
Havre they have scarcely any old or now cot
ton nt nil. No' only Is tholr stock thui ex
ceedingly small , but they have no now cot
ton coming In. There appears to bo iymp-
tomi of the snmo Ittnd of things In Now York
for September delivery 1ms gene \ip 35-lOOc ,
which U equivalent to over 3.101 per pound.
I can toll you of n * rumor 16 which I myself
attach credence ns to ; what Stconstrand
Is going to do with the cotton with which it
is hoped to choke him. This rumor is to the
effect that , taking advaatago of the Havre
corner , ho has tnndo or U nbout to make ar
rangements for shipping ) a quantity of the
cotton which will bo tendered to him on
Monday to Havre. This inovo will have the
double effect of relieving him nud of keeping
up the prlco of October delivery. The spin
ners hope to smnsh him with the
immense stock they will inako him carry
over , and if Stccnstrand manages to Rot
rid of nny considerable amount of It In this
way , all that I can say Is that ho will have
accomplished a stroke of business policy
which pro'ves him to bo a cenius. Whether
.ho rumor will provo correct , or whether it is
imply ono of those rumors which nro flying
iiDout , It Is nt present Impossible to say. The
tate of the Havro market encourages the
ipinlon that the adoption of such n course ia
by no means impossible , even although it is
declared In some quarters that the cotton
contracted for in Havro is specified for ns
Jiew Orleans cotton , which must bo shipped
direct from Now Orleans. Stconstrand's
resent attitude Is one of entire confidence
n his nbllttj to hold his own against all
cornels. Ho bus no doubt already mudo a
pile of money , goncially estimated nt
150,000 , and ho appears to have sufllclent
confidence to expect that he is going to make
t up to 2oO,000. , At nny rate , ho evidently
believes that the range of prices in October
s going to bo much higher than the market
expects. As ho trusts to be able to bold all
the cotton that can bo delivered to him next
, voci ( , Btecnstrnnd will have iitho whole
available cotton in bis own bands , nnd ho
can then practically do what bo likes with it ,
'or ' there will bo little cotton to speak of put
nto the nmi'kct If thcio are shorts or bears
, vho have not yet covered. It is just possible
that thcie may bo a convulsion in the market
before tbo llnish. Unless they can manage
: o como to terms with Steonstrnnd , some of
thorn will o by default , but If they do they
willhavoto pav a penalty of from J d to Jfd ,
or loss , uccording to thd net of the associa
tion. It remains to bo seen whether Steen
strnnd will settle with them what they will
Jo. Tlioro are men on the market who bo-
love that the shorts are already covered ,
nnd if that is so then the affair is prac
tically concluded. The probability is that
there are at any rate t > omo important bears
who have not yet covered , so that Stoeu-
Btrund can not very well lese this month , but
: iomay drop heavily next month. If ho has
delivered to him a gront deal more cotton
than ho expects and the spinners stand
out very strongly during the whole of Octo
ber , when A'nioricaa cotton Is being shipped ,
then at the end ot the month ho will on no
account bo the only holder. An abundance
of cotton will bo supplied by the end of Oc
tober , nnd the question is whether Steen
strand can get the cotton oft his hands be
fore the great mass of new cotton comes in. "
SMALLPOX IN CHICAGO.
. Itoy Ilrlng4 tlio Disease From
Knropc.
CHICAGO , Sept. S3. An outbreak of small
pox , V7hich may prove quite serious , was re
ported to the Lake View health olllco last
night.
The patient is John Welter , aged fouiteon ,
the son of wealthy patents. The Welter
family has just rotuincd from Luxemburg- ,
via Havre , where , on the 14th inst , smallpox
being reported , young Welter was vacci
nated. The family sailed on the steamer
Qascogno and landed ut iluw York Septem
ber 21. The next day the family having
passed the quarantine started west on the
Delaware & Lackawanna train , when the
breaking out was noticed on young Welter's
face. It was thought then that it was n case
measles. At Huffnlo they changed and took
the Michigan Central train and arrived in
Chicago on the 23th instant. The sarao day
the boy wa'j taken to his homo in the north
ern limits of the city , and a physician was
called in , who concluded ho had smallpox.
All the school children in the vicinity are
being vaccinated to-day.
There Is no doubt that hundreds of per
sons between Now York and Chicago bavo
contracted the disease , wlnlo no attempt was
made in Chicago to isolate it for two days ,
and in the meantime- the boy traveled the
streets and came in contact with many per
sons.
sons.Dr.
Dr. Wiclcorsham , the health ofllcor , thinks
the quarantine olllcors in Now York were
very careless to allow the case to escape
their notice- .
ISXt'I.OSlON'rf IN
Ten Itlon Killed , Miuiy Injured and
jyiirty-two Women Hurt.
3r.nus , Sept. 33. An explosion occurred
to-day in the Ulioin-Prussou colliery at Ham-
burg-on-tho-Hhlno , Ten men were killed and
several injured. Some of the injured will
die.
die.An
An explosion In the artillery laboratory at
Spando n to-day , Injured ten men uud forty-
two women.
A Qurct * Coinliiiiatlon ,
( Oijiwi f//il ( / / 1 89 % JiuiKii flunlon llennttt. )
Lojtoos" , Sept , 25. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tiin Uuu. " | To-dny the
ancient corporation of the city of London
elected Its lord mayor and two sheriffs for
the ensuing year. U is about ns curious n
combination us ever appeared at the head of
any municipality in the world , ns the now
lord mayor Alderman Isaac Is a Jew ,
while one sheriff Ib u Catholic ana his col
league an atheist.
NOII- Partisan Jurti olary ,
Ciiicvoo , Sept. 23. [ Special Telegram to
Tins IJLii.J At a meeting of the Chicago
liar association this afternoon a resolution
was passed requiring the holding of primaries
for the coming judicial election next Satur
day between the hours of 10 nnd 4 o'clock.
It was decided to nominate n republican to
succeed Judge Williamson and n democrat to
succeed Judge Shcparu , thus carrying out
the plan of Insuring u non-partisan judiciary.
In Mood ol1 a lleiul.
CIIUHOO , Sept. 23. [ Special Telegram to
TiiBHEB.I A call for a Special meeting of
the lines In the Western State : ! Passenger
association has been issued for Monday l > y
President Hui'bltt , of tuo North western ;
Cable , ol the Huck Island , and Vice Presi
dent Clark , of the Missouri Pacific. It Is the
intention to udopt some plan to clear up en
tirely the present botiii-acepbuloub condition
of the association.
OVVCH Over it Huiiilred
DEIJIUM , Mass , , Sept. "J3. Horaoo S.
KHupard , treasurer of tbo lumber Una ol
Shepnrd & Morse , Uostou , has tiled a per
sonal petition m Insolvency , His liabilities
are ir.oMly for money due on notes , and
amount to $147,000 , As his Insolvency it
personal it does uot Involve tbo firm.
OOS8H' F110.U TUB COAST.
-orbctt - Anxious to Hoot Sullivan
The MinliiR Mnrknr.
SAN FIHNCISCO , Cal. , Sept. 23. [ Special
Telegram to TIIH Hcc. I There nro prospects
to-night of a fight soon between Jim Corbott
nnd Sullivan. Corbctt sntd last night ;
Tin willing to moot Sullivan In n four or
nix round contest. If 1 get knocked out it
will bo no disgrace from n pugilistic stand *
loint , because ho has knocked out ovory-
joily else. 13ut there is ono thing you can
count on , I'll ' not lie down , und I'll make
Sullivan know that ho has been in n light. "
Should Sullivan get ns far ns San
JYitncIsco on his exhibition tour bo cannot
afford to Ignore such nu offer from Corbctt ,
If Sulllvnu will como wo would BOO the
greatest four round contest ever given in
San Francisco ,
Local horsemen have not yet recovered
'rom thnlr enthusiasm over Senator Stan
ford's stallion's ( Palo Alto ) phenomenal
> erformnnco of n mile in 2:18 : nt the Stock-
on fair. About n year ago Count Valonstn ,
of the Plcasnnton stock farm , was advised
to buy this horso. Senator Stanford said ho
could have him for $5,000. Count Valentin
: hought the price too high and , refused ,
Some time afterward ho reconsidered the
matter and told Senator Stanford ttuit lie
would taio Palo Alto at that price. Ho was
.old that the price had been raised to $13,000.
This waa moro than the count cared to pay ,
and ho did not negotiate further. Senator
Stanford is quoted as having said the other
day that ho would not sell the borso for
500,000.
The mining market was very dull hero
during the past week , and especially to-day.
Uuslncss during the month has bcnn so light
and the prospects so gloomy for the Imme
diate future that many brokers are begluninj ;
to take a serious viowof the situation. There
la an absence of news of nny importance
from Comstock at present. The volume of
the transactions on the board to-day would
noti afford commission enough toS support
u slnglo commission house , lot alone forty
nctivo members.
The two theatrical sensations of the week
liave been L 1anny Davenport In "La Toscn , "
at the Baldwin theatre , and the production
of the now grand opera , "Theodora , " nt the
Tlvoll theatre. 'Theodora" has had a remarkable -
markablo run here , nnd after another week
the production will betaken east. The music
is by P. P. Fur/ , and the libretto by F.
Lafontaine and Arthur Harendot , of this
city.
city.Tho
The strike of ship carpenters at the Union
iron wurlts is not serious. Irving M. Scott
snys that work on tlio now United States
steel cruiser San Francisco will not bo de
layed , but that the now war ship will be
launched the latter part of October. The
piospccts 1110 that the San Francisco will be
the fastest war ship in the world , and her
speed will exceed twenty knots nn hour.
The wine men are now in a distinctly bet
ter position than scoinbd probable two
months ago. The vintage hns begun in
enrne3t nud the vinoyardists win tell pretty
well where they stand. It now seems prob
able that the wine product of the state will
not luu much above 15,000,000 gallons , while
It was estimated a few months ago .that the
product would liso above 20,000,000 , gallons.
It bus been charged that exaggerated esti
mates of the expected crops wore
spread abroad for Uio purpose of "bearing
tbo market , " und giving the speculators n
chance to buy grapes and wines at starva
tion rates for growers. If the largo estimates
were given with such intention they had an
opposite effect from that expected. The re
port scared some of the growers into abandon
ing the cultivation of their vines , determined
others to dry their grnpoa , and spurred the
growers to make preparations to turn the
surplus product into brandy. Grapes sufll
clent to make 2,000,000 gallons will bo dried ,
according to present accounts. It is estimated
that 5,000,000 gallons will be turned
into brandy. With these amounts taken
out of the pi eduction of the year it will bo a
much easier task than was expected to hnn-
dlo the wioo product. The diminished
product has brought the prlco of wine grapes
up to a better figure than prevailed last year ,
The vineyard labor problem seems to have
solved itself satisfactorily. From many
parts of the state couio reports that women
and children have gene into the vineyards as
piokers , and hnvo proved un ofllciont substi
tute for the disappearing Chinese labor. In
several of the vineyards Chinese
have been largely employed , but
the new era of white labor
has been well begun. In many of the crape
districts the schools have been closed for a
month to allow tbo employment of tbo chil
dren in the vineyards. As this will not load
to a shortening of the school year the exper
iment is satisfactory from every point of
view.
Every Chinese steamer arriving nt the port
brings a score or more of "wives" or "daugh
ters" of Chinese merchants. Thcso women
nro brought here solely for immoral pur
poses. They have not the certificates which
the act of 183-1 declares the sole evidence of
their right to enter. They can be admitted ,
if nt all , only on evidence which is explic
itly excluded by every law on the pub-
ject , from the Page act of 18S3 to the Scott
not of 1SS3. And yet they will probobly bo
technically landed when thu courts got
around to thoin , nnd they are already nctu
ally landed on bull , nnd will bo nllowod to
ply tlioir vocation for some months in Clilnu-
town , whether they are finally remanded or
not. It Is suhl that the better class of Chi
ncso merchants nre becoming indignant nt a
trafllo that brings disgrace on the whole
Asiatic colony , and nio taking steps to sup
press It.
Admiral Klinhcrly Cum hit ; Home.
Svx Fitvxcisco , Sept. 23. The steamer
Alamedu , from Sydney and Auckland via
Samoa and Honolulu , urivod to-day. .
Admiral Kimberly and staff loft Apia on
the Alamedn and stopped at Honolulu. The
admiral was given un ovation at Honolulu ,
the British man-of-war Carolina und the
Japanese man-of-war stationed there nrln
bulutoH on his arrival. Ho wilt return homo
in the United States steamer Nlpslc.
The admiral was given a rruopllon in lion
olulu by the American residents at which
resolutions eulogistic of his conduct nf naval
affairs at Samoajworo adopted. The politi
cal situation at Samoa remains quiet.
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All Qnlot ut 1'rntt'n Mines.
HniMixaiuM , Ala. , Sept. 23. The Jeffer
son volunteers found on their nrrivrl at
Pratt's Mines last night that tholr presence
wns not required , us everything was qnlet.
Tbo woman who wan said to have been shot
Is not dead , but is suffering from thn effects
of the boating given by Maxwell for insult
Ing his wife.
A Socialist Convention.
CHICAGO , Sept. 23 , [ Special Telegram
to TIIK HKK.I A convention of the social
istic labor party begun here to-day. Various
labor topics will bo discussed. The dele
gates are all Germans. The general talk
among thein to-day has reference to the
hanging of the anarchists two years ago ,
which , as usual , was denounced ay murder.
DIS VISIT j&FERRED.
The Ocarina's Gold'j Postpones the
Czar's Journey to Pottadtwn.
EUROPE'S WAR CLOUD LOWERING
The LlRhtilings Which Edpo ib Are
Russian Bayonets.
v _
SO BISMARCK'S fpAPERS SAY.
The Ohnnoollor Jvlaklnor a Great
Ado , for Reasons.
TRYING TO CORNER THE RUSS.
Ry AliuinliiR tlia Nations tlioVlly
Teuton ISxpcots tojllurt Russia's
Credit and So ii'oroo a Conference -
foroncoVltH'tlio | Czar ,
Tlio Czar's Visit Postponed.
1S&3 b\i \ Kcw 'Art : Aitoclattil Press. I
HEHU.V , Sept. S3. Thrf czar has sent nn
autograph letter to Empdror William stating
that the czarina has caujght cold nnd her
physicians advised her to ; delay her departure -
turo for several days , j
The czar asks that thermal directions for
his reccptlou at Potsdam , ' ho delayed. Ac
cording to the National jKultung the czar's '
visit Is ofllcially flxed f orfOutobor 0.
Prince 13sinurclt ! has . ( communicated with
Count Schouvoioff , the Russian minlstor , In
regard to the arrangements of the czar in the
nveut of his coming ! to Berlin. Count
*
SchouvolofC replied that ho had orders to
prepare to receive the cz'ar and Ills sulto at
the embassy. The czar himself baa not in-
tlmatod his Intentions beyond his visit to
Potsdam. 4
The emperor will go to Schworin on Tues
day as the guest of the Grand Duke of Meck
lenburg.
Tlio absence of M. DeGiors , the Russian
prlino minister , docs not , appear to nltect
Prince Bisinurck's ' determination to have uu
audience with the czar.
The week has been signalized by tin out
break of the war clamor in the semi-oftlclal
nrcss. The Cologne Gazette publishes an
alarmist article on the extension of the Rus
sian strategic railway on the frontier , which
the Noitli German Gazette prominently
quotes. There is a simultaneous reappear
ance of war notes in tuo chancellor's organs.
The Vienna papers foment the scare by
statements that the Russians along tbo fron
tiers of Galicia and BuUoVlna are in nctivo
motion. Six regiments of cavalry and four
of infantry have , they say , arrrivod
from the interior. Onsorvation towers
are borne erected close to the Gallcian
frontier.tho whole aspecC f the oo unt ry giv
Ins the impression that ttj army is waking
a strategic march. "ffv
Bismaick'8 motive in Kcrcating gltation
over Russia's armaments on the nvo of the
c/nr's reception is variously interpreted.
Recalling ttio incidents prior to the last in
terview the czar accorded him here it Is ob
vious the chancellor aims to place the czar
under the necessity of granting Ulm a polit
ical conference. The reports also servo
other purposes , as they tend to balk Russia's
efforts to negotiate u loan for the payment
ot the cost of the repeating rides ordered in
France , and they prepare the rolchstag to
accept the now military bill.
Tlie cz.ir's aversion to meeting the chan
cellor or to Riving bis visit any character
other than that of a formal courtesy has
been intensliled by the projected Journey of
Emperor William to Constantinople. Tlio
programme of tno emperor is now an
nounced to include a visit to Bucharest ,
which will further nun y among the czar.
The Moscow papers nsk It Bismarck dreams
of detaching the Greeks from their dream
of a Russian alliance. The Greeks attach
a superstitious import f.0 the marnago of
the duke of Spartn and Princess Sophia.
An old prophesy is recalled by tno papers
of Athens und reproduced hero to the ef
fect thut the mosque of St. Sophia in Con
stantinople will bo restored to the Christians
under the rule of n Greek emperor named
Constaniuo with n wife called
Sophia. The coincidence of the
duke of Sparta's name , Constantine , mid
that of the Princess Sophia ia exciting the
imagination of all Greeks as a hopeful aug
ury of coming events , h feeling which Bis
marck will take advantage of , The empress
will accompany the emperor to Constantinople
ple and will stay on the imperial yauhtwhllo
the sultan entertains his majesty.
The reichstag Is expected to meet on No
vember 4. A regrouping of the parties is in
evitable. The ultra conservatives nnnou nco
their determination to break from the cen
tral paity , as it is becoming too liberal.
Herr Miguel , speaking at Franicfort , de
clared that it was necessary to reconstruct
the groups. The existing parties , ho said ,
wore products of the past mid out of date.
The present party programme1) are utterly
unadapted to deal with the questions of the
Immediate future. The progressists under
stand Miguel as foreseeing the broak-up of
the national liberals , but the nationals are
sanguine that the party vlll be strengthened
by the absorption of a 6o > tion of the center
party and a close union with tuo liberal con
servatives. Bismarck is favoring the alms
of Hcrrcn Hcnnipson and Miguel nnd other
leaders of the nationals. , Ho will offer Herr
Miguel the post of finance ) minister , replacing
Hurr Scliol/ , whoso eye njalndy grows worse.
These prospective changes do not threaten
seriously Blsmnrcn's ' hold over the cartel
party though they are lilioly to weaken the
government's majority In the now house.
Tno Post to-night souil-olUclally denies
that Count Von Munster has resigned us
German ambassador to Franco. A report to
that effect was part of the current rumors
thut Hatzfuldt would bo transferred to
Paris , Count Von Wulderaee going to Lcn-
don. The Post docs not contradict the Von
AVnldorseo rumor , Bismarck Is again In
triguing with the emperor to send Von
Wulilorseo to u hlgti diplomatic post
in which Ulsinarvktnn craft will
succeed In exposing him to ad verso criticism.
Yon Wahlcnsea was last year offered the
Vienna embassy , but go. ) the emperor's per *
mission to decline it , The chancellor is now
reported to bo urging the cuiporor that if ho
designs Von Wuldersno to become chancel
lor ho must Itruln him , iu statesmanship
through diplomatio experience ,
Ttio emperor has Instructed the minister of
justice to report on execution by electrictv. !
Ho is in favor of this method of execution If
U will produce palates * death w'th ' certainty.
Ho reads everything uttalnaulo upon
the scientific side of the question and
has sent the minister copious noto-
on American uud Kuropeau scientists' In
qulrlcs Into the matter. His personal con
clusion was that electricity ought not to bo
npplled unless the prep untlons for the ex
ecution bo shorter nnn stmplor.thnn for hang
ing or beheading. Ilothln&8 ; that the pres
ent methods are clumsy. ttffijt- '
The report ot the GcnnimlEaib Africa
company for 1SSS referring to'tbo' ' concess
ions of territory to the British company
north of the Lana river , clalmk compensa
tion. The company hug received advices
confirming the belief that Henry M. Stanley
lias been noting for the British East Africa
company , nnd has secured Uuiiii Pashu ns
British agent to control the truffle , between
Wndolal nutl the coast , tapping the whole of
the central lalro country.
Captain Wlssman telegraphs that the ex
portation of slaves from the territory under
his rule das entirely stopped , Six man steal-
era hi wo been executed , Bngnmoyg lias bean
restored and the population ngiim numbers
C.OOO.
BTUONG'fT OHM\LiS-
Tlmy llnvo no Weight With Chicago
Itnllrnnd Mon ,
CniOAno , Sept. 28. [ Special Telegram to
TUB BIB. ] The denials coming from the
east that ex-President Strong , of the Atchison -
ison , Is to bo the now president of the Mis
souri Pacltlc have no weight with the Chicago
cage railroad men.
It is the general opinion hero that the np-
pointmcnt Is ulrcady mndc , especially as ox-
Prcsideut Strong was so guarded in his
denial of the appointment. Additional and
confirmatory testimony has como to the rail
way press bureau from the original source
of information in Now York und also from
n railroad inau in Chicago who simply tolls
nn untruth if the tcport is not founded on
fact. Ho claimed to know whereof ho
spoke and positively asserted that tbo np-
uolutmout of Mr. Strong had been consum
mated. This Informant further said : "I
will tell you In n few days of tlio Atchison
plan of organization. It is practically
deeldod now but it would bo premature to
toll of it now. In ono respect the uows-
pancrs are alt mistaken , Thcro will bo no
refunding into 4 per cent bonds or loss. It
was found impossible to got the security
holders to accept such an arrangement.
Nothing less than -IJf per cents will bo ac
cepted. The present bonds run from 4 to 7
per cent. There are so many conflicting
Interests in the system that it Is donbtful if
nny plan of reorganization will bo more than
partially successful. There are fourteen
distinct roads und sets of security holders in
the system mid it is nn actual fact that some
of the lines are competitive nnd antagonistic
I think within a wcok the now plan of orga
nization will bo ripe for publication.
SocUinu nn Alliance.
MONTHEAL , Sept. 23. Sir George Stephen
nnd Sir Donald Smith have gone to New
Yorit with the object , it is said , of forming
an alliance between the Manitoba , northern
Pacific , Union Paclilc and Canadian Pacific
roads In order to control the trafllc north of
Oregon , and if the alliance is concluded the
"Soo" loute , which has been sucti a disturb
ing factor , will in the future work in bar-
mouy with them.
them.No
No i lil n it in Ir.
BOSTON , Sept. 23. With regard to the re
port that President Hill , of the Manitoba ,
has been in Boston thlsVeek and iu confer
ence with President Adams , of tlio Union
Pacific , and Trnfllo Manager Mellon , about a
traflle agreement , the Union Pacific people
say Hill has not been to the Union Paclilc of
fice , and state that no conference has been
hold.
T \V O31 BLiY WAS DU 0 N 1C.
Fireman La Cloche Breaks Down
nnd Cc > iiftMHL8.
CniCAao , Sept. 23. A sensational climax
ended the coroner's investigation into the
Rook Island suburban railway accident this
evening.
The jury had returned n vordiet holding
Engineer Twombly and Fireman La Cloche
responsible for the wreck and committing
them to jail , when La Cloche broke down
nnd admitted having perjured himself iu
swearing thut Twombly was not drunk. Tlio
fireman then mauo a confession tolling of his
wild ride with the drunken engineer. Ho
intimated that compulsion from high oQlcials
of the company had prompted him to lie.
Twombly and himself , it appeared , had
gene to a saloon before starting out In charge
of the freight train that played such havoc
at Washington Heights. Twombly drank
freely , but , said LaClocho , tlho was not
paralyzed drunk. " La'Jlocho added that
Twombly ran the engine himself , nnd said at
the time of the accident Twouibly's head was
out of the cab window nnd ho might huvo
been asleep for nil the fireman knows.
LnClocho broke down and cried llko a
child. Engineer Twombly Is under arrest
nt his homo where ho is confined to bed by
the injuries received in the wreck ,
At the coroner's ] inquest Superin
tendent Chamberlain , of the Illinois
division of that road , testified thut
ho had discharged Engineer Twombly
three or four times for drunkenness. After
being idle for a while , Twombly's ' father ,
who is master mechanic of the road , would
rn-omploy him without consulting anybody.
General Superintendent Royce testihcd that
ho had made an investigation into the causes
of the accident , und bad found that the
freight train was running nhoad of time and
that engineer Twombly was mainly responsi
ble for the accident.
Thomas B. Twnmblv , master mechanic of
the road and father of Engineer Twombly ,
tostlllcd that his son had boon reinstated by
him on the recommendation of Vieo Presi
dent Kimuall. Ho claimed the engineer was
sobur on the day of the accident.
KUGAU THOMPSON VICTIMS.
General SlnnuKcrJniics nnd n Imburor
Die.
PiTrsiiuita , Sept. 28. Captain W. R.
Jones , general munngcrof tholOdirar Thomp
son steel works , died to-night from the in
juries received In the accident at that plant
last Thursday evening. His death was un
expected , He took a sudden turn for the
\vorso anil died in a short timo. The deceased -
ceased was fifty.llvo years old and leaves a
wife and family.
Anotnor of the victims of the Edgar
Thompson stool works accident ,
Quiini , died to-duy ,
Fifty
CiiKuno , Sept 23. [ Special Tologratn to
TJIK BEL- . ] After careful Investigation tlio
bar association bau 'iiado the astounding dls *
covcry that thorn uro flfty lawyers In Chicago
cage who are practising without license
from the supreme court of the state or any
other legal qualifications , Most of these are
divorce aim police court lawyers , and the
association will nt ouco begin proceeding * to
have them disbarred.
A AVIfo Mimlorer Convicted.
DENVER , Colo. , Sept. 26. iSpecial Telo-
grum to THE BEE. | JamosJ. Medley , who
shot and killed hla wife In this city last May ,
was to-day found guilty of murder la the
first degree.
riFTY MILLION 1JOLLAHS.
Tlio Bunt Invested lly Two l nnllsh
Sj-udlonlcs In Vnnlcoo ImluqtrlcN.
CIIKMOO , Sept , 33. The expenditure of
? 50,000,000 by two English syndicates for the
control of nn extraordinary aggregate of in
dustrial enterprises in the United States wai
com pic ted In this city to-day.
The syndicates Include In tholr member
ship n great number of British bankers nnd
trustees of largo estates In the united king
dom. No business wnt acquired for them In
the United States which has not pnlil at least
12JV per cent n ycnr for the past tlvo yours ,
Grain olovntors , itourlng mills and breweries
bavo been the favorite investments ,
Management of each of the various enter
prises will bo placed Iu American boards of
directors , subject to the control of n board
in London.
The representatives of the syndicate hero
when asked to-day If this don't look like
the establishment of a hugo British trust ,
Biild ' 'No each is
: , enterprise operated
separately. The plan is not ono of aggres
sion , but of conservative , snro invest
ment. " Hostile legislation. It is learned , has
been cleverly ovaded.
The deal embraces a chain of elevators
from the Minnesota und Dakota wheat dis
tricts to Chicago. The syndicate's flouring
mills are at Minneapolis nnd the breweries
In Chicago and tlio cast. The purchasing
committee , It Is understood , left tills evening
on route to the northwest and are Intend
ing to RO from there to Omaha nnd Kaunas
City , where further purchases nro being
considered.
Among the properties already turned
over to the syndicates nro a num
ber of breweries in Chicago , Al
bany , Detroit , Newark , Jersey City , Now
York , Baltimore , Rochester and Syracuse ,
also the Star4 olovntors of Minneapolis ,
seventy-six in number ; the Vundiiesen sys
tem of elevators of Rochester , Minn. , ninety
In number ; Cnrgyll Bros.1 elevator system
of Minnesota nud Dakota , and Brasstad's
Hancock Iron mines , Hancock , Mich.
The arrangements for the purchase of the
Pittsourjr Hour mills and this Woshburn
mills in Minneapolis have been completed
and the transfer will take place in a few
days. Negotiations for two extensive ele
vator systems in Chicago are well advanced.
The City Contract company , of London ,
with a capital of WO.OOO.OOO , and the Trus
tees' and .Executors' company , of London ,
with n capital of SJr.ljOO.OOO , are the syndi
cates limiting these purchases. Lord
Mayor Isaacs , of London , Is presi
dent of the latter company. Trusted
agents first made n list of
desirable pi oportios , then options were ob
tained , export examinations then followed ,
then came a report from un advisory com
mittee , and lastly Uio worn of the purchas
ing committee. Among the members of the
advisory committee was D. G. Macrae , edi
tor of the London Financial Times.
A iMINOlUXY UISI'OKT.
A Member of tlio Utah Commission
Who Can Not Concur.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 23. John A. McCler-
nand , of the Utah commission , to-day pre
sented u minority report , tbo ra.ison for so
doing being non-concurrence in the report of
his in ' 'its anfmus
colleagues general , partic
ularly lii the treatment of the distinction be
tween opinions nnd actions us the subject of
legislative punishment. "
The existing laws , ho says , arc working
well. Further aggressive legislation trench-
lug upon civil and political privileges would
be injurious rather than beneficial. No re
ligion , says ho , was ever finally destroyed by
cither armed or unarmed proscription. Ho
recommends nn amendment to tlio federal
constitution "perpetually prohibitiue polyg
amy , whatsoever its guise , not only in the
stales but also in the territories and other
places over which the United States bus , or
may have , exclusive juiUdiction. " Ho says
the Mormon religion , purged of its impuri
ties , will probably survive ; how long , lie can
not foresee. Ho dwells upon the Importance
of this nnd says it would substitute u lasting
organic law for a legislature enactment
which must cease to operate with the cessa
tion of the atmmnloufi territorial condition.
ir WASN'T A
A SupnoHtid Olerloal Urror Turns Out
nn l iiibclcmcnt. .
CHICAGO , Sept. 23. The linn of Gibson ,
Parrish & Co. , which was forced to apply
for n receiver on the 31st of August , on ac
count of u mistake of their head bookkeeper
in figuring up the assets of the firm , notified
the polieo to-day to arrest as nn crnboAElor
Harry P. Clifford , the man who it was at first
thought had merely made a clerical error.
Now it is alleged that Clifford took $3 ! , UOOmid
fled , The police are sending1 a description of
him to the principal cities. His alleged cm-
bcMameni. and Jllght has aroused fresh sus
picious of the members of the llrai. Some
time ago the store of tlio firm , together with
its books , was destroyed by fire , and the sus
picion is now that it was a case of incondlnr-
ism , the lira being sot for the uurposo of de
stroying whatever evidence of dishonesty
the books may huvo contained ,
An Infinite Convlct'H
CHICAGO , Sept. 23 , [ Special Telegram to
Tin ; Bun , ] At Jollot about 5 o'clock this
morning while James , alias Tom Conloy , nn
insane convict , was on his way from the
prison to the depot in charge of nn olllcor
who was conducting him to the Elgin asy
lum , the prisoner sprung from the carriage
just as It was passing the rolling nulls ,
darted under some freight cars , mid disap
peared. The morning was dark und foggy ,
und although the prisoner was handcuffed
ho succeed in evading a posse of police nnd
reached the woods near the suburb of Ridge-
wood , where up to the present ho has found
a secure hiding place. Conloy was a burglar
Bent up for four years from Jleury county
last October.
Tlio Itnll IMnyei-H .Moan Ilusl IKMR.
NEW YOIIK , Sept. 28. 7 ho Now York Syn-
dlcato Brotherhood of huso ball players to.
dny leased two blocks of ground lying between -
tweon Ono Hundred and Fifty-seventh und
One Hundred and Fifty-ninth streets and
Ninth avenue for a term of ton years til an
annual rental of -21,000. , . They also leased
the now polo grounds nt Ono Hundred and
Fifty-fifth fctrcet , now occupied by tlio Now
York team , for u term of ton years , subject ,
however , to the lease now hold by Day for
two years ,
I'j\-Gov. IMartlii , < > ! ' Kansas , Very K loir.
KANSAS Cirv , Sept. 23. A special fiom
Atchison says ; Kx-Govornor Martin's Ill
ness is more serious than waa llrat supposed.
For nine weeks ho has boon suffering from
a peculiar malady which his physicians have
been unable to diagnose , and now typhoid
fever has nut In and gruvo fears are enter
tained for his recovery ,
*
Tlio Wouthei- Forecast ,
Ncbiasku und Iowa Fair , followed In Ne
braska und western Iowa by light rain ,
southerly winds , stationary temperature.
Dakota Fair , southerly winds , stationary
temperature.
<
THEIR LAST SLEEP , t
Slumbering Pnaaongora Crushed to
Donth In a Wrook ,
FOUR KILLED AND A DOZEN HURf
Trains OollUlo on the Now "Jforlfl
Contra ! With Torrlflo Force.
SAD ENDING OF A HONEYMOON
A Rolatlvo of Ex-feoorotory Mnn *
nlug Among the Victims.
LIST OF KILLED AND INJUREQ
The Accident Duo to n Defective )
Steam Chest nntl the Carcluas-
nest , of Ono or the
Trnin Crows
Disaster nt t'nliitino Bridge * .
CATJAJOitAiiin , N. Y. , Sept. 23. Four lilllcil
and n dozen or moro injmod Is the result 01
an accident on the Central railroad two miles
east of Palatine Bridge station which DOT
currcd last night. Tbo train to which the
accident happened was the St. Louis nnd
Chicago express , bound west , which , owing ) ,
to the heavy truvol last -light was run In twq
sections. The tlrst section loft Fonda nt
11:20 , ten minutes late. The sections gcn-j
orally run ton minutes apart , but from thd
best Information obtainable this seems to )
have been disregarded last night ,
When the Hist section reached n point op.
posito tbo Urandywino rift In the Mohawk
river , Engineer Weeks not Iced u giving ou 1
of the steam chest of ills engine. Ho Immot
dlately stopped and n brake in an was scn
back to flag the second suction , As near ns
can bo judged , It was not over five or BIJ
minutes before the crush came. Horth , the ,
engineer of the second section , says ho inndo
every effort to stop by applying the air *
brakes , but they did not seem to work , and
nothing \\iis loft for him to do but to brncd
himself for the crash. He was pitched ouft
of the cab window and both logs broken. His
llroman , .loun Slattcr , went up about twenty
feet in the air and landed nn top of the bag *
gage car which was in the roar.
The llrst section was made up of baegape ,
mail , exiJicss , und through passenger cars ,
besides a Wagner sleeper , the private car oC
President Ingalls , of the Cleveland , Coluin4
bus , Cincinnati , &St. Louis railroad , ana the )
private car of President Ledyard , of the ,
Michigan Central railroad. The latter cap
was only slightly damaged , mid of the occu
pants , Charles Franltlin , the porter , was the
only ono killed or injured.
Prcsidert Ingnlls' car being nnxt to a
big Michigan Central car , was shoved
with great force through , the WnSr
ner sleeper ahead , which was packed
with people. The two cars telescoped ,
causing n terrible crash and knocking out
tuo lights and snliatcring both cars. Tha
persons in the upper berths escaped with
slight injuries , several crawling out of hole
In the top of the earn.
The saddest part of the accident befell
William H. Manning , of Murquottc , Mich. ,
and his party. Mr. Mnnniuif , who is a rela
tive of cx-Secretnry Manning , was so badly
injured that ho died. His wife also received ,
injuries about the head. The young couple
wore on their way to Marn.uotte , having
been mariied at Westport , N. Y. , but a short
timonRO. Mm. Manning has not been in
formed of her hiiHbaud's ' death.
Kov. Prentiss JJuvo , of Dayton , O. , who
occupied n lower berth , was found dead in
the sleeper in the second section ,
Among these who escaped weie Mls $
Mcraddcn. of Green Bay , \\is. , and Jolm
Gordon , of Chicago.
Conductor Dillon , of the second section ,
suya he was only nine minutes behind the
first section after leaving Yost's , which Is
six miles cast. A coroner's imiuest will bq
hel4 Monday. .
Till ! KH I.r.l ) .
IlEV. PIUJNi'lBSDUVlO , of Da.yton.ngea .
about sixty ,
SADIE UOYD , of Westnort , N. Y. , maid
of W , II. Manning and wife , aged ubouj )
twenty-four. '
CHAItLES FRANKLIN , porter on th-i
Michigan Central railroad , ogcd about
twenty-eight. 5J : ,
WILLIAM MANNING , real estate dealer d Bfi
of Mnrquctto , Mich ,
Tin : i.vjuiui ; ) .
The following persons are reported Injured !
WILLIAM MciKutor , Now York , '
MAJIV PATH , Fredonia , N , Y ,
MUB. Wiu.iAuH , MAN.MSO , of Marquette ,
Mich.
It. K. If OWLISH , of Now York. '
II. L. Lr.wiH , Now York Cotton exchange.
KNOINKUII Ilovrii , both legs crushed , but
will probably survive.
A JMUKJSlhU 01' ItUlUHO W OHLD9.
Itotmlt of Scientific ! InvcNlluatlons In
ttio Oregon Mountain * .
NKW YOIIK , Sept. Sd. [ Special Telegram
to Tun UKi.J Thascicntiiln expedition sent
out by Princeton college to dig in the Oregon
mountains for fossil deposits , has returned
bringing news of u most interesting n at uro
to the scientific woild. Tholr investigations
lay chiefly In the John Day hike region ,
Their report concludes with this outline ol
the extent of their discoveries :
Could v\o produce a view of that ancient
Oregon when John Day lake existed wa
should find ourselves IP a very strange ) I
niuumlvorldlittlo tlirco-tocd horde
hardly larger than donkeys ; rhinoceros ,
camels , a great assemblage of luriro upil
fierce catlike , doglike undhymmllkomiluials ,
not to mention hosts of little rabbits and
squlrrclllko creatures. The animals of this
time were all rather mnull , the largest being
a beast not unllKu the hippopotamus in slza
and general uppuaninco. As the list
sliowfl , this assemblage has u very oriental
character , ' 1 he climate was perhaps rutbcc
inlldcrthan at present , and the foic-ate , of
which leaf beds on Hridgo creek givu nuiplo
illustration , wcro like these now found in
the warmer parts of the United States.
This wonderful museum of burled worlds
lian been scaled up by Hubscucit ( ] luva (
floods , und is now accessible only on the
sides of canons and valleys where ttiQ
streams have cut down through the over-
tying masses. The results of our Bummor'a
work wore nearly two tons of thcso animate ,
a Htrlklng proof of the vast numbers of them ;
which have boon preserved ,
final Ilollur ICxploslon.
Yoiiif , Pa. , Sept , 23. The boiler used In a
quarry nt Wrlifhtsvlllo exploded witu territlo
force this morning , Instantly lulling Mr .
Lemuel Hornet and fatally injuring her hua-
baud.