"s , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. , . . NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOKNlNG , MAY 27 , 1800. v. NUMBER JW7. FURNAS MADE AN ALTERNATE , Likely to Take an Active Part in tlio Man- tigcinent of the World's ' Fair. GUARDING THEIR MINERAL LANDS. Montana ClIlzeiiH Trying to Hulk the Northern Paolllo StorlcH About ( he II. Jt O. Uepcnl ol'Tliu- bcr Culture IJIUVH. BunnAHTiiR OMAHA BBB , filtl FotriiTiiNTit : : STIIKHT. WASHINGTON. D. C. , Mny 20. Hon. II. W. Fimms , who was so ably pre sented to the president by the .Nebraska dele gation for appointment as commissloner-at- largo to the world's fair , was today appointed an alternate commissioner to act In tlio place of Hon. U. E. Kerins of St. Louis. Ex-Gov ernor Frtrnns Is especially fitted for the com- mlsslonorship , and the Ncbraskiins hero nro exceedingly anxious to have him honored with the oppolntmcnt , but for political rca- nous1 the president deemed it advisable to recognize Missouri. Mr. Kerins Is a very prominent republican in his slatnnd ; a busy man , and it is more than likely that Mr. Furnas will have an op portunity to take an active part in the man agement of the fair after all. OUAIIDIXO MIN'CKATj LANDS. In the senate today Mr. Sanders of Mon tana Introduced a bill providing that the pat ent issued or to bo Issued to the Northern Pa cific railroad company or its grantees or as signs of land granted to it , shall not operate or be construed to convey or to confirm in said company or its grantees or assigns any mineral lands , and such patents shalUcxprcss that there Is cxcoptcd out of the exterior limits of tbo several tracts the land in such patents described , the mineral lands therein , and the words "mineral lands" as used in this act shall not bo interpreted to mean Iron or coal lands. Thcro is a determined effort being made upon the part of certain parties in Montana to keep mineral lands along the Northern Pa cific out of the hands of this company. Cir culars have been sent here from Hu'enn ' and placed in the hands of all public men and newspaper correspondents , signed by Thomas G. Merrill , secretary of the Mineral Land association of Montana , HUbmlttlnir an argument under the head of "Danger lo Montana Mineral Lands , " In favor of the bill introduced by Senator Sanders. It Is held that when tlio mineral lands were surveyed and set aside for tlio Northern Pacific railroad company their character was not known to the government und tlnit it would bo n great injustice to the public to permit these lands to bo taken by tbo railroad company us ordinary agricul tural lands. TUB IIAl.TIMOKi : H OHIO. A well known gentleman from Baltimore was talking today in regard to tlio different stories about the Palthnoro and Ohio railroad trying to purchase tlio interests in the com pany owned by the state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore. He said that the various rumors in regard to other reads getting con trol of the Baltimore .t Ohio and tbp pur chase of this stock were not believed in Balti more. Tbo true history of tlio case is that tbo Gurrelt interests , represented now by President Mayer and Garrctt's friends , nro endeavoring to get the entire control of the roaiL The directory at present consists of .twenty-throe members. Sloven of those are appointed hy tlio state and the city of Balti more to represent the stock held by tbo two. It will bo seen that It Is very hard to control u majority or carry out the plans of the Gnrrett's unless the stockhdliicrs nnd directors are unanimous. The stock held by tbo state of Maryland amounts in round numbers to $1,000,000 , and tbo plan at present Is to-puivlinso this nnd thus secure control and take away from tlio road the political influence which is so often exercised. Of Into the appc intmont of di rectors for the state and by the city has been hi tbo hands of politicians , such as Gorman nnd his ringstcrs , and they have been using it for all it is worth. During the municipal nnd state elections they always Injected poli tics into tlio road and made it ono of the lead ing factors In the campaign. This has done much to demorali/o and break up the good management of the Gurretts. Hitherto , in regard to the directors appointed by the fctuto the trouble bus been that they'have been politicians and not financiers and that some of them learn just enough of the affairs of the road to talk about them on the outside and give away the secrets of the corporation to men who deal In stocks and who do not hesitate to use the Information they get for their own monctmy advantage. It Is In this way that the plans of the Baltimore & Ohio road become frequently known to rival corporations before.tho plans are fully ma tured. Tbo present negotiations are in the behalf of such warm friends of Mr. Gnrrctt and tlio president of the road that they can bo safely trusted. Senator Gorman , of course , seeing tlio. drift of their plans Is doing his best to stop them , ho that ho will not lese his control , for In political campaigns the Baltimore & Ohio has always been a most excellent machine for him to work , like n two-edged sword , first against the people and then against the em ployes , If the plans of the Garrctts are con summated Mr. Gorman will lese a big strong hold In Maryland politics. The road under the present organisation is being successfully managed in u business way and tlio general officers will be glad to'see politics elimi nated , oven if it docs result in making Mary land a republican stato. MOIU : OHM , muiiN : < H. The senate committee ou finance has nt last cnnelmled that it will give a few oral hearings to tlio business interests which de manded n hearing before the house commit tee on ways and means , but whoso applica tions were received after the bill was pre pared in tbo lower branch of congress and when It was to late to yield the time necos- biiry. An effort will bo made to get tlio tariff bill into the senate within two weeks , but It Is not likely that it will como up for discus sion under alwut Juno 'M , nor that It will get to a conference before the middle of July. divix : A\onnn : CIIANTI : . Secretary Noble today considered the case arising upon the appeal of the state of Iowa from tlio decision of the land commissioners of February , IhSS , In the matter of the claim ot Grundy county , Iowa , for Indemnity on account of certain alleged .swamp and owrllowed lands in that county. After re viewing the facts of tbo case 'tho secretary directs tlio commissioner of the land olllco "to notify tbo agent of the state of Iowa that opportunity will bo afforded to show by atlldiivits within sixty days the Biiecillc tract * concerning which at the' inves tigation had any witness or witnesses for the Btato were refused opportunity as alleged to complete a statement as was necessary to a full explanation of the character thereof , being swamp land or otherwise , giving the names and addresses of the witnesses and the facts to which they would have testified , nnd In such cases tbo commissioner is satis fied that evidence sought to bo given was ex cluded through tin * erroneous action of the agent of tbo land nlllce. The commissioner will direct that a iv-o\aminatlon bo had to determine Ibo character of such l.ind , nut not to re-oMiuJuo any other tracts in said list. " TO HUTU. Tin : ii.Miun : ru.rvnr. i.vw . From tbo senate committee on public lands Senator Paddock today ivpjrted with a favorable recommendation the bill to repeal the timber culture laws and for other pur poses. The text of this measure has been very fully outlined in Jhi : : dl-patcho.s. The hill lias been amended at the sugKontlon of Senator Paddock so as to protect all the rights of Nebraska. The timber culture laws are U'p. > nlod by the bill In its present form , ex- i-ipt as to the state of Nebraska , and no land acquired muter the provisions of this act shall iu any event become liable to the biiMbfuflltin of any debt contrai led prior to tlio ! suing of tbo final j\ . wlifl luervior. Instead of -patent , ' us provided for In the original bill , whenever It shall appear hereafter to tlio commissioner of the general land ofllco that n clerical error has been committed such entry may bo sus pended. Suits to annul patents can only bo brought within five years from the passage of this act. KEPT STtU , TOO T.ONO. An army case was decided In the court of claims today on the principle that long silence nnd acquiescence confirm the justice of the nctlon or Inaction of the government Captain William C. Ide was tried by court-martial In IWl ! ) on charges of absence without leave and disobedience of orders , and was dismissed from the scrvlco. For clghtccA years ho did not enter any sort of protest , but accepted his sentence in silence. In ISs" ho presented n petition for restoration to President Cleveland - land , who denied it. mid In 1883 he presented a claim to tlio paymaster general of the army for pay to cover the period ot his absence from the army. This was also disallowed. In 1889 ho tiled his claim for back pay , amounting almost to $ . ' 15.000 , In the court ot claims , on the grounds that the sentence of dismissal of the court-martial was not approved by the presi dent and urging the Huuklo case as a prece dent. The court held that the claimant's silcnco for eighteen years barred him from any ground of action and that his case pre sented vital differences from the Hunklo caso. This Is a precedent which will be cited Iu all future cases. MISCBU-ANnOt'S. Senator nnd Mrs. Stanford left Washington tonight for New York , whence they sail on Wednesday for Europe. After n two weeks' stay in London they go to the German Spas and will return to the United States about September 15. They nro accompanied by MM. Stanford and brother , II. G. Lathrop and II. K. Nash , the senator's private secre tary. Attorney General Miller has recovered from his recent relapse sufficiently to leave the house and this morning called on the president. Senator Wolcott of Colorado , who was re cently married to tlio widow of ex-President Cleveland's late law partner , appeared in the senate today for the first time since his mat rimonial venture , and his congratulations were cordial nnd unanimous. Frunlc Eagar , company II , Eighth Infantry , now with his company at Fort Niobrara , is transferred lo company II , Seventeenth in fantry , and will bo sent to the station of that company. Fort Bridger , Wyo. N. 1C. uriggs has gone to his home at Beat rice. Hartley Kichard of Chadron Is at the Uigirs. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Moore mid Colonel E. F. Hooker of Omaha are in the city. Colonel Jack McColl of Nebraska is here from New York on his wnv home. J. D. Kluetsch , editor of tlio Lincoln Frlo Presse , and Hegister Clark of the United States land office at Lincoln , are bore. Mr. Clark Is on his way to Philadelphia. The condition of Senator Manderson Is very materially improved this evening. His fever bus subsided and he is res'Ing much better. The commissioner of Indian affairs today notified Ueprosontatlvo Dorscy that A. B Holmes , at present a teacher in the Genoa schools , has been appointed superintendent of the Colorado Hiver agency at a salary of $ ' , KH ) a year and that his wife is appointed matron at7 0 a year. Keprosontntivo Carter of Montana has for some time been at work at the land ofllco sub mitting arguments to have tlio timber culture decisions of tlio lute Land Commissioner Sparks reversed , and ho believes that ho will ultimately succeed , Pnuitv S. HUATJI. nilz An JOurnest. Argument Ky Pierson D. 'Smith of Nebraska. CHICAGO , May CO. [ Special Telegram to Tun Br.i"Though : ] n representative all my life , I shall , because of the McKinley bill , vote next fall for the democratic ticket. " This declaration was made this morning at the Inland hotel by Plor&oii D. Smith , one of the largest land owners and wealthiest citizens of Nebraska. "Seven months ago I went to Europe and just returned a short time ago. While there I made a diligent study of tlio practical opera tion of tbo foreign political systems and their effect upon the laooringclnss. As the result of such study I claim , without equivocation , that the employes of foreign factories , though they are receiving lower wuses , live bettor , enjoy moro perfect health , nro all around as happy , if not happier , than Amer ican employes. This talk about the benefits of the tariff to our factory employes Is non sense. If any more miserable set of men can bo found than in the eastern manufacturing districts 1 am not aware of their existence unless it is the funning class. " "And how do the farmers of Nebraska feel about the McKinley bill ! " "Very bitterly. They nro awakening to the fact that they are becoming poorer and poorer. My intimate relations with them , having sold about every farm there Is in Boone county to them , enables mo to speak. Tbo prices for their crops are low. Protec tionists claim that but for a high tariff the prices would bo lower because of no market as If their factory hands in the cast would stop eating. This the farmer is becom ing aware of , and also that the McKinley bill will advance the price of everything ho buys. Tinware the farmer uses to a great extent. It will go up fanning implements , too every thing , in fact , manufactured. Just what tbo republican party is thinking of in passing such u' 1)111 ) I cannot imagine , unless it ex pects that the wool it lias already put over tbo farmers' eyes lias totally destroyed their eyesight. But it has not. Fanners whom I never supposed would even read the bill have learned its important features by heart. Tlioy SIMS which way the wind blows , and if tlio senate passes tbo bill and It becomes a law , tlio next president of the United States will bo a democrat. I am not a dcniocint , but 1 am now in sympathy with Cleveland's tariff reform , and shall vote for Cleveland If ho Is nominated. " THK lIO.lliST.llK NTH IKK. An Ailjiislinenl ol' All DilVorcnc'CH to ho "Made Tuesday. DUADWOOII , S. I ) . , May ' , ' 0. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bii.J : : Not en ounce of gold was elevated from the Homestako mines Saturday night. The 1,000 men who struck met in n largo hall at Lead City and after brief speeches by a number of the men a cmnmltto of thirteen was appointed to con sult with the management. The result of tlio conference was that It was agreed that all tlio men should go to , work Sunday and Monday at the regular bom's , but on Tuesilav a change in the tlmo will bo made , the day shift going to work at ( I a. m. Instead of 7 o'clock und the night shift to go on at 7 p. m. ii stead of ( t , as formerly. The number of working hours nro to remain un changed. Not a man worked In the mine Saturday nightbut yesterday tlioy worked as usual. Tlio ore bins had sufficient ore In thorn to keep tbo mills running , thus preventing n complete Mutt-down. This Is the first time there has been any trouble between the man agement and the employes of the Belt mines. o Posncr Itonntl Over. Diviwooi : ) , S. D. , May 60--Special ( Telegram to Tin : Bnu.j Samuel Posncr , Jhu Dead wood young man man charged with robbing the United States malls wlillo em ployed as a postal clerk between Deadwood and Long Pine on the Klkhorn road , was taken before t'nited States Commissioner Wnshnbausjh this morning. Ho waived 11 preliminary bearing and was placed under . ' , .VX ) bonds. HIIITJ lug l' | > tin ; Governor * * . WAMIIXIITOX , May 20. Although it has been a month since the world's fair bill passed , the governors of thirteen states have failed to send In their nominations for commissioner missioner- ) . Some active telegraphing has been going on between the while house und the backward govornoi-t to hurry thorn up. o Commissioner GrofT Leaves Tor Homo. Wt-siiiMiTov. MiiyW. - Commissioner Graff of the general laud olllco , left Washington this afternoon on a two weeks visit to his huiuo at Omaliu , Neb. A PLAN TO ADVANCE RATES , The Plan Hinges on the Union Pacific Northwestern Contract. WESTERN EOADS KEOEIVE A PKOD. Chairman AVnlkor AVIns Over Jay Gould A Uiuuiliiloiifl Desire , for a ICcstoratlon of Itntcfl Knll- roatl News. CHICAGO , Mny 20. ( Special Telegram to Tun Bni.j It was learned today that not only Is thcro a plan on foot among western railroad people to advance rates to their nor mal basis , but that the president of every western road had expressed his hearty con currence in the outlines- the plan. The plan hinges , as have all others , on the Union Pacific-Northwestern ocontract , but It will bo a surprise to every railroad man , expect those immediately Interested , to learn that nil the presidents agree that an association must bo formed which recognizes ttio legality of such contract. In rc- tuni for this conccsssion , the Union Pacific and Northwestern will bo expected to concede various minor points asked by their competitors. Chairman Walker of the Inter state Commerce Kallwuy association has done yeoman service In bringing about the present desire for n restoration of rates. In the first iilaco he secured a formal decision from the interstate commerce commission that on tlio present showings of Increased earnings , at the present reduced rates , the commission would desire the present rates permanent If continued much longer. This was tlio sharp est prod the western roads had received , and with It as an argument Chairman Walker had little difficulty in winning over Jay Gould , while in New York. Meantime letters had been sent to nil western presidents , and the result Is so unanimously expressed a desire for restoration that there is a general belief that the movement will bo a success. Chair man Walker returns tomorrow and will probably issue a call for a meeting In a day or two. two.Tomorrow's Tomorrow's meeting of the trunk lines in Now York will , if it backs up thn Buffalo meeting of lake men , make the way almost clear for n restoration of rates. The basis de cided upon at tlio Buffalo meeting uro satis factory alike to Chicago cast and westbound lines. Tlio agreement , however , is not con sidered worth a rush unless backed up by the trunk lines' edict tha.t they will refuse to prorate on any except tlio agreed rates. A Knilroad Changes Hands. Nn\v Yontf , Mny 'JO. [ Special Telegram lo Tin : BIE. ] The Atehison , Topckn & Santu Fo has formally assumed control of the St. Louis & San Francisco road. At a special meeting of the directors of the latter company today Henry Merrill resigned the ofllco of vice president , and J. W. Heinlmrt was elected in ids place. Merrill was then appointed second end vice president and general manager , and will continue in charge of the operations of the road , * XJZll'S. Wilson's Substitute for the Senate Original Package Bill. WASHINGTON' , Mny 20. Wilson of Iowa , from tlio committee on judiciary , today re ported the following substitute for the origi nal package liquor bill now under consider ation in tlio senate : "That when any intoxi cating liquors nro tranfSerred from ono stiito " " " ' or territory"to"another"or'Trom 'liny foi-elgn country , such liquors shall , when the * netual and continuous transportation of the same shall have terminated , bo considered to have ceased to bo subject to the interstate com merce and bo a part of tlio common mass of property within the state or territory and subject , to the respective powers of the state or territory in respect of all police regulations or prohibition regulations or taxation. " The senate committee on public lands re- norled a volumnious substitute for tlio house bill to repeal the timber culture laws. Tlio bill repeals the timber culture net of IbTS , ex cept as to Nebraska and all acts supplemcnt- nry thereto with provisions that no valid rights under the act shall bo disturbed , etc. The act of 1877 making provision for the snlo of desert lands is amended by the addition of live sections governing ttio issue of patents for binds to bo irrigated and giving parties the right to associate together in the construc tion of irrigating canals and ditches. The bill further provide" ? that no public lands shall be offered at public ; sale except aban doned military reservations , isolated and dis connected fractional tracts and mineral and other lands. Provisions arc made forentering town sitcs. etc. , in Alaska. Town slto entries may bo iniulo by incorporated towns and cities on mineral lands of the United States , but they shall not acquire title to any vein of mineral ore. The president today signed the commis sions of the world's ' fair commissioners nom inated by the governors of the various states and territories. There was no quorum present at the meet ing ef the house committee on the census today , but those in attendance decided to make no change in the questions to bo asked by the census enumerators , THK IT.IKIAX llKltJHT. A Strung ! ; Character Who Liven In the Ilonldors Near .Jiili-slntr . Jri.Kstirno , Col. , May 25. [ Special to TUB Bii : : . ] Just across the Pintle river , about ono milo south of Julesburg , thcro lives in a little stone house of his own construction , Uberta Jubello , better known in this vicinity as the "Italian Hermit. " A representative of Tin : Bin : visited Jubello in his homo. About four years ago this Italian took up as a homestead UK ) acres of land In the South hills , bordering the Platte on tiio south side of the river. Hardly an acre of tillable soil can bo found on his whole claim. Jubello was not looking for soil to cultivate. Ho Is a miner by trade , and the rougher the laud the better it appeared to suit him. Out of the lingo boulders found in the hills ho has erected for himself a little stone house about ten feet square , the walls of which uro about throe feet thick. The mason work on this little structure would equal that on sorno of the finer build ings in Omaha. The house is located at the foot of a largo hill , which gradually rises to the height of fifty feet above the , roof. Into this lull of partly solid rock ho has dug n tunnel a distance ot fifty feet semi-circular .In form , six feet high and ten feet across. From tlio main tunnel ho has dug numerous little caves fur the storatre of Ids potatoes , coal , etc. At the end of the tunnel he bus dug a wel ; twelve feet deep and four feet In diameter. This well contains eight feet of clear , spark ling water. At the end of this tunnel a door opens which le.ids into another ouo similar In size that leads back to the place of entrance. About ten feet further down from the house ho has started another tunnel into the same hill. Ho has been four yearn wonting on this last tunnel anil lias penetrated n distance of 1UO feet. Tlio tunnel is largo enough for a train of cars to run into it. Most of the way this tuuncl has been dug through snlid rock which has been broKcn to pieces and carted away in a wheelbarrow to the valley below. What .Inbollu's object is iu digging this tunnel no one knuw.s , and no ono can find out. Ho is fifty years of ui-o born In north ern Italy. No uno bus cvur been nblo to Jlnd out anything of his previous history except that l.o left homo when ho was twelve yo.irs of ago. He can road the Kn llsh hingunKO and takes a metropolitan wcukly , and keeps himself well Informed. Whether hU seclu sion U c.iused by the commission of sonio crime or Is the result of homo love affair no onobnt Juhcllo knows. Ho keeps his own secrets and will not talk of his publ life. Ho Is rarely seen in Julesburg and is never kliuwn to leave bis little house , 'iuurists fromu hundred miles distant vi-it him , ami uro courteous ! } received , but all tiui ! > t < vu3 as , o Ills piibl bislur } urc .studiuu- > > < j.uku. . i\t.cruitiEs. New Potiiullnntl 1'cnirn Vlnls of Wrath on France. [ Coi/rftM | ISMliJmnc \ fAmfoii Ilfnnttt. } LONDON , May SO. ( New York Herald Cable Special to Tin' Hr.u.1 Lord Hunts- ford , colonial secretary , lias received n note addressed to the queen by the Newfoundland IcgMntlve nnd house assembly. This docu ment has probably no parallel In the history of our colonial empire forthe angry and threaten- Inirwhleh It assumes toward the government , except perhaps n dispatch In which North American colonists In 1773 announced that they would not longer pay taxes to Great Britain , nnd so prepared a way for Indepen dence. A copy ot this address has como Into possession of the Humid , and wo publish salient passages. The address says : 1Wo have learned with the deepest surprise and Inrm that modus vivcndl has been forced into between your majesty and the French government , not only tolerating for this season - son lobster factories ojxn-atGd by the French during last year , against which wo humbly petition your majesty , but also giving sanction by your majesty for the erection of an indefinite number of other factories by the French dur ing the present season. Wo beg to submit it to the consideration of your majesty that thcro Is not a warrant of law , either imperial or colonial , by which the erection of lobster factories by the French or any part of the coast of this Isliind is recognized , nor Is there any statute by which British subjects can baprovcntod from exer cising all rights of fishing on the whole coast of this island as well as the catching * of lob sters and the erection of buildings for lire- serving the same In cans. From this it follows that solely by force Majearo exercised /without the sanction oflaw. . If cither by the law of your majesty or French naval military forces French lobster factories bo maintained or English lobster factories bo prohibited , could It bo wondered at if naval and military authorities in either country act without any sanction of law in dealing with this question. Inhabitants arc impoverished and brought to the verge of starvation by this action. The feeling of the inhabitants of this colony can scarcely bo rcali/.cd by any ono outside its borders , nnd probably exceeds that endured by all white subjects of your majesty in all your oth'cil colonies combined , and representing as wedo these 'J00,000 people ple , wo can not retrain from expressing our indignation at several attempts made by your majesty's ministers during the present year by tlio modus vivcndl and their action with regard to our proposed legisla tion , as more fully sot forth hereinafter to surpass all their predecessors in enforcing unjust claims. After setting forth that several notsns to the fisheries have been passed by the homo government , the ad dress proceeds by a statement of plain facts to still further sacrlllco the interests of your majesty's subjects in this colony. The nation calls for the use of every means in our power to protect ourselves nnd our country from destruction , which the French , ably aided and abetted by your majesty's minis ters , wo hope nnd brljcvo unintentionally , are endeavoring to'l. > ring upon us. The colony will bo satisfied with nothing short of a final removal of every French lobster factory from the shores of New Foundhind , u. ; > d. all means in our 'power will bo us > ed tcTfaat"end. . " 'Wlfennnbt ask that the French should bo deprived of privileges granted thorn by their treaty , though we claim that by tboir bounty on fish caugliC on the shores of our island , tlioy nro violating the terms of the treaties , which stipulate that that mode of conducting fisheries shall bo thu same as heretofore , and no other. At the time of signing these treaties no such bounty was in existence , and wo think that during tlio time that such a breach of the spirit of the treaties exists it may well bo considered as cancelling all claims of tlio French on New Founuland , St. Pierre nnd Mlquolon by French aggressions on ono hand and by enormous bounties given by tlio French gov ernment whereby they are rapidly excluding our fish from foreign markets. Struggling fishermen in this country must in course of time bo crushed out of existence nnd tho-su fisheries truthfully designated by Lord Bacon as the fisheries of Now Foundlaml , richer than the mines of Mexico and Peru , will bo properly aggressive and persistent. In our opinion the time has arrived when the submission to such glaring injustice is no longer possible and this colony must take all and any means in its power to frustrate the designs of its despoilor.s , and by this ap peal , your most gracious majesty , wo desire to show that wo have right and justice on our side , and that such steps as wo may have taken will bo enforced. Wo therefore humbly pray that your majesty will bo graciously pleased to cause the re moval of all French lobster factories from the shores of this colony , and will withhold all fishing privileges on the coast of Now Foundlaml. _ _ Two Ocean Steamers Disabled. Nr.w YoiiK.May 20. Tlio steamship Thing- valla arrived this morning witli her bow steve in and all the plates above water crushed by a collision with an iceberg May 1'J during a fog. No ono was injured , nut great excitement prevailed on the steamer fur a time. HAVIII : , May ' . ' 0. The steamship La Gas- toivo arrived this morning with a hole In her bow , causcil by striking u rook at the Scilly Islands. No ono was Injured , - r" * - Diaz Not Ai'ii'inoil. CITY or Mexico , May 2(1. ( President Diaz speaking of the filibustering movement in Lower California , told the Associated press correspondent today that ho placed little confidence In the rc > iHrts , Ho know that tlio United States government would not allow the neutrality to bo violated and that the Mexican government would protect her own territory. _ ' Another ( ioor o Gould Itiunnr. Niw : YOUK , May : . ' 0. Koports were cir culated this afternoon Unit George Gould bad resigned the presidency of the Pacific Mall and had been succeeded by Thomas II. Hous ton , nnd that Calvin S , Brice and Samuel S. Thomas bad been ejected directors. The ollloors denied the rumors , but it was said by parties identified with the recent buying of block that they wero.ohly . premature. Kmporor William Seriously Hurt. Bmu.is' , May L'O.It was supposed nt first that Hnipcror William Was not Injured dur ing his drive yostorlny , but It is now an nounced th.it his right fnot was badly sprained In the accident. I\'M \ injuries are so severe that ho is cun lined to his apartments in thu palace. t'oiiplo Murdered. , Ark. , May 3 ( ! . 1 larrUon Sailor and wife , two respectable and Inoffensive ncgros living ni-ur Ulvurtldo , WotHhufts county , were asgabsinnted'iit their homes this morning by uiiknuun " partioe , supposed to bu negnjos. _ The " \ \ > : HIIM | * Koirunsr. For Oinnhu und \ Iduity : Fair wealllor. For Nebraska un i lm\u : Fair ; \ \ . .ndbe - eunniiK soutb.'i'h . n.ii'u.er Fur Suulu Ualto'ti t'mr , .vanuti , s' ' > uih orlj winds. AN OLD IOWA MURDER CASE * ? Hartlin County Grand Jury Investigating the Killing of Henry Johns. A SEARCHING INQUIRY BEING ilADE. The Itatnslmi'Kcr Family Malting Des perate HfTorts to Clear Them selves of the Crlnio Other Jluwkeyo News. Ei.notu , In. , Mny CO. [ Special to Tun llii : : . ] Tito Hunlin county grand Jury , which IMS been working on the murder casu of Henry Johns for two weeks , will not con ; chulo Its labors before the last of the week. County Attorney Huff Is conducting the ex- examination of witnesses iitul Is making a mostscnrehing Investigation , while the Kuins- burgers nro scouring Iowa , Minnesota , Ne braska and penitentiaries for witnesses. It looks now as If the grand jury would llnd the murderers , but they will not bo members of the vigilance committee. Tills is the opin ion of : i gentleman who has followed tlio in vestigation by the grand jury and Is In n posi tion to know. Johns was shot about 1 n. in. April HO , 1SSI , and did not dlo until May 8. Tlio shot took ciTcct in the left arm and was not considered dangerous. Fin , Munch and Tom Itnlns- bargcr , and tlio Johns family , attended him and gave out that ho was getting better and would bo able to got around In a few days. They would not , however , let anybody bat their wives and the attending physician see the patient. On May ( ! Dr. Potter , tlio at tending physician , told Mr. Johns that ho might dress himself and go out in the yard the next day. That night Johns was taken worse , ami Dr. Morse of Eldora was called on May 7 to consult with Dr. Potter. The doctors , it is understood , testified before the grand jury that they found the eyes of the patient contracted and nn- mistakable evidences of poisoning. Dr Potter bad left a box of opiate pills , to bo given when necessary. When ho found so marked a change in the patient ho began to look for the pills and llnally found the box , which bad contained forty or fifty pills. almost empty. The patient was delirious and died the next day.VhIlo in that condition Mr. Johns was influenced to make an affidavit implicating three men as his assail ants , and to establish n case upon this state ment , made by a man nlrcadv In a comatose state from poisoning , the Kalnsbargers have since directed all their energies , to convict members of the vigilance committee. The character of the witnesses called by thorn clearly indicates a put up job , and should the graiul jury conclude to lliid a bill upon such evidence It will only result in ti largo bill of cxpcn.se to the county , as there is not the ghost of a show to convict. The principal witness for the state is Homer Jones , u convict brought hero from the ponctcntiary. IIo testilics that he was lying at tlio side of the road , only thirty feet from the scene ot the shooting , and recognized all of Joh us' assailants , and names them. One of the men implicated was i.'V ) miles away at that time , while others , It can bo clearly shown , were elsewhere. The grand jury yesterday returned an in dictment against Ed Johns , son of Henry Johns , charging him with importing wolf scalps from other counties and making oath that he killed the animals In this county , seas as to get the largo bounty-paid * hero. When- the present grand jury gets through with its .business the people will have a better knowl- odecjjf the Ituinsbarg r and Johns families , Tlio Supreme Court. Dis MOISI : ? , la. , May 'M ( Special Tele gram to Tin : Br.n. ] The following eases were decided by the supreme court this norning : Agnus M , Grace Brown , appellant , vs the grand lodge of Iowa of the Ancient Order of United Workmen , Jane 13. Grace , iiitervcnor ; Delaware district ; alllrincd. Charles F. BhiUo , receiver of Wolfe , Cnr- pentor & Co. , appellant , vs A. (5. Brown ; same appellant vs S. P. Verger ; JCeokuk dis trict : alllrmed. In the matter of the estate of J. I , . Jones , deceased , C. C. Jones et al , administrator , vs Marshal , Field & Co. et al , appellants ; Cass district ; alllrmcd. Irene Bills vs Daniel Bill ct al , appellants ; Jones district ; iilllrmed. Nelson Fordyco , appellant , vs Klinabetli Hicks et al ; Monroe district ; afilrmcd. Found with His Throat Cut. MA ON CITV , In. , May 20. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BKI : . ] J. N. Lee , an influential and wealthy merchant of Esthcrvlllo , was found late last night In n pasture ilvo miles east , his throat cut from ear to ear and two ugly gashes on either wrist. About I ! o'clock in the evening bo called at a farm house near where ho was found and asked for some milk. Blood was flowing quite freely from several gashes about bis person and bo told them he had cut himself on a barbed wire fence. Four hours later ho was found , as above stated , with a largo knife near him. He is conscious by spells and tolls the story that three men were after him to take his life , which led him to attempt self-destruction. On bis person was found a return ticket from Minneapolis to Esthorvillo and a small sum of money. His recovery is considered very doubtful. Hun Into liy u Freight. MiTTIXI : , In. , May : . ' ( ! . [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bii : : . ] A Burlington , Cedar Hapids & Northern passenger train on the Muscatino division was run Into by a freight train this morning. The passenger engine had burst a boiler line and was backing down wlion the freight came around a curve , falling to see the flagman in time. The pa.s ougoj < coach was badly damaged. The freight engine was also badly wrecked. All the imssi'ngcrHsavo two Jumped before the collision. All the freight crew Jumped except Kaglneur HooUn , who remained at his post. The Hc.s Molnos Hotxllo CascH , Dr.s Moi\i : < > , la. , May 2(1. ( [ Special Telegram - gram to Tin : Bii.l : : It is expected the alder men and ex-aldermen who have been indicted in the boodle cases will bo arraigned some tlmo tills week. All of them have secured counsel and are ready to appear to answer to the charges of wilful misconduct in olllco , which will bo brought against them. The 'best of Ifgal talent in tlio city will appear in tboir behalf and tlio cases will bu stubbornly contested. _ Killed In u Ilimawny. II MILAN , In. , May Si ) . [ Special Telegram to Tun Bii : : . ] John Stanley , n prominent business man and highly respected citl/ou ct this place , was killed this afternoon by the team which ho was driving running away and throwing him from a hrldga about four miles north of town. Ho leaves u largo family. _ N'litMIl . /SOCK. . The Ship Oiicldii ( iocs Down Wllh u iloh Km of Chinamen. C StsFIHVI iscn , May lit ) . Captain Ander son of the ship Onoiihi , having on board one hundivd and ten Chinese and forty-live white men on their wuy to the salmon cunucry on Lnncck Island in Retiring sea , returned hero last iilpbt and reported bis vuHgel wrecked. Ho stilted that on April ' . . ' 0 , when the vessel had nearly reached tut dCHthmt ion , it struck on u rock on the shore of the island during n fog and was wrecked. TUIrty-threo Chinese and forty-live white men escaped , while ( Dventy-sevcn of thu t'hlni'se are missing and it it > thought that they uro drowned. .Miido Speaker I'm Tom. WMnvijii > v , May > ) The house was r.dlod to order l > .v Ci | i i : Mil'h.'siiii ' und on inii'inn i'f Mr Milii'i Mr Jt ii < viif TIIK I'KKBHl'TKHIAXtl. Vho Iteatllno ; < > r tlio Illhlu In Common School * Again Hiulorsi'il. S.uuTcmA , May ! > rt. At the Presbyterian oral assembly today the report of the , nilttco on synodlcal records was read. ' 1 different portions were mostly approved. Tno'nsscmbly , In approval of the overture from the Wisconsin synod , reanirnied its de liverance of 1S70 In favor of retaining the reading of the bible In the common schools. The report of the standing commit tee on publication was delivered y Dr. Howard Crosby. There had been organized 1,1-TJ now schools with -IWJ teachers and : IS,80 ; ! scholars. Ono hundivd and nine schools besides these have fleen organized In consequence of the offer of the board to tmpply hymn books , lesson helps and bibles to any ono establishing n new Sun day school. Hesolutlons were olTored ap proving lids work and recommending that it consider tlio expediency of publishing Sun day school helps and literature in the Herman and Sc.mdanavlan languages. Pending u motion that the report bo adopted Dr. Worden , superintendent of Sunday school work , made u statement In regard to it. The synod of Minnesota was directed to give the hearing it bad refused to the com plaint of Dr. West against the Presbytery of St. Paul. A special committee to Investi gate the affairs of the publication society was then announced. The report of the committee on unemployed ministers and vacant churches was presented by Or. Herrick Johnson of Chicago. Ho said it was not intended to provide for Incapable ministers of the churches that ought to die , but there Is need of a medium through which parties win ) ought to bo helped can bo. Ho recommended an increase of the Episcopal powers of the presbytery and a paid secre tary to facilitate this intercourse and fund of , say $5,000. to ho called a ministerial adjust ment fund to pay expenses. A large number of the committee reports wen ) acted on. N delating to the request from twp colnred presbyteries to bo treated as independent in their application for missionary aid , the same as white presbyteries , tlio report of the com mittee on Ircodnion favored the keeping of them in subordination to tlio frecdinen's board. Dr. Booth of New York protested in dignantly against the recommendation of the board.A flora spirited debate it was voted ITU to I'M to grant the request of the colored presbytorj % Thereportof the 'committee on dcaconlesscs recognized tlio claim that women served in thoj apostolic church in an oftlco similar to that of deacons and held that they may bo elected and set apart In a similar way , tills not being a step in tlio direction of giving them license to preach. There was a long debate on the question of amending the form of government to correspond to this report , but the recommendations of the com mittee that there bo sent down to the presby teries an overture for such a change was ac cepted. At the night session the nominating com mittee announced the following committee to do the actual work of revision and report to the assembly of 1MI1. The committee was ac cepted by the assembly unanimously : Sem inary professors \V. If. Greene , Princeton ; Thomas H. Hastings , Union ; M. Bridle , Alle gheny ; W. H. Beocher , Auburn ; F. 13. Mor ris , Lane ; llcrick Johnson , JiJcConnell ; Will iam Alexander , San Francisco. College pres idents -Francis L. Putton , Princeton ; Will iam C. Huberts , Lake Forest. Pas tors W. 13. Moore , Columbus , O. , moderator of the assembly of iv.il ; II. J. Vandyke , Brooklyn ; Ehoncior lOrskine , Chnnihershurg ; J. T. Loftwloh , Baltimore ; J. C. Niecols , St. Louis ; 13. H. Burhhnlter , Cedar Kapids. la. Eldbrs Ex-Justice Strong , Washington ; cx-Sonator MeMillin , St. Paul ; .ludsro Alfred Hand , Scrnnton , Pa. ; .EmciYton 13. White , Cincinnati ; Judge Henry D."Saylor , Huntlngton , Ind. ; Wirrthrop-S ; Oilman , New York ; Barker Knme.ro , Tren ton , N. J. ; William Krnest , Covlngton.Ky. ; f-Vjorgo Junkln , Philadelphia ; Charles H. "i'"WTiloy , Chicago. . . . rtf- ' * - - German Ciit hellos Convene. Mn.wAfKm : , U'is. , May 'JTho < ! first con vention of the Gorman Catholic societies of Wisconsin opened this morning. Up to noon nearly ! lKi , ( ) ) members of .societies , 100 dele gates and about H.OIK ) oxeur-ionist.s had re ported at headquarters. A gr.ind parade of the local societies and visiting delegations was lulu this afternoon. There seems to bu an absence of direct pur pose on the p.ii-t of the convention present. The constitution of tlio societies prohibits in terference in politics , and it is surmised this barrier is to bo removed in order that tho. Catholic people may exert themselves against the school law next fall. The leaders are ret- icient , however , and scout tlio idea that tlio Hireling has anv direct bearing on the coming political campaign in Wisconsin. Fir y-KI } > hlli Anniinl Mi Cmrtnn , May 'JII. The American Baptist Home Mission society held its fifty-eighth an nual meeting today. The executive board's ' report showed gratifying progress in the work. Tlio treasurer's report showed all debts paid and ? IOHI ( ) ) in the treasury. Hpv. I. M. M unlock was re-elected corresponding secretary for tlio coming year and Secretary Emeritus for life. Methodist Conference. Sr. Louis , Mo. , May ' - ' ! . At , the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church , south , this morning Hev. W. II. Harrison , who Is secretary of tlio general conference and who bus also been book editor for many years , was ro-clected book editor. The com mittees on Sunday schools and on church extension - tension wore then appointed. Jf.V NKNSIOX .IT The Congressional Suit-Committee on Immigration mid Xntiirnli/.ation. Cmt Ann , May ! ! ( ) . The congressional sub committee on Immigration and naturalisation began a hearing hero today. Henry I ) . Lloyd , a well known journalist , told about the lock-outs at Spifng Valley , 111. The majority of the men were foreigners , lie had found forty or fifty families who hud been induced to como to this country through the aollcltation of u man who assured thorn that tlioy would butter their condition. They wt-ro reallv much worse off tliini at liomo. Ijloyd declared the lock out was duo to the policy of the syndicate controlling thu mines , which apparently thought mure money could be made by having men lilln than at work. One of UK ; prineipat owners is ex-Congressman Scutt of Pennsyl vania. IJoprosontntlves of the carpenters' council told of the strike and tlio Instances of men coming from Canada to answer to advertise ments inserted In Canadian papers by bo cs. 3h ! ! < lhon ! ( Will Not OrfAWA , Out. , May' ' . ' 0 , [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BIX. ] The government , it is umleii-toud , called upon General Sir Fred- crick Mlddluton Saturday to resign and ho declined to do so until bis term expires next month. The general says ho Is willing to pay for one-eighth of tlio furs looted by him ami no more , as the others went to members of the cabinet , to officers nt the government bouse , and to several less Important per-son- ngeu , for whoso debts ho thinks hr > Is neither legally nor morally responsible. He threatens to lull the mimes of tho.so who have -.Iiar'-l In the plunder if his resignation U insisted upon. Two rimruhcs Struck hy Lightning : . HU n MONO , Va.May 'W. [ Special Telegram to Tin : lii.j : A heavy electric rain > tonn struck Ilarrlhburg , In lUfShciiuiulu.ili valley , yesterday afternoon. A t > ingla clcetrlu loll shot ucroiK the city , sinking thu Kplscopal and Baptist churches , whleh nro located on dUTcrcitt btrcuU over ilvo hundred yards upurt. Tliii tower of the Baptist chuicti was stripped and badly Injured and the cernei' stunu uf the church tiliattfifd and Ha eon- tents scattered on tlio street. The occurrence created u great sensation among thu ucgrocs. KluiMls In Cri-ninny. Brui.is , Muj ' , ' ( ! Severe Morn. - , f < lluuril blltiudt , ur > 'n pKrtfd from vmi" C. i' nis uf ( j'liuai.v Mu > u . was'1 ' M ' .i > \ i r a . auf ilvo butu bet. . . .u-l. IMPORTING FOREIGN LABOR , Evidence Secured Against Chicago Neil * Union Boss Onrpoutcrs , THEY WILL RE PROSECUTED , The Ma tunSulMiilltcil to the liiimU gratlon Commission - Fifteen Huiulreil ClguriiiiikeivJ Go Out The CIIKHOO , May Sri. [ Special Telegram to Tin : HKI.I : The Intended walkout of tha union carpenters who have been working foe the old bosses' association did not tnko pluci ) today , having been deferred for one * week The strike committee Is compiling u census of the non-union carpenters of the city Thcln names , places of occupation , names uf their employers and nil possible Information about ) them will bo in the hands of the committee within a week. Besides this labor of compilation , the union men who have seemingly betrayed their promises to the organ ization by taking employment from tlio non-union bosses , have been also doing highly important work in conjunction with the government Inspectors of Immigration , Inspectors A. J. Lester and George Slitcb , aided by the carpenters , have made Important discoveries relating to the continual \ tolullou of the alien contract labor law by in-'iubors ot the Carpenters' and Builders' association. For a long time after thi > inception 'f the strike the strike committee siispec'etl that men wore being ini ] > ortoil to till their place * by the bosses who refused to submit to arbi tration. Soon they had ample proof of the fact. At tlio dlflVrcnt railroad doJ pots tool chests liberally covered witll the shipping tags of foreign tninspnrtatiou companies begun to ariive unite numerously' . The treasury department was communicated with and Agents Lester and Stitch wiw dis patched hero to investigate matters With tlio help of amateur carpenter detcrtlvos they soon located a number of carpenters who bad been hired by agents of the old bosses' asso ciation in Canada , Knpluml and Scotland. .Tool chests that bad been only a few days be fore shipped from Toronto , or Montreal , or Liverpool , or London , or Glasgow wen ) seen by the sharp-eyed pickets at the depots. Kaeh tool chest was followed and never lost sight of till it wa put In some building being erected by a non union boss carpenter. Then a trusty union man or two was detailed to learn all about the owner of the foreign tool clu-st The work has been thoroughly done. In the possession of the treasury agents Is a list ot names furnished them 113mcnibcro of the carpenters' council. The list , contains tha names , present residence and place of occu pation of a number of imported men together with their previous place of resilience in whatever foreign country they may Imvo como from ; the mime of the person who hired them there , and the mime of the contractov to whom they were ordered to report to on arrival in Chicago. This evidence today was submitted to the immigration commission now in session in tills city. It is not proposed to begin prose * cution or arrests in this connection until after the adjournment of the commission's labors hero. The ; ICngliKMirn. New IIvvKJf , Conn. , May ' . ' 0. A union meeting of the Brotherhood of Loeomotivo Engineers was held hero yesterday , at which thcro were .1,000 people present. Grand Chief Arthur doliverco an .address in which ho said "It had alwuwleen Iho pnljuv ( if tha brotherhood to arbitrate differences with the railroads. j\t the conclusion of Arthur's remarks Hon. Chnuiiccy M. Dcpow , president of the New York Central & Hudson Hivcr railroad , was given a rousing reception. His remarks were as a wbolo an endorsement of what Chief Arthur had Enid. OIarmtl ; > < TM Go Out. Ni\v : YoitK , May 'Ji.Fully ( one thousand , Ilvo hundred cignrninhors went out on ustriko today for a restoration of tlio old schedule of wages , and tomorrow the number of strilora ; will probably be inerensod io two thousand. * J ITCIIIXd I OIl .1 VK1IIT. A Street Car AVjir Very Nearly lEcsultit in r.looilNlied. Siorx FALLS , S. I ) . , May : > ii. [ Special Tel- crgnm to Tin : Bir.l : The city lias passed through a great deal of excitement since Sun day morning at I o'clock. It started with the street car linn company attempting to lay n truck on Tenth street , a franchise for which him been given the electric motor line , Tlio police and Uro departments were called out and the men ordered to quit work. They ro- fnsed , and for a time it looked as if a riot was imminent , and but for the timely nppcaninco of an order from the president of tlio com pany to cease work n serious tlmo would have occurred. All day Sunday both side * were enlisting men. The motor people nt 11 o'clock assembled on the onst side with MX ) men , and at I'J o'clock made a grand rush for the street , capturing it. Although there were fifty special police on the ground , the street car people rushed onto the street with a tr.ick already spiked to tics. The motor people were armed with pick handles and were Itching for u light. Tlio police , armed with pistols , rushed into tlio brooch bet > veei the opposing forces ami threatened to shoot In case anyone attempted to raise a vow The motor people laid their track. Tlio arrival of an injunction prevented tlio car forces from making any further tight. The inotur linn people have the street ami s.iy tlioy will keep it if tlioy bas'o to .shod liiuod. Siilmnr'H Hen YiiiiMii.Liox , S. I ) . , May 'JO. Today was set for the hearing of Druggist. Salinur fur a permit to sell liquor under the pmlniutury law. About three bundled studentt i tha university - half uf tin-Mi ladles < | theltf classes and paraded the streets of Hie towu with banners , .shouting for pr > imntion. Over a hundred banners \\ith Minolta mottoes against liquor were carruI J'hu excitement was inh'ii.so. The prnti.t wa intended to be. an emphatic ono , away alleged that Sulinur bad been \i i.n-.g , lhi > liquor laws for years. Ills case u ,11 , c on- tinned until Thursday , when suinc 'r- > il > lu > U expected. World's I'nlc Cninmi-iHlniicrs nl WASHIKNOIOV , May ' . ' ( I. The pn-sid . nt afternoon appointed the world's fair < ii > s signers ut largo us follows : Augu i 1 Ii il- lock , Massachusetts , with Ileiirv ' - s of Mldno , alternate ; Thomas W. I ) 1'uMnir , Michl''an ' , Juseph Oliv11 Indiana. ' aU J Itlehard < ! . Kerins , Misviiirl , K.I. . W , Furnas Nebraska , alternate ; 1 ' \ u | I ; Aintnldinvn , New Yuri : , Gorton U Aiii'ii , Now York , alternate ; i'otor A. B \ \ u-iu , * % Pennsylvania , John \V. Clmll.uit. 1 vanla , alternate ; Samuel W. lnm.it , < William Lindsay , Kentucky , all . n. . . ' .y Kxillt , Texas , ifonrx L. Kin- , ' ! ' * . , - .yr nnto ; Murk L. M > Dmi.ild , l.'i > l"i J VV.ahiliKt ! < > li | allei-'Mte. ( 'Icslnolliir. . Tlion Iflinseir JiiNi : vii.i.i , Midi. , May : ii. , si iei < j. b'ram to Tin : JJi.r.j John BC.II--I eighty-four , qnurivleil with Ales Hhnpy ) farm hand , on Minervu Jturlis * farm here ycstenluy. iJ..ir.l . drew a rovi "i < nni Jhvd twice , ttio HoiMiiid uall led im ; * > ! " ? ? liy'H thnuit. lie thc'ii nhot Inn.- , , f , tli0 head , umi ufti'i-wurd cut his Him. ! ' | . ( .V IK In ii , critical couditiuii. The uiu die. Itiinil v < , i A , Mi in TIIL lii i. j IK . ( < - at