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NINETEENTH YE All. OMAHA , THURSDAY MOKNING , APRIL 17 , 4890. NUMBER 2)7. ! )
MAJORITY AND 1IIXORITY ,
Republicans nnd Democrats Submit Reports
to the House on the Tariff ,
THEIR VIEWH WIDELY AT VARIANOE.
Hcnf ntlvc McKcnnn of California
tH I-'rotn HH | ColleagncH
in Hc ui'd to iho
Schedule.
WmitijsoTojf , April 10. The majority re
port on thu tariff bill begins with a state
ment of the financial situation mid estimates
the Hiirplus of the present fiscal year to bo
JW.OiXVXX ) , nnd , deducting the sum required
to make payments on the sinking fund , the
net surplus of receipts over expenditures will
be $ lii)78SS.1. ) ) Thu estimated surplus for the
next fiscal year will bo * in : ) , < )9lr ) > * U , which ,
with the amount now on hand mid available
( reaching $000,000XX ( ) ) will justify the reduc
tion In the revenue In the sum contemplated
by the bill reported iijO.O.TO.Kitl and proba
bly nibro from customs , nnd say $10W7,373 :
from Internal revenue , or a total of $71JiH- !
41-1. The majority report says In part : It was
the aim of the commltteo to fix duties
upon that class of manufactured good.s nnd
farm products which can be supplied nt home ,
so as to discourage the use of foreign goods
ami products and secure to our own people
nnd producers n homo market. AVe believe
that competition among ourselves will secure
reasonable prices to consumers In the future
as It has Invariably done Intliop.ist. Wu seek
by the increased duties recommended not only
to maintain but to enlarge our own manufac
turing plants and check those supplied from
abroad which can bu profitably produced at
home. The general policy of the bill
is to foster and promote Amor-
cun production and diversification of
American Industry. The commltteo believe ,
Inasmuch -IOXlOXXI ! ) ( , ( annually is required
to meet the expenses of the government , that
it Is wiser to tax those foreign competing
products which seek a market here than to
tax our domestic goods or non-competitive
foreign goods. The committee , in respond
ing us It believes to the sentiment of the
country and the recommendations of tlio
president , submit what they consider a Just
mid reasonable revision of the tariff , which ,
while preserving that measure of protection
which Is required for our industrial inde
pendence , will secure a reduction of revenue
both from customs and internal revenue
sources.
Tlio provisions of the bill nro discussed in
detail. In the wise of wool the report cites
_ ilgnre.s as evidence of tlio alarming
decline In the production , and says nn ad
vance in duties 1ms been recommended which
it is believed will afford ample protection to
wool-growing farmers. The committee be-
J loves that thu United States should produce
all the wool It consumes , and with adequate
defensive legislation it will do so. The an
nual consumption is 1)00,000,003 , pounds , nnd
with the protection afforded by the bill farm
ers' , of the United States will bo at nn early
day nllo ) to supply this demand. The bill
Hecks to stop the frauds which have boon so
shamelc.SHly practiced in the past by import
ing wools ready for the loom under new
names to avoid legal duties. The report gives
un Increase of duty on wool , mid the con-
fitvuctlon given to the worsted clause
of the existing law as n reason for increasing
the duties on woolen goods to protect manu
facturers. The advance in line grades of
wool , it is believed , will diminish importa
tions and thereby reduce instead of increase
the revenues iiml transfer to this country tlio
manufacture of from $ ir > , ( XXXX ) , ( ) to > 0 , < XX,000 )
worth of woolen good.s now made abroad.
On metal schedules the report says no re
duction can bo made in pig iron ore duties
without detriment to existing industries , nnd
tlio committee bus not felt justified in inter
fering witli the further development of our
iron ore resources , now so promising in the
southern states.
On sugar the report says : The committee
recommend sugar up to and including No. Ill
nnd molasses to bo placed on the free list with
duty of110 of a cent per pound on refined
Hiigar above No. 1(1 ( and a bounty of cents
per pound be paid from thu 1 reasury for u
period of IIfteen years for all sugar , polnru-
ing at least S5 per cent , made In this country
from cane , beet or sorghum produced in the
United States. In 1RH8 the consumption of
sugar in the United States was l-liiIH)7 ) ! )
tons , or M.I ixnmds per Inhabitant.
Of this only 1SIISM , tons were pro
duced in the United States. So large a
proportion of our sugar is imported that the
iiomu production does not materially affect thu
price , and thu duty Is therefore a tax which
Is added to the price not enly of the imported
but of the domestic product. It Is clear that
the duty made thu cost of sugar and molasses
consumed by tlio people of this country in
1HMI about $1 for each man , woman and child
more than it would have been if no such du
ties were levied. Kven on the assumption
that with proper encouragement wo shall
eventually bo nolo to produce all , or nearly
nil , thu sugar required for the consumption of
our people , encouragement can bo given
much moro economically and effect
ually by a bounty of 2 cents per
pound , involving an expenditure of but little
more than $7,000XX ( ) per annum , with the
present production of sugar in this country
than by the Imposition of n duty , as above.
In providing not only that raw sugar but also
sugar up to and including No. Ill bo admitted
free , opportunity is given for the free intro
duction of yellow sugars suited for family
use , mi arrangement which will secure to the
people .sugar at thu lowest price existing in
the markets of the world , while eVen im
ported white rellncd sugar will bu subject tea
a duty of only -t-10 of a cent per pound.
Coining to agricultural products , the report
says the commltteo has given tlio most of iUs
investigation to the existing conditions of
ngriculturo and kindred matters. Sinking
of thu depression in agriculture , it says that
the enemies of the protective system have no
word of criticism for the real causes of the
agricultural depression , no suggestion of re
lief from the burdens which are weighing
it down today , but , seizing the present as a
favorable time , they solemnly charge the de
cline In our markets solely to the tariff. A
critical examination of the subject
will show that agriculture is suffering
chiefly from damaging foreign competition
in the home market , The Increase In the tin-
ixirtutioiis of agricultural products since 1T > 0
has been enormous , amounting from $10,000-
( XXJ to more than OIXX ( , ( > , ( XX ) In ItjV.i. The
"world's market , " to which the advocates of
u tariff for revenue only Invite thu farmers of
this country , is today crowded with the pro
ducts of thu cheapest human labor the earth
nlford.s. All over the old world there is a rush
of I heir surplus to that market , and it is to
such a contest as this that free trade would
nllure American agriculture. "With the for
eign grain nmrkct.s under the sway of such
nn oppressive , competition , with the
foreign cattle and pork markets de
pressed mid obstructed by various ruinous
measures for restriction , with foreign agri
cultural products crowding our homo mar
kets , your commltteo have recommended an
increase upon agricultural products.
With a view to Increasing the number of
gainful occupations open to. thu farmer thu
fommltleu has recommended a bounty to
growers of silk. As a duty of tl per pound
would bo required to protect thu American
nilk reeler , thu committee decided that so high
duty would embarrass thu silk weaving In
terests without sufficient reason , nnd. to
hi vu re. the industry as stecdlly | as possible ,
offers a neeussary differential of a bounty of tl
IHT pound , or about " 0 per cent protection on
reeled silk. Thu report says ; "To produce our
uunuul iniH | > rtntions of reeled silk will re
quire H.ooo basins and give work to over
20,1)00 ) persons In different branches of indus
try. To product ) the cocoons necessary to
suply this silk will give tcmfioniry but re
munerative employment to the families of
half a million farmers every reason. " To
encourage the production of cocoons nnd give
direct encouragement to producers the com
mittee has also provided a bounty of 7 cents
per pound on fresh cocoon ? , the bounties to
continue ten years.
Of the Internal revchuo sections the com
mittee recommended the iTjieal of all stat
utes imHslng | restrictions 111011 fanners and
growers of tobacco , so that they may sell
with freedom.
In conclusion the report says : "Of the ad
vances in duties on agricuttuntl products , us
they are for the most part articles which this
country can produce to the extent of our
wants , tlm Increased duty will reduce Impor
tations so that thu revenues wilt not bu in
creased , and our farmers will hold their own
markets. The sumo results will follow In
other cases of increase , and where the reve
nue In special case * Is Increased will be far
less than indicated by a computation based
on thu theory that importations will continue
u.s large as under lower duties. "
Till ! MIXOIllTY UlIfOIIT.
The minority report Is signed by nil the
democratic members of thu committee. It
says : "The minority contends for the princi
ple nf Just and camil taxation UIMII all , ac
cording to their ability to bear ttie burden ,
while the majority has , in this bill , thoroughly
committed Itself to the policy of unjust mid
unequal taxation of thu many for thu benefit
of the few. Wo are as anxious as the major
ity can ixwslbly bo to promote and encourage
American Industries and advance the inter
ests of American laborers. But wo believe
that both these objects can bo accomplished
by mincing- the burdens of taxation and not
by increasing them. The majority , after
months of laborious Investigation , has been
nblu to satisfy a part only of the demands
made upon it. The only remedy is to remove
us far as possible artificial burdens and re
strictions mid give to all our Industries an
equal chance in ' .he field of competition at
homo and abroad. According to a statement
iiiado before the committee , the pro
tected Industries of the country
have never been at any time in
our history In such a depressed and
discouraging condition as now , after nearly
thirty years of continuous protection. A
great many parties engaged In these indus
tries declared that the slightest reduction in
duty wou'd ' compel them to close their works
and discharge their employes and others have
even gone so far as to assert that they would
bu forced out of business if the rates of taxa
tion were not increased. At the same time
thu laborers in those industries complain of
insufficient wages , repeated suspensions of
work and n general condition of
insecurity. These laborer * , fully realizing
thu fact that this system baa fully failed to
increase their earnings or improve their con
dition in any way , have been compelled to or-
guiii/.e trades unions and resort to other
methods of combination and co-operation for
self-protection , and these various organiza
tions now afford the only efficient means at
their comuumd for tlio preservation of even
the existing rates of wages. " The report
states that the remedy proposed by the ma
jority is the imposition of moro taxes upon
every article of foreign origin which the
people of this country desire to buy and for
which they nro ready and anxious to ex
change thu cotton which they cannot
spin , the corn nnd wheat they cannot con
sume , thu oil and coal they cannot burn and
many other products. The majority bill is
framed on the assumption that as our indus
tries grow older tliuy grow weaker and more
dependent upon tho" bounty of rho govern
ment. It devolves upon those advocates now
to explain why it is that after a low tariff
policy lias been abandoned for more than a
quarter of n century and a high tariff policy
.substituted in iUs place , the manufacturing
and mechanical industries of the country are
less able to maintain themselves than they
were when the change was made , and when
this is donu it will still remain for them to
show upon what principle or policy consum
ers can bo periodically subjected to additional
taxation for the exclusive benefit of private
business enterprises.
The silk bounty is severely criticised. The
report says the bill will increase the taxes on
wool and woolens ? ir > , , " > ( X,000 ) per annum , ac
cording to lust year's importations , but really
n much greater sum , while taxes on
tobacco to the amount of & % i,8(10lH ( ! ! lire abel
ished. The minority cannot agree to do this
at the price of an increase on necessaries.
Thu report attacks somu of the details of
the bill. Among other things it says that the
grade of coarse , cheap blankets will bo re
quired to pay 100 per cent , but tlio finest
blankets pay ? 'J per cent. The coarsest and
cheapest woolen hats will bo subject to u duty
of 111 per cent and the finest to lid per cent.
Women's and children's cheapest dress goods
witli cotton warn are to be taxed
10i ( per cent and the finest "It per
cent. The lowest grade of woolen cloths will
pay 12.1 per cent and the highest grade SO per
cent , etc.
On the metal schedules the report says
there are manv increases and scarcely any
reductions. The report says : " \Vo have for
a long time been trying to increase our trade
with the people of Central and South Americ.i
and Mexico mid an international conference
is now being held to devise means for the ac
complishment of this result. In tlio midst of
the consultations , and when it was earnestly
hoped that some good plan might bo agreed
upon for the establishment of closer commer
cial relations , this bill is reported , containing
provisions which will not only retard
reciprocal arrangements for the future , but
will destroy the larger part of the trade now
existing. Tlio bill proposes to make large In
creases in the duties on carpet wools and
subject lead contained in silver ores to duties ,
not because wo need revenue , but for the solo
imrposo of preventing these articles being
Imported into this country. "
Speaking of the coal schedule the report
says :
These increases are made principally upon
the demand of a few largo flock masters in
the state of Ohio , and defended by the ma
jority on the alleged ground that they are
beneficial to the farmers of the country who
keep sheep. The fact is that wool is ono
of our least important agricultural products. "
The minority goes on to say : "Ills impossi
ble to protect the farmer against foreign com
petition ami his homo market , for he has no
such competition , and the Insertion or reten
tion of these articles in the tariff bill
is a device which will deceive no ono
who gives a moment's thought to the subject.
During the last fiscal year wo exported (19- ( ,
r > ' , ! -.VJ'J ' bushels of corn and imported only
2tlSS bushels. The same proportion is quoted
on wheat and corn meal. Tills shows how
futile it is to attempt to afford protection to
thu farmers by imposing duties upon impor
tations of these products , and this largo
and Intelligent class of citi/cns can
not bo reconciled In this way
to a policy which Increases tlio taxes upon
their clothing , tableware , carpets , earthen
ware , glassware , agricultural Implements and
other necessary articles. " The minority asks
how farmers are to bo holpetl by Increased
duties on roils used in the manufacture of
fence wire and Iron and steel for hoop.s or ties
for baling purposes , and says if the bill passes
the farmer will be the llrsl to demand the re
storation of the old rates or the abolition of the
duty. Whllo thu imposition ot duties on live
animals mid other agricultural products can
not possibly do the farmers any goo.l at home ,
tholncreasu made will certainly bo a great In
jury to them in thu markets abroad , Such a
] xlley is certain to prove retaliatory to legis
lation for the various countries Interested mid
the farmers will soon find themselves without
a market for surplus products , cither at homo
or anroad.
No reduction will be made in duties under
any schedule except that relating to sugar and
molasses. The report criticises the sugar
county and protests against the gross favorit
ism and injustice of such a policy. It says
the bounty on lost year's production would
have IHX.MI | 7r > 20UOO , but as It.ls expected to
eneourago producorti to supply the ei ire do-
mestlu demand , the , ultimate result , even if
thu consumption remainedut last year's figure
2"IMl-l2llttlci ) : pounds would bo fin annual
payment of 11,5 ,4' ) in Ixmntics.
The sugar duty Is defended
as far more just and equitable
than that on many other articles , mid while
thu minority think thu duty should bo re
duced , they cannot sco the Justice or pro
iirlfty of making this article free , paying it a
bounty and making this un excuse for Impos
ing f < tt,000,000 additional taxes on other sched |
ules. The minority finds it impossible testate 1
state with accuracy thu effect of the
Increases. They express the opinion that the
Increase on tobacco will bo ? ltt)051ty.5 : ) ' , j
and other items show an Increase of [
* * , ( XX.000. ) Adding these amounts to the
f IO.O.ViI.VJ shown by the committee's tables
to have been ndded to the duties on articles
remaining on the dutiable list , shows n total
increase on articles still dutiable , outside of
the sugar schedule , of about tHVMHXlKH ( . and
we are satLslled It Is more than that. We do
not mean to assert that the bill
actually Increases the customs revenue
* iKXX,0X ( ) ( ) over whal it is , but that
it proposes to Impose upon articles on the
dutiable list , except sugar mid molasses , that
sum In excess of the amount collected on the
same schedules lust vear. It places on the
free list articles which yielded a revenue of
Ji.oi' ) : . ( Ml ) ; during the last fiscal year and
makes n reduction of "iljiti-.HO on sugar and
molasses , mid the -two .suni9 , amounting to
MOWttU7l ! , being deducted from iftW.IXXVXX ) ,
leave an increase of more than 1,000,000 In
tariff taxation under this bill ,
McKciina of California dissents from the
sugar schedule , which , ho says , makes an ur-
bltrary and Invidious distinction between thu
sugar industry and other industries distinc
tions Inconsistent with the principle ui > on
which the bill wn.s framed and upon which it
can uloiio be Justified. The tnritf may bo a
tax ; the bounty Is certainly one ,
fixed and unavoidable , and increases
with the production it encour
ages. The tariff tax lessens with thu
production it encourages and finally vanishes
in the competition of homo products. The
bounty abandons the home market to the for
eign product ; the tariff secures the homo
market to the home product , and a bounty
therefore is useless. It has no justification in
tl'o practice , principles or professions of the
republican party. A republican house of rep
resentatives should not set this example.
Who can say where the contagion will
stop } The bounty on raw silk and
cocoons is fully as objectionable as
on sugar. Speaking of the beet sugar indus
try Mr. McK > ; nna says : "Must an industry
be able to supply home consumption before it
is entitled to protect ion i Other industries
have not douo this. Upon every principle
uion ) which a protective duty can bu denied
to sugar It must be dented to every other
American Industry. Protection must boiini-
versal or not at all. "
The bill as submitted with the report shows
a number of changes since laid before the
full committee. Tlio committee also added
tha following section to the internal revenue
feature :
Upon cigars manufactured and sold at or
removed for consumption or use there shall
bo asso-rd and collected the following ta.xe- ,
to be paid by the iiiiiniifacturer ( hereof : On
cigars of nil docrlptlons , 1 per 1.000 : cigar
ettes weighing not mom limn three pounds
per 1,003 , Ml cents jiur 1,0(10 ( ; on cigarettes
wholly of tobacco , welching not more- than
live pounds m-r I.POO , iTill cents ncrlHJ ) ; on cig
arettes welKnliiK moie than Hiiro pounds per
1,000 , evei'iil as hereinbefore provided , viz. , to
bo mailo wholly of tobacco , H per l.OOJ.
Not Acceptable to liOiilslana ,
WASHINGTON , April 10. The sugar bounty
proposition is not acceptable to thu Louisiana
producers , as is evidenced by a statement
submitted by them to the ways and means
committee. Thu statement requests that tbu
present rates on the prudes of sugar they
produce be maintained. .
AltltESTKIt fOK 31VIIItKit.
A KaiiKiiH C ty DotectivoCharged with
Killing His Hrother-ln-Ijiiw.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , April 1(1. ( [ Special
Telegram to THE Biu : . ] John A. Sherman , a
detective , has been arrested for the murder
of William C. Wrightsman on the night of
November 10 , 1SSO , on the banks of the Mis
souri river near this city. AVrightsman was
n very i > roinincnt real estate dealer whose
homo was formerly at Springfield , Mo.
When the real estate boom was. nt its height
hero in 1880 ho came to Kansas City with his
pockets full of money fur the purpose of in
vesting it. Ho made several purchases , but
when he suddenly disapueared no was. known
to have had a good rou on'liis person'nnd no
ono was cognizant of the fact'savo Sherman ,
his brother-in-law , who was Seen with a
great deal of money Just after
Wrightsmun's disappearance. When the
widow endeavored to collect the
heavy insurance her husband had on
his life Sherman openly endeavored to keep
her from doing so. Ho is known to have
paid the expenses of a man to go to California
and write saying ho had seen Wrightsman on
thu streets of San Francisco. October 18 , ISS'.l ,
some boys fishing found n clothed skeleton
on the sandy bank of the Missouri river
where Wrightsman nnd Sherman were
known to have been on n fishing excursion on
tlio week of the disappearance. Tlio skele
ton lay for weeks without being identified ,
when by chance some one from Springfield
said the clothing and hat were those
of the wealthy real estate man.
The detective refuses to talk on the
subject , saying thai he will prove his 'inno
cence when the time comes. The circum
stantial evidence against Sherman is very
strong.
Intei'Htnto Hearliif * ; in lloslon.
BOSTON , Mass. , April 10. Interstate Com
merce Commissioners Morrison and Veazy
gave u hearing today relative to rates engrain
grain nnd food products from the northwest
to this city. Boston and Albany , Fitehlmrg
and central Vermont backed each other
solidly in the statement that the special rate
on corn was entirely unprofitable to them ;
the rates on grain , cattle nnd other
food products , 5 cents higher , are
very low , and the rate on corn
given was because corn could not bo moved
unless something of the kind bo done.
Prominent flour and grain merchants and ex
porters said tlio price of grain was deter
mined mainly by the Liverpool market , act
ing through the New York market , which in
turn was ruled by the si/.o of tlio crop and the
general demand. A reduction in land rates
is almost always accompanied by an Increase
In ocean rates. Any change in export rates
would bo deplorable.
What He Suj'H About the FlnnnucH of
I he Country.
WASHINGTON , April HI. Secretary Windom
today mudo the following reply to n question
addressed to him by Senator Plumb : "Tho
operations of the treasury department have
not been conducted with a view to controlling
the finances of the country , but In pursuance
of a fixed policy to produce the least possible
disturbance In the natural current of events.
The purpose of the secretary has been and is
to pay out for bonds all the available surplus
ns rapidly as possible. In pursuance of this
policy and with a view to keep money In cir
culation to tlio fullest extent practicable , pur
chases of bonds were so freely made that
January the available baliluco of public
funds was reduced to less than 0XJOKX , ( ( ) ,
nnd this entire amount , as well as further
sums amounting to about 18,000,000 , were
on deposit in the national banks. From this
It will be seen that the entire surplus and
f is.000,000 in addition were in circulation. In
view of this fact and the largo disbursements
made It was not deemed prudent to draw
further on thu funds In the treasury and
therefore purchases of I per cents were tem
porarily suspended and government pur
chases for thu times confined toI1. ; per cent
bonds. On March ( I , when the purchases of1
per cents were resumed , the available sur
plus'had reached > 'J,000,000 ' , , the wholeof
which wits on dunodt in national banks. The
amount now on deposit in national banks Is
aboul 1,000,000 moro than the entire avail
able surplus.
The Iioynl IiOKlon.
Piui.ADKi.riiM , April 1(1. ( Companions of
the various commmulcrics of thu Loyal Le
gion this morning piwwled in a body to the
city hall and paid their respects to Mayor
Filler , who held un Informal reception. The
meeting closed tonight with u reception at
thu uciu'.cmv of flnu arts , thu affair taking the
shape of an ovation to cx-Pre-si lent Hayes.
ItcmdntlniiN of Sympathy , ,
N'nv Yoiu , Apr'l ID. The convention of
the international amalgamation of-seafaring-
men nnd firemen reconvened this mnrnlng.
Resolutions extending sympathy to the strik
ing carpenters at Chicago and expressing the
hope that they will win the light were
adopted.
CHANCED THE ' /ARIFF / BILL
Sugar and Hides Once More Placed on the
ALTERED AT THE LAST MOMENT
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Chairman MoKtnley Talks Ahontthc
Mcntmrc umLKipresses-tho Opln-
Ion That It Will I II'RH MlM-
dinners.
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Bin FoijHTiir.NTit STIIKTH , >
W.vsnr.VaTo.v. 1) . C. , April 10. )
At the very lastmojncnt before the tariff
1)111 was reported to the house today sugar
and hides wcro placed on the. free list. These
changes proved to bo 11 great surprise , us few
members had any intimation of the proposed
action. However , they give general satisfac
tion , and nro the only material changes made
since the contents of the measure were pub
lished more than a we k ago. The republi
can members of the committee- ways nnd
menus respectfully referred the newspaper
representatives to the voluminous and com
prehensive report which accompanied the
bill when asked this , afternoon for explana
tions regarding the cliqiigos made.
Chairman MeKluloy Bald ! "I think our re
port is sufficiently comprehensive to explain
our action upon every item of importance.
There is nothing I can add which will make
the situation more clear to anyone , ornt
least to those 'whose interests have
been 'tampered with , ' as some may
call it. \Vo found at the last
moment that the tlonVnnil for free sugar was
much gocater than tlio .demand of hcctnnd
sorghum Interests fet protection in the way
of a duty. Wo recognize that our domestic
sugar interests are sUfileicntly important to
warrant federal attention , but wo could not
agree that it would be fair to the great body
of consumers to continue u duty which all
must alike bear when a-bounty could bo
given. "
"The beet and sorghum sugar manufac
turers nro claiming .that the comiyitteo has
acted in bad faith nnd that the republican
members of it expect to see the bounty clause
knocked out when the .bill conies up in the
house , " suggested your correspondent.
"That Is u gratuitous Collection , " quickly
replied Major McKiiilcy final is without any
foundation at all. Wo will 'feel under obliga
tions to light for the bounty clause the same
as for any other prdrlnijm in the bill. Of
course if there is a majority of members
on the door of tUohouse ! who arc
opposed to a bounty , the "republican members
of the committee on whys uml means ran not
help that. The house will change the bill as
it wishes. Wo can not control the members
of the house any moro thamuny other commit
tee. " I
"Do yon think thqi duty proposed in the
original 'bill , amounting .to 15 per cent on
hides , would make any difference in the price
of poods manufactured'from leather ! "
"Well , " ' saidthe chairman , "so far ns my
opinion Is concerned I'do ' not think the duty
would nave lhadc shoes' post a penny more ,
but in the debate upon ihaJlooo. of the house
the proposed duty tvuuliLliava been- great
thing. There wcro a. 'preat niany..cpntlcJlu | g'
interest ! ) eneountorc4 , ii the preparation of
this bill nnd it was iiiipckjibloto pleaseovery-
body and-every intercAirrf.-'Wo hivVo"mndo u-
bill which will. I think , stand n's clo. , o scruti
nizing as any it was possible to innke. Wo
will begin the consideration of the ineaf-
uro in tile' hoitee about May 1.
Naturally 'there ' 'Will bo a great
many objections to the bill within our own
party and efforts will bo made to change it
from its present condition , but it is my opin
ion that the bill will become a law as it
stands at present , with a few immaterial al
terations. "
Kx-Govonior Gear of Iowa , another repub
lican member of the co.mmittco on ways and
means , said : "It Is true there will bo many
men in both parties who will severely criti
cize the action of the committee and wonder
why we mudo this change and that change ,
and what influences were brought to bear to
convince us that these changes should be
made. Jt is safe to say that \vo took no
action without good ronftpns and upon grounds
upon which public intnwsts are based. The
committee will make no apologies for any of
its acts. The farmerqhoultl / especially bo
pleased with this bill because It increases the
protection to his products nnd makes
the greatest dccreaso in the arti
cles which he consume * or which
must bo imported. Every republican
member of the committee stands by the bill
and every feature of it'with the exception of
Mr. McKenna of California , who dissents to
the proposition of giving protection to our
sugar Interests in the form of a bounty. lie
Is earnestly opposed to ii' bounty because ho
does not believe it will bo practicable , and ho
will make a minority report to that effect.
To my mind there hasnever been a bill pres-
sented which so lucidly and thoroughly rep
resents republican Interests and the issue
upon which the national campaign was suc
cessfully fought as this bill. "
Mr. IHirroughs of Michigan , who Is also
a member of the ways and moans committee ,
said : "I think it is n very strong bill and
will meet with great > mbliu favor. I think
the hill will pass the house and be approved
by the country. 1 think it is ono of the Ijest
measures on the tariff ever formulated. "
HAD POINT or oiinnu rou OMAHA.
Representative Council , not having had an
opportunity in the house yesterday during the
consideration of the Comb bill to move that
Omaha bo fixed us the place for holding the
circuit appellate court provided in the bill
which passed , will make a move through the
senate committee on Judiciary , where the 1)111 )
now stands , and will bu assisted ! > y the
Nebraska senators. An opportunity would
have been presented Mr. Council to make the
motion had It not been that Mr. Hatch of Mis
souri matlo a point of order against the move
of Mr. Tiirsnoy when a motion was made to
remove the court from -St. Louis to Kansas
City , and of course thonjruu ( mint would have
been made iignlnst life njntiou of Mr. Council
had the name of Oinuhu been suggested.
Under , the provisions of the bill , ns it now
stands , St. Louis is tlzcd as the place
for the court , but iMr. Council pro
duced an Improvised limp within a few
minutes on the floor oDt4u house which dem
onstrated that OiunhiL b-vurv near the center
of the circuit nnd undoubtedly would have
succeeded In having Omaha fixed as the place
if a point of order had not been raised against
a kindred motion. Thof'senators from Ne
braska and Mr. Council think they will suc
ceed In having the senate committee on judic
iary substitute Omflha { for St. Louis , as the
metropolis of NebmsUaJluis every advantage
possible. Eighteen circuit Judges will bo ap
pointed under the provisions of the bill so as
to constitute its many appellate courts. I
take the following from u statement of Mr.
lingers of tlio house c-onnnltteo on Judiciary ,
which explains the polntu f direct interest to
Omaha : ' -The first section withdraws nil
original Jurisdiction now vested In the cir
cuit courts of the United States , and also
m-ovldes that the circuit courts of the United
States hhall exercise such Jurisdiction by
writ of error and appeal ns they have
exercised under existing laws. In short , the
circuit court Is made an iipiHjlluto court ex
clusively , except they h'avo tlio power to issue
all remedial process. By section 2 of the bill
it is provided lhatiho circuit courts shall
consist of the present , circuit Judgoundtwo
others to bo appointed in each circuit \ > y the
president , by and with tlio advice and con
sent of the somite. It require * three Judges
to constitute u quorum , and In case cither of
the Judges U absent ut any term the senior
circuit judge of the circuit may require any
district judge of the. circuit court to sit in his
.stead fur tlvu timu t > clu # , but there must al
ways bo one circuit judge present and no cir
cuit or district judge- before whom u case was
trio 1 In the district court can nit In the same
case In the circuit court , and all laws and I
parts of laws re < iulrlinj the thief Justice and I
nnd nssociato Justices of the supreme court to
perform nuy duty ns circuit Justices are re
pealed. "
MI.VKII COIN inn roxmir.xcn.
Member * of tlio joint committee on silver
coinage have been in conference nearly all
today and failed to reach a final agreement.
The ( mint In dispute Is whethur the certificates
Issued for silver bullion shall be made redeem
able In silver bullion or sliver coin at the op
tion of the government , or whether they shall
bo redeemable- lawful money of the United
States alone , meaning any kind of money , or
only such money as Is received for customs or
dues and obligations to the government in
general , without mentioning bullion or coin.
For n short time Oils morning n
majority of the house conferees agreed
to yield to the senate and strike nut the bul
lion nnd coin clause. Subsequently there
was "a flare up , " and the conferees were un
able to reach an agreement. A majority of
the .senators say they will suffer congress to
adjourn without any legislation whatever on
the .silver question before they will submit to
the bullion clause being left in the bill , as sil
ver certificates will then bo prejudiced and
depreciated , and whenever anyone presents
them for redemption the government may ,
and inn majority of instances will , hand out
bullion , which money people will not want ,
and they object to any discretionary power
being given the treasury department. They
demand that any kind of money which Is
received by the government may be de
manded nnd shall bo paid 'for the
redemption of these certificates at any
time. Senators Teller and Stewart and
other leading silver men In the upper branch
of congress nro confident that the senate will
have it.s way in this instance , as it generally
does ou all matters in dispute. Neither
house was particular whether there was pur
chased $1,500,000 worth of silver orlr > ( M)00 ) , ( )
ounces per month. The latter proposition
has been agreed upon , and it will result in the
purchase of ? 5,000IXX ) worthof.silvern month ,
us there are but TJ cents worth of pure silver
in our standard dollars , while an ounce of
pure silver is worth about ! H ) cents.
The determination to purchase 4,500,000
ounces Instead of 34,500,000 worth of silver
per month makes a greater monthly coinage
in the proportion that IX ) per cent stands to 7t !
I > cr cent.
MIUT.VllY MATTWS.
Second Lieutenant John C. Walsh , signal
corps , now on duty at Bismarck , N. D. , will
proceed to the following points and make a
thorough inspection of the signal service sta
tions located there in accordance with such
special instructions us he may receive from
the chief signal officer , and , having completed
the Inspection at tlio point last named , will
return to his proper station and resume his
duties : Fort Bufoiil , N. 1) . ; Forts Cnster ,
Maglnnts and Assiimboinoand Helena , Mont. ;
Fort Waslmhio and Kawllns , Wyo. Tor. ;
Rapid City and Fort Sully , S. D. , ami Fort
Yutcs , N. I ) .
Mli-CTU.ANr.OL'S.
There appeared in TUB Hr.i : March 20 last
an article charging ono E. S. Manning with
being drunk and disorderly and that ho was
arrested and fined. The article describes
Manning as a lumberman in Outline. Okla
homa territory , and as postmaster at that
place. A special agent went to Guthrie to
Investigate the matter , who found the post
master , Mi' . Dennis T. Flynn , in charge of
the oftlco mid much annoyed at being appar
ently the subject of a scandal. Manning was
formerly postmaster of n little office at
Seward , In Oklahoma , but left the place last
October , an assistant being now in charge.
The facts are given In justice to Mr. Flynn ,
the Gnthrip postmaster , who is a thorough
gentleman.
11.1Pieherell has lieen appointed postmaster -
master at Guernsey , Dawson county , Ne-
bruaka.
Bills have passed the senate to remove the
charge of desertion against the military rec
ord of W. S. Bennett , formerly of Nebraska ;
for the relief -.of . A. C. McCall of Ncbraskq ,
and to pension James A. Shiply 'of UmulUhi
and Kobert Stewart of Sutton.
The jsoiiataUiis afternoon" passed the : , bill
"appropriating fl0,000 ( ! for n public building at
Norfolk and in executive session confirmed
the nomination of United States Marshal Par
sons of Utah.
New postmasters appointed for Iowa as fol
lows : Larrabeo , Cherokee county , Jt. II.
Carnahun , vice W. Jordan , resigned ; Ueevo
( late Mapvlllo ) , Franklin county , U. Hamil
ton , vice ,1. II. Clack , resigned ; Middleton ,
DCS Molnes county , E. Beans , vice 1 { . C.
Hodges , resigned ; Kownn , Wright county ,
A. D. Hiatus , vice AV. Wesenberg , resigned.
During the morning hour in the house today
Mr. Carter called up his bill reported from
the committee on mines and mining , exempt
ing from the operation of the alieii land law
all mining procrty. | This is a measure which
all the territories are demanding shall bo
passed , us it will give them an opportunity to
sell some of their mines to aliens , which they
cannot do under existing laws. When the
morning hour expired the bill was not ready
for a vote and it went over , as Mr. Randall's
funeral will occur tomorrow. It Is probable
that the bill will come up again during tlio
morning hour on Friday. Mr. Carter is con
fident 1 hat it will pass the house and that the
senate will take favorable action.
PtiJIUY S. IlKATlI.
llItODKIlH'K V.llinOXElt.
Tim * K.x-lturliiiKtou Striker u Frco
ninn Oiu'is More.
Cmu.ino , 111. , April ID. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BKK. ] Tom Brederiek , the
famous Burlington engineer who was sent to
.loliet on the charge of using dynamite on the
road during the great strike , has been re
leased from prison. The engineer was par
doned out just a week ago , when ho had
worked out within a few days of his full
term of imprisonment. Since his release ho
has been lionized ny laborites of all classes
nnd shades of opinion , by whom he is looked
upon somewhat in the light of n hero. If not n
martyr , for Brodcrick still ufllrms his Inno
cence of the charge of which ho was con
victed. A movement has been set on foot in
labor circles to get up a handsome purse and
testimonial for the ex-Burlington striker.
Brodcrick talks freely of his prison experi
ence and says that while ho was used well
himself ho saw much during Ids eleven
months of imprisonment which calls for in
vestigation and reform. One thing he cannot
understand is that If u prisoner shows nerve
and fort Undo under suffering it is sure to
bring on his head increased punishment , if
not torture , from his keeper or guard. The
most glaring Instances of this fact that he
says he saw were in tlio cases of Samuel
Fk'hlen and Oscar Necbo. the anarchists ,
who ho says ho has frequently been Ill-treated
without cause , they conducting themselves
in a most exemplary manner.
Trying to A/jreo / About Silver.
WASHINGTON , April 1(1. ( Tlio house repub
lican committee on the silver question held a
meeting this morning and heard the report of
the sub-committee appointed to confer with a
suh-commltteo of the senate republican com
mittee with n view to coming to some agree
ment ns to a basis for the passage of the sil
ver bill. The sub-committee reported that It
had been agreed that I ho bill should provide
for the purchase of 4,500,000 ounces of silver
every month , the certificates Issued in pay
ment thcrof to bo rcdocmnnlo In lawful
money. At first , It Is said , the members of
the full committee were inclined to accept
and adopt tills basis Mind voted to do so.
Afterwards , however , In discussing tlio man
ner of redeeming the certificates a sentiment
developed in favor of making them redeem
able in bullion. This proposition was advo
cated by a majority of the committee and the
sub-committee was Instructed to again confer
with the senate sub-committee and endeavor
to Inducethem to provide fur the redemption
of the. certificates In accordance with the
views of the house committal. The meeting
of thu Hub-committees this afternoon was
productive of no results. Another meeting
will ho held Friday.
SheAViiH Too KpIrltunllHtlc * .
Cntc.uio , April 10 , [ Special Telegram to
TUB HER.--An ] answer was tiled by Henry
II. Graham today to the suit for divorce of
his wife , Mary 1C. Graham , one of the Bungs
sisters of spiritualistic fame. Mm. Graham
has twice sued Graham for divorce. The first
time there was a reconciliation , but It did not
lait lungMnt. . Graham charges that Graham
pretended to mnrrv her In New Yorl * " " 'iiro a
justice of the peatv. and it was nl 5Itll a
year after that she discovered the g lee"
was a friend of Graham and hud no I : ; jirlty
to marry any one. ( indium BUH ! = " ntlv
married her legally , but treated I ' i'ltli
Btvat cruelty , she averred , compelling * r to
twice leave him. On the ilwt oceaidie
says ho deposited 1,500 In bonds In n ] : In
their joint million as a guaranty that II , " tild
not depart , but that ho went back ( 'tis '
agreement ami fled to Peru. She was le ,
however , to get the bonds. Graham es
having fled to Pent mid denies lit . .Jie
woman Is his wife. . lie says she Is n"spTrit-
uullstfr humbug. lie put up the bonds con
ditioned on her giving up her fraudulent
practices and living an honest life , but she
returned to the seance , trance and medium
business , and he pulled 1 no string attached to
the bonds mid lauded them buck in his pocket.
cjnr.t < ; r.t tti'KXTKits.
Strikers Appear lo Have thu llcst of"
tin ; Situation.
Cmr.ino , April lit. No changes yctlnttio
carpenter's strike. The men seem to have
the best of the situation so far , as evidenced
by the almost complete suspension of build
ing operations. It is estimated that 25,000
men connected with the building trades are
noiv idle. The strikers will have largo
street parade tomorrow.
Minors' mill Operator * ' Conference-
COI.V.MIICS , O. , April Hi. Tlio miners' and
operators' Joint convention continued in ses
sion until Into this evening. Chairman Hea
of the special scale committee reported that
they had agreed to recommend the scale
adopted last year. Tlio 1-eport was accepted.
The scale Is CO cents for tiie Hocking valley
and Il'.l cents for the Pltt.sburg district. The
question of prices was referred to a commit
tee and after several hours' consultation an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow morn-
Inij. _
liiillnnnpoIlH Curpentci'.s Go Out.
INDIAN u-ous , Ind. , April 10. The carpen
ters' strike is on in earnest today. The con
ditions are fair for a long nnd bitter fight.
The men have encouragement in their stand
froiiLidl the organized building trades in In
dianapolis anil from the National Federation
of Labor. Unless the bosses show a disposi
tion to meet the men fairly it is probable that
the bricklayers will go out in a few days.
Tills evening n number of small contractors
acceded to the strikers' demands. None of
tlio big firms have yet given in. f
Switchmen nnd OfllolnlM Confer.
I'lTTMinni , April 1(1. ( The railway superin
tendents and switchmen met this afternoon.
Tlio officials refused to treat with thecommit-
tco as u whole , but wcro willing to listen to
any grievances their own employes might
have. Tlio conference adjourned without
reaching any conclusion. The switchmen
will not strike until they receive orders from
headquarters.
House 10niloy < ; s UneiiHy.
CHICAGO , April -Tonight ) several hun
dred men- employed at Denny Brothers' pack
ing house at tlio stock yards asked the linn
for their deposit money. The demand amounts
to a notification that the men intend to strike
May 1. There is considerable uneasiness in
all the packing houses over the eight-hour
agitation.
I-\ ; press Company Kediiecs Salurlen.
BAI.TIMOIII : , Md. , April -Employes of
the United States express company have bocn
nutlliedthat their salaries will bo reduced 10
per cent May 1. The reduction starts In the
oOlco of T. C. Platt , the president , and runs
down to the poorest paid employe of the com
pany. _
. , , Ohnr Boys Strike.
CHICAGO/ April 10. [ Special -Tclcgrdm to
Tin : BEI : . ] Thirty-five of' the forty-live choir
boys of St. Bitrtholmew's church , In Englewood -
wood , struck tonight because the vestrymen
appointed n new choir master In place of a
favorite teacher.
Miner * ' Strike Sprnndlii ) ; .
VIKS.NA , April 10. The miners' strike is
rapidly spreading. At Ostrau , in Moravia ,
the military occupied tlio mining district and
expelled all agitators. In a conflict with
troops two men were wounded.
n HIS ttllOTIIKH.
The Tragic Outcome of u Quarrel at
Jtichnrdtoxvn , X. l > .
Kirii.iiiDTOwx , N. D. , April Hi. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Bin : . ] This usually quiet
town and indeed the entire county of Stark is
in a horrible state of excitement over the
assassination of Albert Xiner by his brother ,
O. P. Kiner , at noon today. The cause of the
trouble Is said to bo Jealousy. The murdered
man entered the house of his brother today
and made insulting remarks to the wife of
the murderer , whereupon n general senftlo
followed in which Albert was shot , living al
most instantly. Excitement runs high and
lynching Is feared , as a great crowd has gath
ered about the jail and the sheriff is power
less to withstand it or spirit his prisoner
away to a place of safety.
the Foreign Contract Imw.
HOSTOX , April 10. There was considerable
excitement In labor circles this morning over
two reports made public. The 11 rat ono
comes from London and Is to the effect that
the Free Stone contractors' association has
found a way of evading tlio foreign contract
law of this country by assuring the men they
nro trying to secure in ICiigland that they are
not authorized to make any contracts in
England , but will make legal agree
ments immediately on their arrival
in the United States. The second
report is the public statement of a member of
the building trades council that bricklayers
had signed a contract with employers not to
strike for three years , In return for which the
men are to receive an advance of 10 cents
per hour , with eight bom's as a days' work.
Most of the bricklayers are non-committal on
the subject. _
Course of u College Condemned.
Cllii'Afio , April 10. The Sheffield avenue
branch of the Illinois Evangelical conference
today adopted resolutions condemning the
course of Northwestern college In deposing
the representative of the Illinois conference
In the board of trustees. It was resolved that
the money collected for the college bo turned
over to It , bin in the future the educational
collection bounder the control of this confer
ence. The conference came to an end with
the adoption of resolutions that churches
bo closed to any preacher not having a cert ! *
llcate signed by the president and secretary
of the conference. ' 1 ho Intention was also
expressed of taking legal measures to protect
property from factional encroachments.
Before the final adjournment thu Shenield
nvenuo conference adopted a report denounc
ing the liquor traffic , endorsing prohibition
nnd stating that the license system was in
adequate as a remedy.
The Wisconsin street conference ended last
night and Bishop Kshor today went to Canada
to preside over u conference.
Lost HlN Montty mid HIM llrld < t.
Cixi i.NXATi , O. , April 11)- ) [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Br.i : . ] - Mr. J. W. Mlddloton , a
well-to-do citizen of Davis , Scott county ,
Kentucky , was In Covlngton today In search
of his brtdo of three weeks and f7XX ( ) In gold.
Last Saturday he had drawn the gold from
the bank to use In various ways for the bene
fit nf his bride , but while he was away from
home on Monday , Matthew Middleton , his
nephew and ward , who was living with thu
newly married uncle , took the gold and his
uncle's wlfo and came to Covlngton , where a
marriage ceremony was performed. They
then disappeared. The bereaved Mr. Mlddlo-
tou is using vigorous measures lo find his
money and his wife.
Th Wcatliw Forecast.
For Omaha and vicinity Fair weather ,
For Nebraska , Iowa and Dakota Fair
warmer , southerly winds.
MAKES GOOD ITS THREAT ,
The Alton Serves Formal Notice of 1(8 (
Promised1 Reduction.
OTHER ROADS WILL FOLLOW SUIT ,
The MIxNDiirl Pm'llli ! IHnkcxu Kurtlier
I'AKseiinciItediictlon , Followed Ity
the Itnuk IslandWnlkei'n Do-
cNlou on Tallow
Cmc.ifl.0 , April 10. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : BII : : . ] The western Hues were startled
this afternoon from th" confidence they had ,
assumed because of their belief that the Alton
would not make It.s threatened reductions.
It will be remembered the Western Freighti
association lumber committee recommended
yesterday that If the- Alton reduced the lum
ber rate from Chicago to Kansas city to 10
cents as threatened , enimlbed rates should bo
made from all producing points to all Mis
souri river points. The recommendation wn.s
unanimously passed , mid the Alton agreed to
give six days' notice to its com
petitors of reductions In lumber and
packinghouse products rates and the pay
ment of mileage to shipi > cr.s In common .stock
cars. Today the Alton gave the agreed six
days' notice that It would put into effect on
April -"J all three reductions. Vice. President
McMullin said in explanation :
"This Is not done to demoralize rates. Wo
know absolutely that our competitors are
doing secretly what wo are now doing openly
and we will meet nil PUC.I ) competition In just
this way if we have to reduce rates to nothing.1
The rate committee meets tomorrow to
equalize all rates to the reduced basis made
by the Alton , tlio reduced rates to go into ef
fect via all lines ou April ! K.
I'nswenKCillato Cntliii" ; .
Cuicuio , April III. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Bin : . ] The Missouri Pacific again
showed It was keeping a sharp eye on trans-
Missouri tariffs by today reducing to it ) tin )
first-class passenger rat-i from Kansas City
to Pueblo. The Kock Island wushanlly half
an hour behind with a notice of n correspond
ing reduction to Denver , Pueblo ami Colorado
Springs. As an illustration of the state of
passenger rates the faro under the new ' 'iitiH
$11 from Chicago to Denver. In the days of
the Western States Passenger association thu
rate was &IO.i."i ( , with a commission to agents *
ofjy. On the ill fare , commissions as high
us (7 are paid , the two rates netting t'M.iii )
and $4 respectively. All other Denver lines'
will make the same reduction.
Switchmen Will Not Strike.
CIIIC.KIO , April ID.Special [ Telegram to
Tin : BIITho : : ] Kock Island switchmen will
not strike. The arbitration board which de
cided the case rendered a unanimous decision
and it has been accepted by both sides as
final. One of tlio arbitrators was a Catholiu
priest , Father Kelly. Said lie : "This is the
first case In which I over acted as arbitrator
and the first time I over believed a corporation - .
tion had a soul. The Ruck Island road , and
especially General Manager St. John , showed
every courtesy and I thoroughly believe were
interested only in getting a just decision. 'I
shall never approve another strike the merit.1)
of which liavo not first been discussed by ; )
board of arbitration. I shall tell nijT1
parishioners that this is thu end of unarbj-
tratod-slrikcs. Had It riot bocn for thin n.r-
bltrutlon o'vory union Switchman on the Ko h
Island road .would have struck because two
nonunion men wore not , disclwrge/LiSNpfo
everything Is deoiiJcd'satlsfactortlyM'Fat-mo
down'ns a firm friend ami champion of arbi
tration. " - '
No Reduction In Tallow l aten.
CincAno , April 10. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Bni : . ] Chairman U'alker of the Inter
state Commerce 1 Jail way association madoa
decision tndny which again shows the strong
ground he has taken against needless demor
alization and the tricky charges In elassillca-
tion which a number of roads affect The
decision w.u based on a disagreement in the
trans-Missouri association on a proposition to
reduce to SO cents the present 75 cent iiito
on tallow , from Denver to Missouri
river points. Chairman Walker concludes :
"Tho present proposition is to reduce the
east-bound rates on tallow because of a re
duction on west-bound rates on soap. When
the- latter proposition was bofir ) UKI disap
proved It upon the ground that the making of
commodity rates was objectionable- except In
eases of very special urgency and that the
making of the rate would establish an 1111 for
tunate precedent , no satisfactory reasons
therefor being shown. I remain of that opin
ion. It is idle to suppose that that the soap
manufacturers of Chicago , St. Louis and Cin
cinnati need : i reduced rate on thu small
quantity of tallow produced in Denver in
order to obtain raw inaUirlnl for their fac
tories , The rate on tallow between Denver
and the Missouri river is no doubt out of line
with the rule on soap , but I must again de
cline to become u party to mutilation of the
western classification upon insufficient
grounds. "
Vice President SCom-'n SurresMir.
Cliir.uio , April 1(1. ( ( Special Telegram to/ /
Tin : Bin.-H : ] is practically certain that
President Harris of the Burlington > t North-
em will tuko the second vice presidency of
the Burlington , mudo vacant by Mr. Stone's
resignation.
Stanford anil HnntinKtnn Iteronrllod.
SVN FuvvcHco , Cnl. , April Hi. The Alto.
tomorrow will print an interview witli Col
onel Crocker , In which the latter says
Huntington has written Stanford disavowing
any intention of pemonal reflections on Stan
ford's management of the railroad in hi * r
ccnt speech , and that Stanford and Huntington -
ton have again mudo up.
Tlio AVoHtcrn Krel lit AHsoHnllon.
CinuAdo , April Hi. [ Special Ti-legram to
TUB BRIA : ] resolution to raise local rales
to the old (50 ( cent basis from Chlciigu to St.
Paul and to Ignore the long and short haul
clause of the Inter.stato commerce act by con.
tinning in effect the low through proportions
tions , came within ono vote of passing at this
a ! tcrnoon'.s session of the Western Freight
association. The Northwestern was Ilio DUO
lilio which opposed the raise , basing it.s
objection on the ground that Chairman
Conley of tlio Interstate Commerce commis
sion had declared such rates to lie illegal.
The secret nmort of Chairman Faiihnrn of
the Western Freight association funnslicH
much food for thought In the llguCM pre
sented. They slio w that the Burlington dur
ing March carried cast from Omaha Jl.1 ? ! )
tons of grain , the Northwestern nW IOIIH , the
Omaha line O.T.V.i , St. Piul f.HI ( , Ho. k Island
7S.1 ! and the Chicago , St. Paul AiKiuiMis City
l-l.l.'S tons. The other totals show about thu
sumo proportions.
( 'OCN tiTtho Pen.
Sioi'x 1'Yi.i.s , S. ! . , Arpll 1(1. ( [ Special
Telegram to Tin : BII : : . | Charles Shaw , who
was Indicted for grand larceny by tile United
States grand jury , he having stolen the nia-
mend earrings of the famous Corn Hello
Cheska , pleiut guilty and was Miiteiued toliin
penitentiary for ouo year today. Shaw hails
from Aurora , 111. , and loft that iilaco six
weeks ago to visit Mrs. Choska on the Sioux
reservation. Ho fflipH- | l with the | IU ! > 'H diamonds
mends after n stay of several weekami thu
authorities of the govermeut got after film iu
consequence of his misdeed.
Steamship Arrivals.
At Southampton The Fulda , from New
York , for Bremen.
At Philadelphia The Delgcnluml from
Antwerp.
At New York The Nevada , from Liver
pool ; thu India , from Mediterranean ports ;
the Frleshind , from Antwerp ; the Salerno ,
from New Custle ; the Wlcklow , from Swan
sea ,