THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.i
NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOHNING , , MAY 25 , 1S90---TW.ENTY PAGES , j -i NUMBEB 3H5
Governor Tlmycr Issues n Proclamation
Convening the Legislature ,
JUNE FIPTII FIXED AS THE DATE.
KatfH , Kloctlon Law , Hllvcr
and the Abolition of the Trnim
portation Hoard Presented
for Consideration.
LINCOLN , Neb. , May 21. [ Special Telegram
toTui : lir.r. . ] For the past two weeks Gov
ernor Thaycr has been l > cscged ! by certain
politicians who train with the railroad people
ple , the most prominent among whom was
Church Howe , to convene the legislature In
upeclal session for the purpose of passing
railroad regulation bills and some other
legislation which Is just now being agi
tated and called for by anti-monopolists.
Incidentally , and way down deep , it Is sus
pected that Church Howe has a scheme on
hand to divide the congressional districts
this fall so as to cut off Douglas county and
leave him a chance of making the run. This
of course has been kept In the background ,
but knowing politicians here predict that it
will be sprung through a supplementary mes
sage.
Althoifgh Governor Thaycr has been very
undecided up to today , the proclamation con
vening the legislature was formally issued to
night as follows :
Hectlon I , article5 , constitution of Xebraskn ,
reads : "The governor may on extraordinary
occasions convene thu legislature by procla
mation M'tllntf furtb ( bo pitijioM ! for which
convened , and the legislature Hliull outer upon
no bimlnessfxccpt for which they were called
together. "
Whereas , Matters of vital Internal to the
jicoplu of the state greatly agitating the public )
mind constitute , In the judgment uf the
oxecntlvo , an extraordinary occasion which
justifies the assembling of thu liiglslatuic ,
therefore ,
1 , John M. Thayer , governor of Nebraska , by
virtue of the authority In mo vested by pro
vision of tlio constitution , do hereby Issue this ,
my proclamation , requiring the members of
the houses of the Twenty-first joint assembly
of Nebraska to convene In their
respective bulls In the capltol building
on Thursday , Juno 5 , Ib'JO , at 10 o'clock
n. in , , for the purpose of considering and tak
ing action upon thu following named subjects ,
and these only :
I. Kortlio pnrposoof enacting a law estab
lishing maximum railway freight rates , and
to repeal that sect Ion of the statutu creating
a state board of transportation.
" . I'or t he purpose of considering and amend
ing our election laws by the adoption of what
Is known us tlio Australian ballot system.
II. To consider and give expre-sloii In favor
of an Increase In thu volume of currency mid
of tlio free coinage of silver.
No other mibji'cts will be proposed for the
consider.- ! ! Ion of the legislature at this spri'litl
M'sslon. . JllllX Jl.TllAVKII.
lly thu governor : HII.V.IAMIN It. COWDHKV ,
Secretary of State.
The proclamation has created < juitc a sensa
tion , It Is generally considered hero as n
counter move by railroad politicians to the
recent anti-monopoly conference , which de
clared for a maximum freight mto bill , and
the Independent alliance movement , which
makes moro currency and the free coinage of
silver Its battle cry ,
A two weeks' session , costing about
$ lliX)0 ( ) is anticipated. The hotel keepers in
this city iii'e favorably imprcs-scd with the
proclamation. ,
An Interview Witfi thu Governor.
LINCOLN , Neb. , May 24. [ SpecialTelegram
to Tin : BII : : . ] Tin : Bin : correspondent
culled oa G jvenior Thiyor this oveiling and
asked why the proclamation was Issued.
" Because I believed It to bo the best tiling
I could do , " said lie. "I did it voluntarily ,
without consulting anybody else , and the
secretary of state did not know anything
about it until 1 asked htm for his signature.
My main reason Is the present great subjects
that are distracting tlio public mind.
As you know , therehave been
of Into conventions and rumors of
'onventlons ' , particularly on account of the
mooted railroad question , and the best interests
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ests of the people demand asettlement of the
Hanio at as early a date as possible , it is for
the public interest. I do not wish at present
to discuss the board of transportation ,
but if It is not serving the purpose
for which it is Intended on account of
the mistaken position taken by its members
in regard to the public interests , it must , like
all other useless or harmful institutions , bo
done away with. The eyes of the intelligent
voters all over the entire state are
at present on the board of transporta
tion. Yox popull , vex del. The members
of the legislature will have to listen tills tlmo
to this voice. They will bo on their good be
havior. They wish to bo re-elected , and if
they put themselves on record as being against
the wishes of the great majority of their con
stituency , then it is farewell to their hopes
for re-election.
' I expect a due deference to the voice of
the people this tlmo. The Australian system
seems to meet the approbation of the antimonopoly -
monopoly republicans , the alliance men , the
honiv handed members of the Knlglits of
, Labor and everybody else , who
has seriously considered the matter. If
it is a good thing , why not adopt it at once
and enjoy its bcncllclent results in the com
ing election.
"I believe that all true republicans will
pro the wisdom of the session uf the legisla
ture , and the democrats ought not to
* Manic mo for doing n thing that is for
the best Interests of all. Burrows of the
ulllanco will , of course , damn mo for stealing
his thunder , but it Is Just as well , because ho
would suspect me of plotting if I agreed with
him and iollowcu out whatever plan ho would
suggest. "
"How long do you think it will take for the
> legislature to Mjttlo the question I"
"It ought to do so In two weeks. That is
nil the time 1 should allow them. 1 have hud
ox pert accountants calculate how much this
will cost , and they say that It will bo about
fsooo i > cr week , or f 1,0(100 ( for two weeks. "
Sea Sealers ,
OTTAW * , Out. , May 21. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : lUi.j- : : Senator Mai-Donald of Vic
toria , H. C. , Is hero. Speaking of the Behr-
ing sea matter ho Mild that the sealers will
simply Ignore the action of the American
executive. "Tho Canadian sealing licet , "
bald he , "started on their annual hunt early
In January last. They go down the coast us
far as San FraucUco and then follow the
Kcitls north , picking them up as they go along.
They golntollehriiig sea , as they considered
. hey had a perfect rig lit to do. I have long
thought that the whole matter will bo brought
to .sudden maturity by some act of bloodshed
on onusldoQi-tbo other. Some bold captain
with a shipload of valuable sku.iuud feeling
himself legitimately in [ ics-Wsi-ioi. uf them
will defend his prope. ty , oul Iho , ' . ! .ilomats
will regret they did ii"t use muro ut | > tiUtlon
In bringing about a K-ivitnuii fc ( .f the dis
pute , "
.IXOTlIKIt I'AKfSIAX NKXHAT10X.
Supposed Murder of a Woman by Her
I'ni-ainonr.
[ ro/rfiM ] ) | / ; IKntliyJiiinct fjontnn Ilrnndl , ]
Puns' , May 21. [ New York Hot-Id Cable-
Special toTm : BKK. ] Paris has been startled
by another sensational crime , this tlmo com
mitted in the Hotel des Matlmrlns et do New
York , No. m Rue des Mathurlns. This Is
one of the quiet , shady , rather narrow streets
that lie behind Madelelng. towards the Boule
vard Mulcshcrbes , selected by Guborluu as
the scene of ono of his most mysterious
crimes.
The circumstances attending this latest ad
dition to the .criminal annals of this quarter
are of a very peculiar character. Since the
exhibition a commercial traveler named
Blcvlnski , a middle-aged man of Polish ex
traction , who at ono time held a commission
in the Husslan army , and whoso mother had
been a lady of honor at the court of the czar ,
has been In the habit of putting up at the
Hotel des Mathurlns several times a month.
The front room on the second lloor was
usually reserved for this valuable client.
During each of his stays in Paris M. Blev-
inskl used to receive visits from a good look
ing woman slightly over thirty years of age ,
who was supposed to be his mistress. It Is
now known that this visitor was Mine. Jeanne
Wolocsky , wife of an agent do chance. Mine.
AVoloesky lived on the best of terms with her
husband in a comfortable apartment in the
Hue Blucchant , and M. Blcvinski was a friend
of the family. Thursday afternoon between 2
and . ' ) o'clock Mine. Woloc-kv called for
Blcvlnski at the hotel and the pair shut them
selves up there in the hitter's room , and
Mine. Wolocsky was never again seen alive.
Yesterday morning about lll0 : Blovcnskl
was met by a gurcon as he was leaving his
room. "Don't shut the door , " said the lat
ter , "I am going In to arrange the room , "
"No , nol" cried Blovlnskl , "I forbid you to
enter , " and he slammed the door behind him
excitedly.
The garcon , surprised at this inexplicable
burst of anger , forthwith confided to the
landlord that ho stispected something was
wrong. The landlord and the servant went
upstairs together. On entering the land
lord fell upon the half naked body of Mine.
Woloesky lying on the lloor beside the bed.
A great quantity of blood oozed from u bullet
wound in the breast above the heart and had
trickled down ontp the floor.
Blevinski was arrested as he was quietly
walking along the Hue Koguc Pino. When
conducted to the police station the prisoner
coolly begged the commissary not to fatigue
him with questions , ns ho was wounded. "I
assure you , " ho went on , "that I did not
kill Jeanne. She committed suicide
bccauso I could not give her the money she
required. She shot herself twice with my re
volver. I tried to recall her to consciousness ,
but when. I saw that she was dead I wanted
to put an end to my own life , " and hoshowcd
the commissary that part of his car had been
shot away.
M. Carziuneuro , who hail received informa
tion of the crime , prooeededjo make an ex
amination of the room where it was commit
ted. He pointed out to the prisoner that all
the evidence ho had collected pointed to the
falsity of his statement. The table had been
overthrown and the champagne bottle and
glasses broken. Shrugging his shoulders ,
Blevinski replied : "Whyshould I kill Jeanne ?
I know and loved her "for sevcnteen years.
You will see from my letters to her how much
I adored her. "
Blcvinski was taken to the Hotel des
Mathurins in the course of the afternoon and
confronted with the corpse of his supposed
victim. Hi ; bore hiujself calmly and main
tained his assertion that the woman had com
mitted suicide.
I'a pern for ICyraiid'H ICvtraditioii.
[ Ci > l > lirlaht ISJ'I liu Jilmci ( ji > i\lnn Ucnnelt. ]
PAinn , May 21. [ New York Herald Cable
Special to Tin : BIK.I : The necessary pa
pers have been drawn up to secure the extra
dition of Michael Eyraud. These papers will
bo delivered to the Cuban authorities by Inspectors
specters Gailiardo and Souddis , who sailed
for New York today from Havre. Eyraud's
unexpected arrest is still the talk of Paris.
Ills unfortunate wife , on hearing the news ,
was quite overcome and cried :
"Ho is a wretch , a man who had not cour
age enough to kill himself. "
Then , seized with a feeling of pity , she
added , hurstimr Into tears : "Is it then trim ?
Must ho die upon the scaffold , ho whom
I loved so dearly , ho who was
so good and generous to mo ! " Oh , why did
he let himself bo drawn away by wicked
associations. No , it was never his idea to
kill M. SoutTo. Be was pushed to it by "
Hero Madame Eyraud let slip tlm name of
the man who has already been seriously compromised
in the . "In of
promised ease. spite every
thing , " she went on , sobbing as she spoke ,
"ho has never lost his affection for his wife
and child. It is only a short time since I had
a letter from him , in which ho promised to
send mo money as soon as ho should conclude
an important business matter by which ho
expected to make ! IOlK , ( ) ) francs. I am not
sujierstltioiis , but tills -very night I had a
hoiTJblo dream , in which 1 saw him standing
upon the scaffold ready to die. Oil , it's
awful. "
The Now War Italloon.
[ Ctiinirtulittil inni liu Jaiiifn ilnnlnn licniutt.l
LONIION , May 21. [ New York Herald
Cable - Special to Tin : Bii.l- : : During the
past week the Spencer war balloon has made
.several ascents from the grounds of tholjoyal
military exhibition at Chelsea , On each of
these occasions the company included
the Herald correspondent , and his
experience U.IXX ) feet up in the
clouds has attracted great attention.
Today the famous balloon made another as
cend and the Herald correspondent had n
seat in the basket. Leaflets had been prepared -
pared with reprints of the Herald man's ex
periences and these were today taken up In
stead of the usual ballast , ami when the bal
loon was far up in the clouds the
strings to the packages were cut and
the contents sent Hying all over
London. Klght thousand sheets of paper in
the air created great curiosity , and us they
fell they were eagerly caught by persons on
the streets. When the balloon .started out a
high wind was blowing and after travelIng -
Ing several miles the whole con
cern became unmauageublo mid was
finally driven against a big tree
at Ilenly , on the Thames , where the balloon
was torn to pieces and the occupants nar
rowly escaped sudden death. They hud to
slldo down the trail rope at a distance of
eighty feet from the ground after having been
knocked mid tipped about in space for several
minutes.
Will lie lOloctrot'iited.
Hoi-iiisrin : : , N. Y. , May 2l.-Frank Flsk ,
aged twenty-six , who killed John Calllnaln at
Cnmmdalgua last January and who was con
victed of murder the day before yesterdav ,
was this morning sentenced to die by elec
tricity at iho Auburn t > tiito prUon during thw
week beginning July 12.
A Joint IndliitiiuMit.
Ciiu .uio , May 21.The grand Jury has re
turned a Jolyt Indictment against twenty -six
alleged conspirators In the Twenty-fourth
ward election frauds ,
CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT ,
Negotiations Between England anil Germany
Concerning Africa Stopped ,
CAUSES ANNOYANdE AT BERLIN.
Wllliclm Very Anjjry but Determined
to Keep'Up Appearances The
I'nssiiKO ol'tho Army Hill
Considered Certain.
tfM l > u the Xtto 1'or/f / .ittnctatnl I'
I5iui.i.v , May 24. The negotiations with
England concerning territory in Africa had
almost reached the point of an exchange of a
protocol conceding to Germany asphoro of In
fluence extending from the cast coast to the
Congo free state , when Lord Salisbury sent
his envoy , Sir Percy Anderson , em
phatic orders to suspend communica
tions and await instructions. Since then
Sir Kdwnrd Mulct , the British ambassador at
Berlin , has intimated that the negotiations
will only bo resumed on the basis of a recog
nition by Germany of British rights on the
west coast of Lake Tnnganyikl and the terri
tories north of Tanganylki , including
Uganda.
IThe foreign oftlce here Interprets the changed
attitude of Lord Salisbury to the public
clamoi in England over the threatened dis
possession of the Kngllsh from the territories
connecting tho-Baitish empire in south Af-
i-Ica with the sources of the Nile.
Whatever Is Lord Salisbury's motive it has
evoked an energetic protest from Chancellor
von Caprivi which the emperor either in
spired or indorsed. Only strong state consid
erations , combined with family reasons , de
termined the emperor to peralst in his cordial
relations with the Kngllsh government.
The German Gazette , whoso director re
cently had several interviews with Chancel
lor von Caprivi , contains a seml-oftlcliil com
munication advocating n continuance of the
English occupation of Egypt as essential to
the prosperity of that government and inti
mating that Germany was ready to support a
permanent occupation of Egypt by the Brit
ish. The Gazette did not state the terms , but
suggested that If Germany obtained a hold on
the districts in central Africa claimed by
England the British army would bo con
firmed in the occupation of Egypt.
The emperor , as if desiring to mark the
strength of the entente with England , is cele
brating the queen's birthday with unusual
ceremony. Sir Edward Mnlet and the whole
British embassy bnmiucttcd tonight at the
royal castle. The emperor toasted the queen
as the head of n great family , the ruler of n
friendly nation and commander of the lirst
German dragoons. In conclusion ho said :
' 'May God preserve and p'roteot and bless
her for many years to come. "
The British ambassador responded and of
fered iTtoast in honor of the emperor , who
afterward proposed the health of Chancellor
von Caprivi , calling him his trusted minister
and the valuable servant of the coun
try , etc. The English ling is
displayed on every government building. It
is Improbable ' that , this effusive/display < it n
desi'ro to cultivate the friendship of England
will induce Lord Salisbury to concede the de
mands of Germany oven if Egypt should bo
thrown into the balance. General von Ca
privi will not abate his claims and the issue
will be an indefinite suspension of negotia
tions , which will leave both parties to pro
ceed with the game of territorial grab until
the complications arising therefrom become
more critical.
The newspapers commenting upon Lord
Salisbury's utterances on the situation con
cur in the opinion that warlike complications
are impossible , all the territory acquired by
Germany in Africa not being worth a
European war. At the sumo lima it is felt
that the German acquisitions will probably
bo a source of trouble with England in the
near future ,
It is believed the new army bill will be
passed by the rcichstag by a largo majority
despite the government's admission that the
present demand is only an installment.
Tlio Kreisinnigo Xeltung says disclosures
made to the committee show that in the near
future the German pe.iee effective force will
be (111,001) ( ) instead ofHINDOO men now.
HenMaltzahn's refusal to satisfy Dr.
Windthorst in the committee on the report
that the treasury will want 500,000,000 marks
to execute the government's military plans
will not retard the success of the bid. The
socialists , a section of the fricsinnigo party
and a section of the clericals will join the con
servatives in supporting it.
The socialists have three members , Ilerren
Bobcl , Diiitz and Grillenbergcr , on tlio labor
committee. They are hopeful of having the
eight hour principle recognized , although they
do not expect to have It made effective.
The position of the freisinnlgo party is
more than over uncertain. The election of
llerr Schruder as president of the party
committee In place of llerr Richter indicates
a widened rupture in the party. The Freis
innlgo Keituug says that llerr Richter con
tinues to preside over a committee of direc
tion consisting of seven members , llor
Schrador having received an honorary
appointment to the presidency of the com
mittee of thirteen. The explanation does not
touch the fact that open disunion is diminish
ing the strength of the party.
A Hamburg correspondent says that
Prince mid Princess Bismarck will visit the
Marquis of Londonderry and the Earl of
Rosoberry in England at the end of June , re
maining six weeks. During the week Prlnco
Bismarck entertained llerr Bltlchroder , Ur.
Bucher and his old secretaay , Rothenberg ,
who is assisting him In arranging his
memoirs.
The socialist and freislunigo papers teem
with stories about the emperor and Bismarck.
It is asserted that the emperor is highly in
censed because of Bismarck's statements to
the correspondents of foreign papers ; that ho
cpcaks of the ex-chancellor as only lit for n
luilatlo asylum and that he intends to send
him llnal warning before dealing with htm as
an enemy of state. Whatever may bo the
emperor's Irritation , it has not caused a rup
ture with Bismarck. Imperial Court Chan
cellor Liebenaux Is about to visit Fried-
rlchsruhe , ami other persons intimately con
nected with the emperor's circle also will
communicate with the princo.
The King of Wartemburg has just sent
1,000 marks and the Duke uf Saxo Altenburg
MX ) marks to the national Bismarck memorial
fund.
The national liberal members of the relch-
stag and landtag while banqucttlng together
telegraphed a salutation to Frlcdrichsruho.
The emperor has sent a letter to von Moltko
warmly congmtulatlng him upon his recent
speech in the rulchstag in favor of the army
bill.
bill.Princo
Prince William of Saxe-Weimer has been
declared bankrupt. Ills debts , duo to
gambling , arc UM-l.tXkj marks.
Speaker Kecil'N Mother Dead.
WASHISUTU.N , May 24. Speaker lived re
ceived n telegraphic announcement of the
death of Ills mother this morning near Port-
loud , Me. She hud been in Tailing health for
some months , but the fatal termination of
her illness was not expected so soon. The
siwakcr will start for homo tomorrow.
Hnnutc.
WASHINGTON , May 2-1. In the senate today
Mr. Wilson of lown naked and obtained
unanimous consent that on Tuesday next ,
after tlio routine morning business , the bill
subjecting Imported liquors to the provisions
of the laws of the several states shall be
taken up and Its consideration continued until
disposed of.
'
Mr. Blaokb'nrn presented the credentials of
John O. Carlisle as senator from Kentucky
for Beck's unoxphvd term , which commenced
March , 1880. Placed on file.
The navai appropriation bill was then taken
up.
up.After
After the adoption of n number of amend
ments Mr. Cockrell moved to strike out the
provision for three seagoing coast line battle
ships not to cost more than $1,000,000. Pend
ing action the senate adjourned.
HoiiHe.
WASHINGTON , May 21. The motion to
strike out the Hennepln canal clause of the
river and harbor blH was lust-tt ) to 1'J'J.
On motion of Mr Henderson of Illinois , au
amendment was adopted reducing from & , -
000,000 , to . ? 1,000,000 the appropriation for the
improvement of tlio Mississippi river from
the head of the pusses 'to the mouth of the
Ohio river.
Mr. Blunchard explained that this was duo
to the fact that congress made an urgency
nmn-oiiriatloii of SI.OOO.IXK ) for the Improve
ment of the river on the , understanding that
a reduction to Unit nmqunt should bo made In
the river and harbor bill1.
A committee rose and after eulogistic ad
dresses to the memory of the late David Wil
bur of JS'ow Yortc , the house adjourned.
JtKSTIXd OX THE ! It .tit JIN.
A IJnlllo Iletwcon tbc Cnrpnntei-s and
the "Old HOSSCH" Imminent.
CHICAGO , May iJf. [ Special Telegram to
TIIK BKK.J The battle between the union
carpenters and the old , master builders and
their non-union employes can not be very
long delayed. The second edition of the
strike may take place any hour. The car
penters' council is malnUilning great secrecy ,
but it is stated that that' body has fully r,00
men in the employ of the : old bosses whom
they can call out on a ynoment's notice. If
the long list of names jn the new bosses'
association means anything , and there is n
grand total of SOO boss carpenters In the new
union , -100 of whom nro' extensive builders ,
the coming struggle between the old bosses
and the new is not entirely auspicious for the
old ones.
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AliIf'K.
Dynamiters Attempt to
Blow Up Ilnymnrltttt Monument.
CHICAGO , May 24. The night of May ,
1880 , the date ol the aiiare.hi.stlc riot , was re
called to mind this. Jnornmg with start
ling vividness rfby' the discovery of
unmistakable traces'of : t attempt to blow up
the Ilaymarket uion rn ujf andj surrounding
building with itcigik'churgo of dynamite.
A policeman passing the monument saw at
Its base what appeared to be a roll of black
cloth tied with a smiiU rope. He picked it
up and the supposed rope crumbled in his
hands as though charred by lire.
Tied up in tlie piece of black cloth was a
tin can about twelve Inches long and about
four Inches in diameter. The vessel was
ovidentl } ' full of some substance and weighed
about ten pounds. Several pieces of burnt
fuse were found lying beside it.
The fuse was burned in a dozen places and
had evidently been soaked with kerosene.
On the step approaching the base of
the statue was found"an unlightcd piece
of fuse , to ono end of which
was attached a .small dynamite cap. Tills ,
when tried with tire , flashed readily. Tlio
charge of dynamite , according to the police
was cnouch to blow up several blocks. The
machine was evidently placed there early
tills morning and the rain extinguished the
burning fuse.
The explosion would have made terrible
havoc. With street cars passing , the loss of
life would have been great.
The can with its contents and pieces of
bunicd fuse were turned over to the central
ofticcrs , who took it to" Iho Etna powder
company's oftlce , where an export made an
examination. The can contained a composi
tion 50 per cent of which was nitro-glycerino
and would have maijo n terrible explosion
had the lire reached it. The fuse was of the
kind ordinarily used. Nothing but the
timely shower of ruin prevented the plot
being successfully realized. Detectives have
been detailed to ferret out the perpetrators of
the plot. Chief of Police Marsh was
seen and questioned by reporters in
regard to the matter , and although
the chief would make no definite
statement , It was learned that there had
been a decided movement on the part of the
rods of late to resuscitate the old feeling of
revolution , and to organize it into working
shape secret meetings have been held by the
old groups. Hen- Most , whom the old fol
lowers of Spies and Parsons now recognize
ns their leader , has been secretly sending to
Chicago circulars urging -his followers to or
ganize and prepare to strike another blow.
Katlicr JKiiatliiH Coming lo America.
ICnpurluht tsn liu Jama Guiiliin llfiinrttA
LONDON , May 2f. [ Iffow York Herald
Cable-Special to TUB BBI : . ] Rov. Father
Ignatius , O. S. B. , will bo a passenger by the
Travo , leaving Southampton on Juno 12 for
Now York. The rovm-fud father was or
dered abroad by his mcdlhil advisers for entire -
tire rest. Ho nevertheless contemplates
spending the first Sunday after his arrival in
Now York by preaching in that city before
going into the country , , for a few mouths.
Tviter on Father Ignatius. will hold n mission
in mnny of the hirgesttowns In the United
States , commencing with , New York. Dur
ing the past twenty years the reverend gen
tleman has been much pressed In letters from
all parts of the United States to visit that
country. ,
Dendwooil Minors on a .Strike.
DcAiArnon , S. D. , May 2 . [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tin : Bui : . ] All Iho miners employed
by the Homcstako mining company , several
hundred in number , nro on a strike. They
refused to go to work tonight on account of
the hours of the night shift being changed
from S p. m. to (1 ( a. m. , instead of U p. m toI
n. m. It is believed the management will
submit , but none of the men are working to
night.
Mnry AmlerHon'H Movement * .
l'o ; > IrfuMwuij / / Jtinici ( innlun llcnnctt. ]
PAIIIS , May 2 1. [ New York Herald Cable
-Special to Tin : Bw-rMury : | Anderson left
yesterday morning for London , having spent
one day in Parla en route from Italy. Nn-
vurro returned to Milan tonight , where his
mother is stopping. The. marriage of Navarro
and AMss Anderson will f > eon take place m |
England. 1
CERTAIN OF ITS PASSAGE ,
Harrison Believes the Customs Administra
tive Bill Will Become a Law ,
HE AOTS ON THE ASSUMPTION.
Tlio Seven CtMH'rnl AppralHprn Ho-
moved Oi-owlnj * Crop * and lluct
SIIK I How Silver wns
Demonetized.
WASHINGTON BtntiutrTun OMAHA Bnn , J
filil FofiiTKiiNTit STIIKKT , >
WASHINGTON. D. C. , May 21. )
A final conference was held today on the
customs administrative bill ami It Is very
probable that it will bo reported by the res
pective conferees to the two houses and
passed and signed by the president next
week So convinced nro President Harrison
and Secretary Wiudom that the bill will be
come a law , that the former has already sent
the final notitlcation to each of the seven gen
eral appraisers throughout the country
notifying them that they are removed.
There are therefore at present no general
appraisers. The new bill provides for nine
general appraisers , each of whom is to re
ceive fiOO a , ycar. Not more than five of
these general appraisers shall bo nppolntotl
from the same political party. Like the gen
eral appraisers Just removed they have no
definite local appointment , but are employed
at such parts and within such limits as the
.
uoi'pntm.v nf till * ti'ttnuilt't' M'1\- nttlinttit
The most Important innovation in the
appointment of these nine general ap
praisers Is the provision that in
case of any decision by the general appraisers
with which the importer , owner , consignee
or agent of the merchandise is dissatisfied ,
a board of three general appraisers who maybe
bo designated by the secretary of the treas
ury shall become the board of final decision
and there shall be no appeal to any other au
thority from their conclusion except the cir
cuit court of the United States , thence of
course a case may bo carried to the supreme
court.
WOltl.It'S KAIH COMMIcMONniH.
There have been received at the stale de
partment and approved by the secretary of
state the nominations by tlio governors from
nearly all the states of the names of commis-
missioners to the world's fair on behalf of
the various states. The thirty days' limit
provided for by the bill within which the
nominations are to be made and within which
the president himself is to appoint
eight commissioners-at-largo will ex
pire on next Monday. Up to this
afternoon only the states of South Carolina
aud Maine were yet to bo heard from and a
telegram from the respective governors is
momentarily expected. It is not likely that
the president will announce his eight com
missioners on Monday. There is no especial
hurry about the matter. Indeed , the tardi
ness of the Chicago people almostglves reason
to believe that the world's fair commissioners
will never have a fair for which to act. It is
probable that the president will natno liis
commissioners before the end of next week ,
oaowixo CUOP.S ANP IIKKT sue ut.
A special bulletin has- been issued nt ; Iho
department of agriculture showing the condi
tion of growing crop ? throughout the coun
try and of farm labor. No report appears
from or mention is made of Nebraska. Hero
is what Is said of the crops in Iowa : "Spring
work is well advanced but vegetation of all
kinds is backward on account of the very dry
spring. The observations upon the condition
of farm labor in Iowa and South Dakota are
as follows :
DIowa "Since the advent of the self-binder ,
farm laborers do not command any bettor
wages for harvesting than for haying or for
general farm work. Trustworthy and rell-
ableservico is well paia. Intelligent em
ployes of good habits are usually ret'iiued at
10 or 1. ) per cent bettor prices than the average -
ago man. "
South Dakota 'Tow laborers are hired by
the year , but mostly for from six to eight
moiyhs with board. The supply is sufficient ,
but not as plentiful as lust year. "
Four pages of the bulletin are devoted to
sugar beet production in Europe , from which
I took the following of special intercut to Tin :
Urn wniTni'u In TVi'hi'jmlrii
"Thcro promises to bo a revival of the ex
periment In sugar boot making since the re
peated successes in California , with high
promise of continued enlargement. Nebraska
has already entered the lists. It would bo a
craven and Ignominious acknowledgment to
admit that the manufacturing of beet
sugar can bo can-led on throughout
Europe and cannot bo a success upon the con
tinent of North America when a good yield of
beets having a high per cent of sugar has
been repeatedly grown from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and good sugar lias been made
year after year at a profit. There nro very
Intelligent citizens , oven some newspaper
editors , who are unaware of the fact that half
the commercial sugar of the world is made of
beets on a continent where cano cannot bo
grown and no other source of sugar is ex
tensively available , and especially
oblivious of the fact that cano
sugar Is practically barred entrance
into ICuropo because the homo product of beet
sugar leaves no room for It. The farmers of
the country have some responsibility In the
development of the sugar industry. The
product cannot bo had without boots , which
must come from the llclds of thu farmers.
The value of the beets depends upon their
per cent of sugar , which depends In turn
upon seed , soil , fertilization and cultivation.
This difference may vary $1 per ton and rep
resent all of the possible profit In production ,
hence the farmer has n largo stake In the
skill and technical knowledge which yield the
best results. As ho must learn the require
ments of the plant and the details of its
treatment ho must not expect to escape re
duction of Ids prollts ns the necessary penalty
for the blunders of his apprenticeship.
"Tlio most extensive preparations for beet
sugar production east of the Itocklcs nro to
bo made this season at Grand Island , Neb. ,
and Medicine Lodge , Kan. At the
latter place beet sugar was niudo
last year. The prevailing error in
agricultural practice , as In some other lines
of effort In this country , is to look only to
the present and to get the largest return
today without n thought for the future , The
best sugar Industry involves something moro
than the price at n ton of bguts for the pros-
entycar. H Includes ;
1. "Rotation , which insures largo yields and
clean cultivation ,
' . ' . " in
"Symmetery rural development ,
variety In production.
U. "Fprtill/ation , providing l a largo do-
grco the material through cattle feeding.
-Thorough cultivation.
5. "Increased value of laud from its en
larged capacity for production and the cheap
ening of the cost of the product and a result
ing increase uf thu net prullt.
It would bo easy to t > h"W the relative ml-
vunco in the value uf hinds in licet augur dlv
triuts , the uigrwaso uf ugruuliurui wcuith uud
r.
the general piihitn T ' the
prosperity * 'jy In
dustry. Rotation Is n neecsMi The soil
must be enriched though the fer\ rs must
be applied to preceding crops iiudi to the
crop of beets directly. Sugar beoture \ is
oivly one link iu the chain of jx tctlnn
which gives variety mid prosperity . . agri
culture. "
pr.siKS inn : miMi'iuri : ,
Recorder of Deeds Bruce of this city denies
the charge made against him at the Afro-
American convention now in session at
Columbus , that ho has reduced In rank
colored clerks in his office and shown favor
itism for white as against colored employes.
Mr. Bruce tonight requested your corre
spondent to state that ho had not discharged
a colored man or woman since entering his
office and that three of the five additional
clerks employed by him are colored. Ho
says ho Is showing no favoritism In or dis
tinction between white and colored persons
in hiring them.
sucer.r.i > it : > nv A THICK.
Senators Stewart and Teller hnvo been
making an Investigation into the history of
the enactment of the law of 1ST2 which de
monetizes silver , and they say that it was
gotten through the senate by a trick. They
find that the demonetizing section of the sil
ver bill was reixn-tod from the senate commit
tee on finance , but that It was not road from
the secretary's desk and was therefore not
considered In the senate. Otherwise they
believe it would have been defeated. The
discovery lias caused a great deal of comment
and will bo used us a strong argument In
favor of n law rcmonetizing .silver at tnis
time. They say that the demonetization of
silver would never have taken place had it
not been for tricks in the interest of Wall
street financial bears.
ADL'l.TCnATION OP fOOl ) AND PllUdS.
Senator Paddock has received a number of
telegrams during the past week from the
wholesale druggists in Nebraska , Indiana ,
New York and other states urging him to
postpone consideration of the bill prohibiting
the adulteration of food and drugs until the
drug trade of the United States shall have an
opportunity to fully consider its provisions.
Their telegrams , which have been dupli
cated to every United States senator from
the drug trade In their states , are tlio results
of a circular sent out by the Phila
delphia drug trade , whoso representa
tives appeared before the committee two
weeks ago to protest against n bill
then being considered by the committee.
Their objections having been put in writing
and printed for the use of the committee ,
they have been considered and certain feat
ures of tlio bill which they felt would unjustly
discriminate against their business will prob
ably bo eliminated In the draft before the bill
Is finally considered before the committee.
Senator Paddock today said : "Wo have
been working for four long months and have
held meeting after meeting to try to formu
late a bill which will protect
the people of this country from
tlie adulterations of food and drugs.
We have heard various interests and have
modified our bill time and time again in order
to secure a measure which would have some
chance of passage in the senate. I , for one ,
do not feel hko postponing indefinitely , which
will be the ell'ect of further postponement ,
consideration of this very Important measure.
Our committee files are filled with petitions
'
from fanners' " alliances and sfiifo granges
calling for thejmssiigo of a-bill of this char
acter , f believe that the people arc entitled
to it and I propose to do everything
I can to enact a strong conservative
measure into a law. The wholesale druggists
need not fear that any measure unjustly dis
criminating against honest dealers will be
passed by this committee. The bill which we
are formulating will in its definition of adulteration -
oration closely follow the definitions of the
English law , with some slight modifications
suggested by the druggists at their hearing.
It will not assail the patent medicine indus
try , or any-proprietary medicine , but it will ,
if enforced , protect the people against the
thieves and swindlers who are by fnlso labels
and adulterations in products of common use
among the people carrying on a trade which
should bo prohibited as illegal by congress. "
( WOMCOMINU 1IO.ME.
Laud Commissioner Oroff will leave for his
homo in Omaha next Monday. This Is the
first leave ho has taken from his office slnco
coming to Washington and ho has been con
fined very closely at his desk , lie will re
main about filtccn days at Omaha. All of his
family are In Washington now and are enjoy
ing good health.
Miscii..ANiors. : :
Senator Paddock today Introduced n bill
providing that the United States courts shall
not hereafter allow attorneys' fees to be taxed
on the defendant in any case of foreclosure of
mortgage where the law of the state in which
the suit is brought prohibit the allowing of
the attorney fees in such suits in courts of
the state.
\ssistant Secretary Chandler has reversed
the decision of the commissioner of the land
office in rejecting the final proof of Albert A.
Beels for the southeast } { of section 2(1 ( , town
ship 107 north , range (15 ( west , Mitchell , S. D.
district. Tlio final proof will therefore bo ac
cepted and tlio entry passed to patent.
Senator Wilson of Iowa Introduced a reso
lution from Meyer's post No. ill ) , Circenlleld ,
la. , In favor of the dependent and per diem
pension bills ; also a resolution of amass
meeting of citizens at Tabor , Fre
mont county , Iowa , asking for
the passage of an act prohibiting the
transportation of liquors Into prohibition
states ; also similar resolutions from DCS
Moines and Colfax , Jasper county , and Elm
Grove , Louisa county , Iowa.
Henry B. Taylor is to bo appointed post
master at Fort Calhoun , Nob. , vlco C. S.
Rohrer. The recommendation for the ap
pointment was made by Mr. Horsey.
Senator Mundersou suffered Intense pain
last night and it became necessary to lance
the wound near his spine. The senator Is not
in a dangerous condition but suitors a great
deal of pain and it is not likely that lib will
bo able to go to the senate under a week or
two.
two.An
An order has been issued by the secretary
of war directing John Dclehauty , Company
C , Twcnty-first Infantry , now at Fort
Sidney , to proceed to Hot Springs , Ark. , to
enter the army and navy hospital unless the
soldier Is a proper subject fur discharge for
disability.
J. F. Kenyan lias been appointed fourth
class postmaster at Hoag , CSiigo county , Neb. ,
vlco S. P. Cummings , deceased.
Piuuv S. HIATII. :
Thinks Ho .Made an Impression.
l'ti ) > yrttiht IKMilinIIMIM flmilun ll'nnM. ]
PAIIIS , May 21. [ New York Herald Cable
Special to Tnu Bii : : . ] Sjieaklngof his
recent mission to the United States in the
interest of French authors , publishers and
artists , Count do Kerabray said today : "I
feel that my efforts have been or will bo
shortly crowned with MICCUKS. In the cam
paign which I waged I was warmly aided by
tuo beat cla.'iS of Americans , and notably by
American artists and wumen. 1 flatter my
self that I made an imprcb-iun upuu the 'in. ' ft
committee. '
FURTHER AWAY THAN EVER ,
Settlcmeut of Western Unto Troubles Not
Yet in Sight.
THE ROOK ISLAND'S RADICAL MOV&
That Itond AVII1 KcCiiM' to Promt con
Originating on IN ( Syn-
( ctn West of ( ho 3
ROtii'l Ulver.
CHICAGO , May 31. [ Si > oclal Telegram to
Tin : Hii.JVhllo : : C'liiilrnmn Walker of the
Interstate Cunitiicivo Hallway association IB
In Now York trying to arrange n b.isis r set.
tlcmont for the western mllroiul ruto troublcM |
western Hues are taking independent action
In various Ways , nil at which will juit off still
further the day of settlement. Tuihiy , for In
stance , tlm Hock Island decided on u radical
move , which is certain to still further reduce
western r.ites via Kansas City. It gave not led
to all Its Kansas City connections that It
would in the fntuvo refuse to prorate on bu I
ness oriulmitliiL' on tint Knelt luium !
system west of the river. Ill
other words , If any connecting line tonlt thrt
traffic east front Kansas Cltytho Hucit Islam !
would demand its full local rates from Oregon - *
gen to Kansas City. This notice is aimed es
pecially at the Walmsh and Alton. Hock Isl
and officials claim these roads have been send
ing agents into Hock Island territory west of
the river and soliciting freight to be con
signed to the company for which tluyuro
working. On grain shipments tills gave the
Hock Island an average of about H'j ' cents ami
lti ! cents to the U'abash or Altonas the ea o
might he. The Wubash , however , worked ,
its Toledo line on I his inwl
ness , thus getting a much larger haul.
Hock Island people claim the. Wahash shrunk
its proportion to a figure which enabled Rey
nolds , their Toledo grain man , to buy at a
price which nouo of his competitors could
reach. Neither the Wub.ish nor the Alton
will yield up this trafllo without a struggle.
General Manager Chuppoll of the Alton said
hl # road would give up this business and tin )
cud of It would bo that grain rates from the
west would hereafter be taken on tin- sum of
locals. Competition would naturally d > 'ereaso
the present Kites , especially as the local
east of the river must bo shrunk in in all cases
to meet the equivalent proportion charged on
the through rate. The four.1 ecu-hour pii"sen
gertimo to be made after Juno 1 l.y the Atehl-
sou between Kansas ( ; ity and Chicago is also
a cause of friction. None of the lines except
the Alton will attempt to make the time The
invariable result of such competition has been
n reduction of rates by the slower lines. In
this case rates cannot mi much Inworthnn the
present &l tarllT , but it will put off an ad *
vance much longer than otherwise.
A Strike ( Jiilckly .Settled.
Cmr\no , May -I. ( Special Telegram to
Tin : Uii.J : A .strilf of switchmen on the
Illinois Central this morning bade fair for
while to tie uj ) the entire Chicago terminal ,
The ; trouble arose over the discharge of a
switchman named Shcclmn , hut ho was Im
mediately reinstated 'on the demand of the
switchmen , and in less than three hours the
strike was all over and the men bade to
work. The Switchmen's union Is sc .strong
in Chicago that railroads will submit to any
reasonable demands and in some cases to un
reasonable ones.
XelirnslcK. Iowa and Dnkolii 1'eiisiony ,
WAsinxnro.v , May-- ! ( Special T < l < gram
to Tin : HIM-Pensions : ] granted to Nebraskans -
braskans ; Original -Benjamin S. Safer ( de
ceased ) , Colton ; John H. Slallsmith. Wayne ;
William H. Morgan , Prcslon ; Peter Horn-
berger , Tecumseh ; Oscar A. Ivtnbruok ,
I.uvneu ; George W. Ansley. Aiimra In
crease AndrewI. Curry , Lincoln ; Wllllnui
Gibbons Olax. Original widows , r-te _
Elizabeth T. , widow ol Itenjamin H Sager ,
Colton ; Mary L. Bnndy , former widow of A.
S. Wood , Keclor.
Iowa : Original invalid .lames McDonald )
Fulton ; Joseph W. Lnsnlh * , Maxwell , John
Pringey , Cumberland ; I ) . Samuel ( runner ,
Sidney ; George W. Cupping , Spnng\lllo ;
Dors 10. Godfrey , Maynard ; Jonathan W.
Urown , DCS Moine- , ; John Million , Littleton.
Restoration and increaseIlcnjamin F.
White , Cooper ; Samuel M. Peek , Ka.st Des
Moines. Increase - George W. Ilujcs , La *
coma ; William .1. Powell , On iinwa ;
James W. Klsliing , Cantril ; Amos U bite ,
Wi t. I Tnlmi Tl < t..ivi > U Siliilm'HIn I .iin.'vfUji.
James V. Cawell. Kldon ; ( ieorge Baldwin ,
Crcston ; Lewis Ilardenbrook. Mmliurn ;
Charles Danlelson. Linevlllo ; William Lynch ,
Monterey ; Joseph Brigg.s , Kirkville , Samuel
B. Pieltel , Northwood ; Seldcn duly , Him
metsburg. . Original widows , etc -J
Widow of Hcnjuiiiin ! ' , \S hit ,
Cooper ; Mary K. , widow of William M ,
O'ICop , Pivscott ; Sarah R , widow of Lev !
James. Council Hind's ; Barbara K. , w.dowof .
Francis McNeil ] , U.skaloonMurthu. ; . widow of
John M. Forsylhe , Cedar Kaplds ; Miirthu ,
widow of 1'lrich Htunfci1 , Muscatinc.
South Dakota : Original James M Moo
berger , KiimKails ; .lames U. Umk-rlioller ,
Yankton : Luuh I'.ircnt , Bondlo. Increase
John Bollingcr , ' Yermillinn.
' Washington < I > H.
WisniN-o.v | , May -'I. The mc'iib rs of
the republican congressional campaign com- '
mlttco wore announced today. Amm > . theiij
iii-oi Nebraska , Representative lx.rse.yj
South Dakota , Senator Moody ; IllinniH Ri p.
resentatlve Powell ; Iowa , Represi i 'ativtf
Gear ; Wisconsin , Senator Sawyer.
Assistant Commissioner Stone t > li.rrn . -
dnrcd a decision in { which ho holds that a KO-
dier who makes a location filing uuiitr Ihd
homestead law ol I s7'j but who fulls t < mnko
settlument thereon within six monthdoeu
not thereby forfeit bis right to the ii > i , < < un
less some adverse claim Intervenes pnurtO
the date on which ho makes sottleiiiiut
Senator Davis of Minnesota preM i.ted art
nmcmlinent to be olTored to the tarilf in ! ) re
moving the duty of I'j" ' cents on blndii.t . uvln
and placing It on the five list. On i > n si nt >
ing the amendment Mr. Davis gin . . .tied .
that at some time during the propi-i sh i.f . tint
bill he Intended to htibmlt some Kit , ks on
the tax in its present form anil in the pi - , ese < l
modified form , "which is , " he s.ud ,
"considered by tin- farmers of the in i'i w < st
as oppressive , exacting and c\tnrtinti
Tlm meeting of thi' i-oiifi'rees. on tin > i Km
ley customs iiilinliil.strntive bill w.il l > n 'ix.i
afternoon. Mc.Mlllinof 'J'cnni's.sce t. . , . < ( nr <
llsle'H jihico aiiiung tlio Imuse conhT' > -
Illness ol' u Nebraska I'lnnorr.
I'A\\xri : : CITV , Neb. , May 4 1 N" . . ( to
Tin : Hiii : . ] Ur. ,1. \ . McCaalaiiil , in. . < r tlm
oldest residents of this stuto , is \IT\ . v > \i U
paralysis and not oxperted to live. [ ! AUKII
member of thu territorial .
legislalnr < > i us-
slstant huporintondent of tne msmii . . MI. m
at Lincoln at the time It w.i- . Inn i 1'hQ
diictor has a ho.st of friunilb all o\ > iii. into
and they will cflrtuinly regret to ln-.u . .i Ju
illness.
'I'll u rM on Coiuily Coiifl MOIIHC H
I'li.MH.n , Nec. , May , ' ! . | K ennl i. . TilU
Iiii : : . | Next Monday a npeei.il i-U , will
"bo held in Thurxton county to vtiti- * * > i < la fo
a f.'l/KJO court house. There is , - n
inence , euii-iideralile rustling thi < H 1 > y
tliii.sc u li'i , ir. ' in itivi1 i d tlinsi- > i v'ito
the pruponit lun 'J ! ' < > iii'u ' > - . , mil ) ,
Illlt It IS til" ' ! ' I liut I ' ' ' 'M'll'l | , uu , - tJ (
built.